Obituaries

Roy Gene Martin

Roy Gene Martin

Feb 12, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mr. Roy Gene Martin, 91, died Friday, February 12, 2021 at Brookdale Senior Living. Due to inclement weather funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2:00 PM at Mt. Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Reverend Jimmy Rochelle and Reverend Bob Mullenix officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with...

Jack Thomas Sowell, Jr.

Jack Thomas Sowell, Jr.

Feb 12, 2021

Jack Thomas Sowell, Jr, 82, retired from Roberson Security and resident of Nashville, died Friday, February 12, 2021 at Waters of Smyrna. A graveside service will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Santa Fe Cemetery with Jerry Elder officiating. Military honors will be provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the...

Billy Hughes Clark

Billy Hughes Clark

Feb 11, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Billy Hughes Clark, 98, retired car salesman for the Nashville area, died Thursday, February 11, 2021 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Ashley Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors provided by Herbert Griffin...

Mildred Sneed Walters

Mildred Sneed Walters

Feb 10, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Mildred Sneed Walters, 96, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, died Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at her residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3:00 P.M. at Knob Creek Baptist Church with Reverend Anthony Muston officiating. Burial will follow in Knob Creek Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 4:00...

Norman Eris Hardison, Jr.

Norman Eris Hardison, Jr.

Feb 9, 2021

View Video Tribute Norman Eris Hardison, Jr, 73 years old, of Columbia, TN passed away very peacefully at his home on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. He was the son of the late Norman Eris Hardison, Sr. and the late Mildred DeLois Fitzgerald Hardison. Norman was a graduate of Columbia Central High School class...

Charles William Troope

Charles William Troope

Feb 9, 2021

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Charles William Troope, 70, retired employee of Union Carbide, died Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at his residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Jerrick Booker officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends...

Paul Timothy Dale

Paul Timothy Dale

Feb 7, 2021

Paul Timothy Dale age 61 of Dacula, Ga, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021. Mr. Dale was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He is survived by his wife Maria Dale (37 years of marriage); father, Joe Dale; children, Nickolas Dale (wife Rachel Dale), Christina Walls (husband Daniel Walls), Timothy Michael Dale (wife Kourtney Dale), Preston Dale; grandchildren,...

Harold D. Church

Harold D. Church

Feb 5, 2021

View Funeral Webcast Harold D. Church, a life-long resident of Maury County, was born February 9, 1919 and died Friday, February 5, 2021 peacefully at Magnolia Healthcare in Columbia. He was the son of the late Clayton Forgy Church and Nora Dene Shaw Church, and the grandson of the late State Senator John W. Church. He was preceded in death...

Elizabeth Lindsey Temes

Elizabeth Lindsey Temes

Feb 5, 2021

View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Lindsey Temes, 93, of Columbia, died Friday February 05, 2021 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Brother Charles Clark officiating. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at the cemetery. Mrs....

Shannon M. Helton

Shannon M. Helton

Feb 4, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Shannon M. Helton, 42, corrections officer for the Maury County Sheriff’s Department and resident of Columbia, died Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral with Reverend Steve Swango and Reverend Brandon Stutts officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship...

Houston O'Neil Russell

Houston O'Neil Russell

Feb 1, 2021

View Funeral Webcast Houston O’Neil Russell, 73, retired employee from Sara Lee and resident of Primm Springs, died Monday, February 1, 2021 at Alive Hospice. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Johnny Tomlin officiating. Burial will follow in Hudgins Cemetery in Fairview. The family will visit with friends Thursday from...

Marcella Sue Rogers Potts

Marcella Sue Rogers Potts

Feb 1, 2021

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Marcella Rogers Potts, 59, employee of Tractor Supply Company for more than ten years, died Monday, February 1, 2021 at her residence in Culleoka. Funeral Services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Steve Swango officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery. The family will visit...

Mary Frances Hickman Jett

Mary Frances Hickman Jett

Jan 31, 2021

View Video Webcast View Funeral Webcast Mary “Frances” Hickman Jett, age 90, of Columbia, Tennessee went home to be with Jesus on Sunday, January 31, 2021. Services are Friday, February 5th at 1:00 P.M. with Russ Adcox officiating. Entombment will follow at Polk Memorial Gardens. She was born on January 7, 1931 in Bedford County, Tennessee to the late William...

Johnnie Eugene Hawkins

Johnnie Eugene Hawkins

Jan 31, 2021

Johnnie Eugene Hawkins, 83, retired manager for Occidental Chemical Company, died Sunday, January 31, 2021 at his residence in Lynnville. A graveside services will be held Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Polk Memorial Gardens. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born February 13, 1938 in Jackson County,...

Michael Lee Herbert

Michael Lee Herbert

Jan 30, 2021

View Video Tribute Michael Lee Herbert was born in Williamson County, Tennessee July 13, 1954 to the late William Haley and Kathryn Sullivan Herbert. He joined them in Heaven on January 30, 2021. The family moved to Columbia in 1963. Mike graduated from Central High School in 1972. He attended Columbia State Community College. In 1974, Mike enlisted in the...

William Gary Hardison, Sr.

William Gary Hardison, Sr.

Jan 30, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast William Gary “Bug Man” Hardison 70, died Saturday, January 30, 2021 at his residence in Columbia. Born July 25, 1950 to parents, William Walter and Ruby Hazel Hardison. At a young age Gary new what his passion in life was going to be, work and hard work. At the age of 8 Gary and...

Tracy Elizabeth Anderson Morrow

Tracy Elizabeth Anderson Morrow

Jan 29, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Tracy Elizabeth Anderson Morrow, 51, receptionist for Maury County Veterinary Clinic, died Friday, January 29, 2021 at her residence in Columbia. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday at 4:00 P.M. at Zion Churchyard with Steven Morgan officiating. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols...

Gail Potts Neenan

Gail Potts Neenan

Jan 28, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Gail Potts Neenan, loving wife and mother, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 28, 2021, at the age of 71. Gail was born in Columbia, TN, on August 27, 1949, daughter of the late Papa (James Vernon) and Big Ma (Bertie Gupton) Potts. Raised in Lewisburg, Gail came from humble beginnings. By the age...

Sara Bain Perry Bunting

Sara Bain Perry Bunting

Jan 28, 2021

View Funeral Webcast Sara Bain Perry Bunting, age 92, died Thursday evening, January 28, 2021. She was born in Columbia, TN on October 16, 1928. She grew up in Bowling Green, KY and Madison, TN. She received her degree from David Lipscomb College in Nashville, TN. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Harold (Bob) Bunting, and her...

Rosia Jewell Brady Huckaby

Rosia Jewell Brady Huckaby

Jan 28, 2021

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Rosia Jewell Brady Huckaby, 91, homemaker and resident of Mt. Juliet, died Thursday, January 28, 2021 in Sumner County. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend James Lunsford officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Sunday from...