Obituaries
Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Columbia, TN & Surrounding Areas
Mamie L Rogers
Sep 30, 2025
Mamie L. Rogers, age 80, a resident of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at Maury Regional Medical Center
A funeral service will be held on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Medlock officiating. Following the service, she will be laid to rest in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens. A visitation will...
Pamela Yvonne Melendez
Sep 30, 2025
Pamela Yvonne Melendez, age 69, a resident of Columbia, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at Maury Regional Medical Center.
A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, October 6, 2025 at 2 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Jorden Melendez officiating. A visitation will also be held on Monday from 12-2 PM at the funeral home. Heritage Funeral Home is...
Brian Grayson Varnado
Sep 30, 2025
Brian Grayson Varnado, age 62, a resident of Columbia, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at his residence, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was born on October 1, 1962, in Columbia.
He fought the good fight with grace and humor. He saw life through a different lens and displayed a kindness toward all people, most animals, and...
Larry G. Pullen
Sep 28, 2025
Larry Glenn Pullen, age 79, a resident of Lewisburg, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at NHC Lewisburg.
Born on October 20, 1945, in Columbia, Tennessee, Larry was the son of the late Edward Pullen and the late Margaret Christine Estes Pullen. He honorably served his country in the United States Marine Corps. Larry enjoyed life on the farm,...
Michael Dewayne "Mo-Rag" Ragsdale
Sep 27, 2025
Michael Dewayne Ragsdale, affectionately known by many as “Mo-Rag,” age 59, and a resident of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Centennial Medical Center.
A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 12:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Stephen Felts officiating. Following the service, he will be laid to rest in Maury...
Emily Rebecca Celesse Bastnagel
Sep 24, 2025
Emily Rebecca Celesse Bastnagel, age 75, a native Memphian and resident of Dickson, passed away in her home Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2025 from 2 - 4 PM at Heritage Funeral Home in Columbia, TN with a Celebration of Life service to follow at 4 PM. Her internment will be a private...
Margaret Ann Lamar
Sep 24, 2025
Margaret Ann Lamar, age 83, a resident of Culleoka, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2025.
A Funeral service will be held on Monday, September, 29, 2025 at 11AM at Heritage Funeral Home with Pastor Adam Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Sunday, September 28, 2025 from 4-7PM at the...
Kay Darlene Lowery
Sep 24, 2025
Kay Darlene Lowery, age 60, a resident of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at St. Thomas West.
A funeral service will be held on Monday, September 29, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Jerry Golden officiating. A visitation will also be held on Monday from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the funeral home. Heritage...
L. Edward Etheridge
Sep 24, 2025
L. Edward “Junior” Etheridge, age 77, a resident of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Polk Memorial Gardens with Michael Etheridge officiating. A visitation will also be held on Saturday from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM at Heritage...
Donald Howard Hopkins, Sr.
Sep 23, 2025
Mr. Donald Howard Hopkins, Sr., age 74, a resident of Culleoka, passed away Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at his residence.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 10AM at St. John The Evangelist Catholic Church, 1061 S. Ellington Pkwy., Lewisburg, TN, with Father Reggie Augustine officiating. Burial will follow in Maury Memorial Gardens. Military honors will...
John Sherman Hoover, Jr.
Sep 20, 2025
Mr. John Sherman Hoover, Jr., a resident of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, passed away on his 75th birthday, Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Southern Tennessee Regional Health Systems in Lawrenceburg.
Born on September 20, 1950, in Millington, Tennessee, John was the son of Norma J. McCrory and the late John Sherman Hoover, Sr. He dedicated over twenty years of his career as a...
Stacie Kathleen Beets Black
Sep 20, 2025
Stacie Kathleen Beets Black, age 51, a resident of Spring Hill, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, just one day before celebrating her 52nd birthday.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Brandon Cochran officiating. Following the service, she will be inurned at Maury Memorial Gardens. A...
Larry D. Sewell
Sep 20, 2025
Mr. Larry Donald Sewell, age 76, of Columbia, passed away on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 24th at 12:00 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home, with Rick Points officiating. Burial will follow at Maury Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 a.m. until...
John Sidney Hollis
Sep 20, 2025
John Sidney Hollis, age 42, a resident of Franklin, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2025 at Mulberry Health and Rehab. A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
John was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and was the son of Terry Hollis and Ivy Kinney. He enjoyed being outdoors, working on cars, listening to a variety of music,...
Melissa Beth Edwards
Sep 16, 2025
Melissa Beth Edwards, age 58, of Spring Hill, Tennessee, and a longtime deputy with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday morning, September 16, 2025.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 3:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Gary Bailey officiating. Following the service, she will be laid to...
Laura Ella Parks
Sep 13, 2025
Laura Ella Parks, age 81, resident of Columbia, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2025.
A celebration of life service will be held on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 1:00pm at Wayman Chapel AME Church, with visitation beginning at 12 noon. She will lie in state at Heritage Funeral Home on Thursday, September 18, 2025, from 2:00-4:00pm. Heritage Funeral Home is...
Mary Alice Ann Himes
Sep 13, 2025
Mary Alice Ann Himes, age 70, a resident of Hohenwald, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at residence.
A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Heritage Funeral Home with Jeff Durham officiating. Following the service, she will be laid to rest in New Salem Cemetery in Summertown with her great nephews...
Christy McRee Lovell
Sep 12, 2025
Christy McRee Lovell of Spring Hill, Tennessee passed away peacefully early Friday morning at the age of 65.
Christy was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Daisy and Christopher McRee. Christy grew up with siblings Edith Mae, Chandler, Christopher, Douglas, Eddie, Dale, Geraldine, and Donald. Her large family cemented the importance of strong family roots, and she carried her love for family...
Sheryl L Ager
Sep 11, 2025
Sheryl L. Ager, age 73, a resident of Fayetteville, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at St. Thomas Rutherford.
Born on March 5, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio, Sheryl was the daughter of the late John Trimbath and the late Margaret June Eisel Trimbath Lovell. She graduated from Cleveland Heights High School in 1970 and spent her career in manufacturing,...
Tammy Lynn Cropley
Sep 9, 2025
Tammy Cropley, age 59, a resident of Lawrenceburg, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at NHC Lawrenceburg.
Born on September 28, 1965 in Lincoln, Maine, Tammy was the daughter of the late Glenn Cropley and the late Maxine Hurd Yeo. Tammy was a loving sister, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed playing bingo, spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, taking...
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