Obituaries

William Cary Brewer, Sr.

William Cary Brewer, Sr.

Oct 9, 2020

William Cary (Sport) Brewer Sr., age 76 a longtime resident of Columbia, passed away Friday, October 9, 2020 at his residence. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, October 30, 2020 at 6:30 pm at Destiny Church, 614 N. Main St. Columbia, TN, with Pastor Steven Morgan officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with...

Margaret Ann Prince Riley

Margaret Ann Prince Riley

Oct 9, 2020

Margaret Ann Prince Riley, 83, retired employee of Super-Rama Foods and former resident of Lookout Drive, died Friday, October 9, 2020 at NHC Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Bill Rolman officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from 4:00...

James Herbert "Bud" Wiser

James Herbert "Bud" Wiser

Oct 6, 2020

View Funeral Webcast James Herbert “Bud” Wiser, 82, retired pressroom manager for ICP in Lewisburg, died Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at his residence in Columbia. A memorial service will be conducted Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Mike Roberts officiating. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 11:00 A.M. until...

Thomas Franklin "Tommy" Reischman

Thomas Franklin "Tommy" Reischman

Oct 5, 2020

Thomas Franklin “Tommy” Reischman, 77, retired welder and resident of Columbia, died Monday, October 5, 2020 at North Alabama Medical Center in Florence, Alabama. A funeral mass will be conducted Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at St. Catherine Catholic Church with Father Dan Reehil officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens with military honors conducted by the...

Joann Patterson Laws

Joann Patterson Laws

Oct 4, 2020

Joann Patterson Laws went home to Jesus on Sunday, October 4, 2020 at the age of 79 at Life Care Center of Columbia. Joann was born to Theo and Lila Mae Musgrove Patterson on October 9, 1940 in Maury County, Tennessee. Joann loved spending time and getting to know everything about her family, friends, and neighbors. She never met a...

Bobby Frank Potts

Bobby Frank Potts

Oct 4, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Bobby Frank Potts, 84, of Culleoka, died Sunday evening October 4, 2020 at Maury Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. A funeral service will be conducted Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Pastor Kenneth Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with...

Henry Clay Dugger, Jr.

Henry Clay Dugger, Jr.

Oct 3, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Henry Clay Dugger, Jr. 87, retired office clerk for Peabody Coal Company, retired part time deliveryman for Fisher Pharmacy, and resident of Columbia, died Saturday, October 3, 2020 at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford. A graveside service will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Friendship Cemetery with Jeremy Butt officiating. Military honors will be provided by Herbert...

William Sparky Foster, Sr.

William Sparky Foster, Sr.

Oct 2, 2020

View Funeral Webcast William Sparky Foster, Sr., 83, resident of Hollow Rock, Tennessee, died Friday, October 2, 2020 at NHC Springfield. A graveside service will be conducted Sunday, October 4, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Brother André Dugger officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors assisted the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at...

Betty Gray Curry Dale

Betty Gray Curry Dale

Sep 29, 2020

Betty Gray Curry Dale died Tuesday, September 29th of COVID-19 at St. Thomas Rutherford Medical Center. Born September 29, 1945 in Columbia, TN to her parents, the late Malcolm Sr. and Janie Lewis Gray. Deaf at birth, Betty graduated from the TN School for the deaf in Knoxville, in 1965. Preceding her in death in addition to her parents were...

Susan Carol Reece Holder

Susan Carol Reece Holder

Sep 28, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Susan Carol Reece Holder, 63, homemaker, died Monday, September 28, 2020 in Columbia surrounded by her loving daughters. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Henry Mobley. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 11:00 A.M. until service time...

Clyde Terry Lindsey

Clyde Terry Lindsey

Sep 27, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Clyde Terry Lindsey, 78, retired owner and operator of Lindsey Propane and retired employee of Union Carbide, died Sunday, September 27, 2020 at his residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Hoyt Kirk officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Cemetery with military honors provided by...

Cynthia Anne Cunningham Lay

Cynthia Anne Cunningham Lay

Sep 25, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Mrs. Cynthia Anne Cunningham Lay departed this life on Friday, September 25, 2020 in to the divine embrace of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at her residence in Columbia, Tennessee. She was 90 years young. She was born to loving parents, Paul C. Cunningham and Maree Johnston Cunningham, in Princeton, Kentucky on June 13, 1930, both...

Mildred DeLois Fitzgerald Hardison

Mildred DeLois Fitzgerald Hardison

Sep 21, 2020

Mildred DeLois Fitzgerald Hardison, 95, daughter of the late John Robert and Birdie McKee Fitzgerald, and wife of the late Norman E. Hardison, Sr., passed away peacefully September 21, 2020 at Life Care Center of Columbia. DeLois was a devoted wife and a loving mother. Her love of family, fishing, camping, playing cards, sense of humor, and cooking were her...

James Julian "Jimmy" Mays

James Julian "Jimmy" Mays

Sep 20, 2020

On Sunday, September 20, 2020, Jimmy Mays, 81, left this life at his home in Columbia. Born James Julian Mays on December 31, 1938, he was the son of the late Julian Lacy Mays and the late Mary Ruth McGuire Mays. He is survived by his wife, Lucie Niceley Mays of Knoxville; sons, James Julian (Adele Fletcher) Mays, Jr. of...

Melba Gibson Wells

Melba Gibson Wells

Sep 20, 2020

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Melba Gibson Wells, 80, retired Management Associate for the Federal Treasury Department, died Sunday, September 20, 2020 at her residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 11:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Steve Swango officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with...

Lucile Harris Hamilton

Lucile Harris Hamilton

Sep 17, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Lucile Harris Hamilton, 99, homemaker, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 17, 2020 at her residence in Columbia. Born June 16, 1921 in Anderson, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Marie and Llewellyn Harris. She was the oldest of eight siblings of which six preceded her in death. She is survived by her youngest sister,...

Marie Hardison Oswalt

Marie Hardison Oswalt

Sep 17, 2020

View Funeral Webcast Marie Hardison Oswalt, 99, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020 while under the care of NHC- Maury Regional Transitional Care Center and Caris Healthcare (Hospice Services). She is the wife of the late Lee Baskin Oswalt and had lived at the Bridge Assisted Living Facility for the last 13 years. Funeral services will be conducted at...

Judith Lee Westmoreland

Judith Lee Westmoreland

Sep 14, 2020

View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Judith Lee “Judy” Nelson Westmoreland, 77, homemaker and member of the Glendale United Methodist Church, passed away Monday, September 14, 2020 at NHC of Columbia surrounded by her children. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday at 2:30 P.M. at Friendship Cemetery with Reverend Frank Smith officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Herbert...

Myrna Joyce Young Dodson

Myrna Joyce Young Dodson

Sep 12, 2020

Myrna Joyce Young Dodson, 72, homemaker, died Saturday, September 12, 2020 at her daughter’s residence on Park Plus Court. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Herb Helton and Kenneth Bray officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Mount Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 12:00 P.M. until...

Nita Whitworth Strong

Nita Whitworth Strong

Sep 12, 2020

Nita Whitworth Strong, 91, owner and operator of Maury Amusement, died peacefully Saturday, September 12, 2020 at her residence on Columbia Avenue surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Due to COVID 19 there will be no visitation and the family...

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