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Francis Slater
Aug 24, 2025
Francis Eugene Slater, age 83, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 24, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A graveside service will be held Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Slater was born October 17, 1941, in Denison, IA, to the late Frank and Edna Peters...
Marion Verlin
Sep 4, 2025
Marion Young Gilmore Verlin, age 98, of Jasper, GA, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away September 4, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be Monday, September 8, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bobby Sanderson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of...
Diane Lawrence
Sep 4, 2025
Diane Burks Lawrence, 77, left this world on September 3, 2025. She passed peacefully at home with no prior warning of her passing. Funeral services will be held at First Methodist Church on Monday September 8, 2025, with Rev. Dr. Vaughn Stafford officiating.
Visitation will start at 9:30 a.m. and the funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m.. The burial will...
Elizabeth Spencer
Sep 3, 2025
Ola Elizabeth Coleman Spencer, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 3, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 6, 2025, at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until the time of the service at Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory.
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Laura W Glenn
Aug 27, 2025
Laura Ann Waring Glenn left her earthly home on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 2, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 11 am at the funeral home, with Rev. Mel Howton officiating; burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon,...
Johnny Coleman
Aug 27, 2025
JOHNNY COLEMAN, JR.
Johnny Jerome Coleman, Jr., age 78, passed away Wednesday August 27, 2025, at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday September 2 at 9:00 a.m. followed by the funeral service at 10:30 a.m. at First Methodist Church in Columbus, MS, with Rev. Glenn Miller officiating. Graveside service and burial will be at 2:00 p.m....
Juanita Lee Burkett
Aug 26, 2025
Juanita Lee Burkett, 89, passed away peacefully at her residence on Tuesday, August 26. Born on January 5, 1936, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to Merle and Goldie Bowers, Juanita lived a life marked by devotion to family and community. Alongside her husband, Lt. Col. Richard C. Burkett, she moved with the military to Columbus in 1965, where they raised their four...
Andy Barksdale
Aug 22, 2025
Andy Ray Barksdale, age 64, of Steens, MS, passed away August 22, 2025, at his residence. Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
He is preceded in death by his parents, L.C. Barksdale of Columbus, MS, and Mattie Jane McDill of Crossville, AL, as well as his brother, Timmy Barksdale (Brenda) of Pass Christian, MS. Andy is survived...
Marian Beall
Aug 22, 2025
Marian Theresa Schaff Beall, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and resident of Columbus, Mississippi, entered into eternal rest on August 22, 2025, at the age of 71.Born on July 18, 1954, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Marian was the daughter of the late Vincent Schaff and Clara Callahan Schaff. She graduated from St. Aloysius High School in Vicksburg and later from...
John Booth
Aug 20, 2025
JOHN BOOTH - John Ryan Booth, age 78, of Steens, MS, passed away August 20, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pete Bowen officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon, AL, with military honors. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM...
Victor Lancaster
Aug 20, 2025
Victor Lancaster - William Victor "Vic" Lancaster, age 94, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 20, 2025, at Vineyard Court Nursing Center. A private family graveside service will be held at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Lancaster was born June 9, 1931, in Drew, MS, to the late Robert...
Betty E. Lofton
Aug 15, 2025
BETTY LOFTON
Betty Eugenia Lofton age 76 died Friday August 15, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Monday August 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Chris Rutledge officiating; burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lofton was...
Sonny Shelton
Aug 14, 2025
SONNY SHELTON
William Jerry “Sonny” Shelton age 85 died Thursday August 14, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. A visitation will be held Sunday August 17, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church 3000 Bluecutt Road Columbus, MS 39705, followed by a memorial service, with Rev. Bobby Sanderson officiating. Mr. Shelton was born on October 5, 1939 in Columbus to...
Dr. Ralph Frederick Johnson
Aug 12, 2025
DR. RALPH JOHNSON
Dr. Ralph Johnson, 83, of Columbus, Ms., passed away Wednesday August 12, 2025,at his residence. On August 30, 2025 at 10:00 am Mass of Resurrection will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church followed by a Celebration of Life from 11 am to 1pm in the atrium of Annunciation Church. Dr. Ralph Johnson was born on Jan 7, 1942,...
Faye Oswalt
Aug 6, 2025
Katherine Faye Hood Oswalt, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 6, 2025, at Trinity Healthcare. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 9, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Ty Danielson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the service and...
Pamela Dene Whitney
Aug 4, 2025
Pamela Dene Johnson Whitney, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 4, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Grace Baptist Church with Dr. James Shull officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at Grace Baptist...
Brandon H Beck
Aug 2, 2025
Dr. Brandon Hagy Beck, 80, unexpectedly passed away at his home in Columbus, Mississippi, early morning August 2, 2025. Brandon was born on Thursday, October 5, 1944, in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents, Dr. Lewis White Beck, renowned expert on German philosopher Immanuel Kant, and Mrs. Caroline Hagy Beck, daughter of medical doctor Dr. James Hagy of Abingdon, Virginia, raised him...
Billy Ray Price
Aug 1, 2025
BILLY RAY PRICE
Billy Ray Price, age 89, died Friday August 1, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A graveside service will be held Monday, August 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Pastor Charlie Whitney officiating.
Mr. Price was born on July 2, 1936 in Liberty, Alabama to the late Alson Price and Lois Seacott Price....
Melinda Halbert
Jul 31, 2025
Melinda K. Halbert, age 56, went to be with her Lord on July 31st, 2025. Services will be held Sunday August 3, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at The Church on Main in Caledonia; burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday one hour prior to service at the church. She was born in Tupelo, Ms. and raised...
Cecil Robertson
Jul 31, 2025
Cecil Lamar Robertson, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A private family Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Robertson was born June 17, 1940, in Louisville, MS, to the late Chester and Willie Richardson Robertson. He was a...
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