Obituaries
Gary Lee Potts
Jan 13, 2021
View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Gary Lee Potts, 68, employee of General Electric, died Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at his residence on Old Williamsport Pike. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Helton Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Monday from 10:00 A.M. until service time...
James Bybee
Jan 13, 2021
View Funeral Webcast James Bybee, 86, retired employee of R.D. Herbert in Nashville and resident of Pillow Due Lane, died Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at Hardison Cemetery on Rock Springs Road with Reverend Tony Brown officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family...
John Harold Vernon
Jan 10, 2021
View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast John Harold Vernon, 62, retired employee of the Maury Regional Medical Center Cafeteria for 25 years, died Sunday, January 10, 2021 at his residence on Bigbyville Road in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral home with David Thomley and Dale Lindsey officiating. Burial will follow...
Naomi Joyce Sisco Harris
Jan 9, 2021
Naomi J. Sisco Harris passed away peacefully Saturday, January 9, 2021 with her husband, Bobby Milton Harris by her side. She was a native of Lewis County. In 1956 she and her husband, Bobby, moved to Columbia and have resided there until present. Mrs. Harris was retired from Columbia State Community College. She was an active member of Pleasant Heights...
Pauline "Polly" Scott Stanton
Jan 7, 2021
Pauline (Polly) Scott Stanton, 96, widow of the late Judge John S. Stanton, and a resident of Columbia, Tennessee passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021. Polly was born on October 3, 1924, in Corbin, Kentucky to the late Lawrence A. and Lela Parker Scott, and grew up in nearby London, Kentucky with her brother and three sisters. Having graduated from...
Opal Faye Conner Pennington
Jan 5, 2021
View Funeral Webcast Opal Faye Conner Pennington, 80, homemaker, died Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at her residence in Williamsport. Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Bobby Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in Greenfield Bend Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Friday from 10:00 A.M. until service time at the...
Morris Walker
Jan 4, 2021
Morris Walker, 87, retired employee of The Woodlawn Organization in Chicago, Illinois, and resident of Culleoka, died Monday, January 4, 2021 at NHC Columbia. A private family service will be held at a later date. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com.
James Hoil Walker
Jan 3, 2021
View Funeral Webcast James Hoil Walker, age 83, former co-owner of General Trucking and co-founder of Haulers Insurance, and resident of Columbia, died January 3, 2021 at Maury Regional Medical Center. The Lascassas, Tennessee native was the son of the late Charles Hoil Walker and Annie Lucille Walker Powell. He was a 1954 graduate of Hay Long High School and...
Larry Ford Thomas
Jan 3, 2021
View Funeral Webcast Larry Ford Thomas, 95, retired Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and resident of Columbia, died Sunday, January 3, 2021 at NHC Maury Regional Transitional Care. A graveside service will be conducted Saturday at Polk Memorial Gardens. Military honors will be provided by Herbert Griffin American Legion Post 19. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are...
Susan Ellen Logue Vining
Jan 1, 2021
Susan Ellen Logue Vining, 73, of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on January 1, 2021 at Poplar Estates Assisted Living. She was born in Frostburg, Maryland to John Wesley Logue and Virginia Mae Miller Logue. She graduated from Beall High School and earned her nursing degree at Presbyterian-University Hospital School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, before beginning her nursing career there in...
Sammie Helen Prince Ledford
Jan 1, 2021
Sammie Helen Prince Ledford, 89, homemaker and resident of Columbia, died Friday, January 1, 2021 at The Bridge Assisted Living of Columbia. A private family graveside service will be held at Polk Memorial Gardens with Reverend Christine Penner officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family with arrangements. The family suggests in lieu of flowers, memorials to a...
Burton Whiteside
Jan 1, 2021
Burton Whiteside, 95, passed away peacefully Friday, January 1, 2021, at his son’s home in Helena, AR. Born November 13, 1925, in Jacksonville, Alabama, he was the son of the late Effie Mae and L.A. Whiteside. He is survived by his son, Kirk Whiteside, of Helena. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Norma Kirk Whiteside,...
Katie Sue Pinkston Foster
Jan 1, 2021
View Funeral Webcast Katie Sue Pinkston Foster went to be with our Lord on January 1, 2021 at the age of 97. Born in Columbia, TN, she was the daughter of the late Merritt Oliver Pinkston and Argie Grissom Pinkston and the youngest sibling of the late Nancy May Sullivan and Wallace Pinkston. She grew up in the Scribner’s Mill...
Jean Sands Clark
Jan 1, 2021
View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Jean Sands Clark, 83, homemaker and resident of Columbia, died Friday, January 1, 2021 at Traditions of Spring Hill. Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 12:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Jim Norton officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Monday from...
John William "Sam" Andrews
Jan 1, 2021
View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast John William “Sam” Andrews, 89, retired mechanic for Wright & Lopez, died Friday, January 1, 2021 at his residence on Robert Truelove Road. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Reverend Richard VanCleave officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Springs Cemetery. The family will visit...
Elizabeth Lurlaine "Liz" Martin Hickman
Dec 31, 2020
View Funeral Webcast Elizabeth Lurlaine “Liz” Martin Hickman, 95, retired employee for The State of Tennessee Agriculture Department, died Thursday, December 31, 2020 at Tranditions of Spring Hill. A private graveside service will be held at Wilkes Cemetery with Reverend David Sawyer officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral directors are assisting the family with arrangements. The family suggests memorials to Willowbrook...
Danny Ray Massey
Dec 30, 2020
Danny Ray Massey, 42, lifelong resident of Columbia, died Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Maury Regional Medical Center. A private family service will be held at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born December 16, 1978 in Maury County, he was the son of Kathy Jones Massey. Danny will be sadly and solely missed...
Allie Van Brown
Dec 29, 2020
View Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Allie Van Brown, 84, retired employee of Columbia Slag and Union Carbide, died Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at his residence in Columbia. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with John Waldrum, Stephen Tyler Brown, and Kenny McFarlen officiating. Burial will follow in Hardison Cemetery on...
Martha Ann Frakes Schulz
Dec 29, 2020
Martha Ann Frakes Schulz, 79, retired teacher, died Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at NHC Columbia. A graveside service will be held at Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at Rose Hill Cemetery with Reverend Lee Stevenson officiating. Oakes & Nichols Funeral Directors are assisting the family arrangements and condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born May 9, 1941 in Maury County,...
Karyl Lou King Howell
Dec 29, 2020
Karyl Lou King Howell was born March 9, 1931 in Chicago, IL, and she passed from this earthly life in Spring Hill, TN, at the home of her granddaughter, Rachel Sims Manis, on December 29, 2020. She grew up in Memphis, TN. She was a pioneer for professional women when she earned her nurse anesthetist degree. She then met her...
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