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Linda Lavender Duston
Sep 25, 2014
Linda Duston, lifelong resident of Columbus, entered the Kingdom of Heaven at midday on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Guntr & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Services will be Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Covenant...
Margaret Frazier Hudson
Sep 23, 2014
MARGARET HUDSON Margaret Frazier Hudson, 88 years of age, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. She was born on August 13, 1926 in Columbus, MS to the late Sidney Frazier and Rosa Powell Frazier. Mrs. Hudson attended S.D. Lee High in Columbus and was a member of the class of 1944. She attended MSCW (now Mississippi...
Ann Speed Atkins
Sep 21, 2014
Mrs. Ann Speed Atkins, age 84, died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at her home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Friends are invited to visit with the family Tuesday evening, September 23, 2014 from 6:00PM to 8:00 PM at the Atkins home. Services will be Wednesday, September 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Tabernacle United...
Edith Louise Bowen
Sep 21, 2014
Edith Louise Sides Bowen, also known as "Mississippi", age 57, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 21, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be Friday, September 26, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Living Faith Tabernacle Church with Rev. Steve Joiner officiating. The interment will immediately follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, September 26, 2014, from 12:00...
William M. Davis
Sep 21, 2014
William M. (Bill) Davis age 79, of Montgomery, Alabama, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, September 21, 2014, surrounded by family and friends. Services will be held Wednesday September 24, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Blaylock officiating, burial will follow at Rowan Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:30 until service time...
Thomas T. Roberts
Sep 19, 2014
Thomas T. "Tom" Roberts, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 19, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, September 22, 2014, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Roy Myers officiating and Rev. Jearl Hunley assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Sunday, September...
Charles Aron Aldridge, Sr.
Sep 18, 2014
Charles Aron Aldridge, Sr., age 80, of Caledonia, MS, passed away September 18 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be Sunday, September 21, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Joe Nettles officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation was Saturday, September 20, 2014, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Gunter &...
Mary Lee Harper
Sep 17, 2014
Mrs. Mary Lee Thompson Harper, age 84, died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services will be Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Ben Yarber officiating and Dave Harper assisting. Interment will immediately follow at the cemetery. The daughter of the...
Kay Porter
Sep 16, 2014
KAY PORTER Letha K. Porter age 67 died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Friday, September 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Little officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, Friday September 19, 2014 from noon until service...
Daniel Alexander Taylor
Sep 12, 2014
Daniel Alexander Taylor, son of Julia and Benton Taylor of Columbus, passed away in Meridian on September 12, 2014 after a short illness. Memorial services will be held Friday October 10, 2014 at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Black officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Danny was born on February 21, 1956 in San Francisco California and...
Harry Aucil Walker
Sep 9, 2014
Dr. Harry Aucil Walker, age 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 9, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, September 12, 2014, at Covenant United Methodist Church with Dr. Jonathan Speegle officiating. Visitation will be Friday, September 12, 2014, from 9:30 AM until 11:00 AM at Covenant United Methodist Church. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in...
Dr. James Verner Gatewood
Sep 9, 2014
Dr. James Verner Gatewood passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at his home in Columbus, Mississippi. He was born August 21, 1942 in Forest, Mississippi to the late Lamar Wilson Gatewood and Marie Booth Gatewood. Dr. Gatewood was a graduate of Baylor University and Baylor School of Dentistry. He moved to Columbus, Mississippi in 1968 to practice general dentistry and...
Lorene Cowart
Sep 9, 2014
LORENE COWART Lorene Nickoles Cowart, 86, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at The Windsor Place. Visitation will be Friday, September 12, 2014 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus, MS. A funeral service will follow at 12:00 PM with Bro. Steve Lammons officiating and Bro. George Collins assisting. Interment will follow at the Pleasant...
John Dickinson Laws
Sep 7, 2014
John Dickinson Laws, Jr. passed away September 7, 2014, at his home in Columbus. He was the son of the late John D. and Loudelle Harper Laws. He leaves his wife, Verda, with whom he fell in love when he was in the eleventh grade and she in the tenth at Lee High School. He also leaves his daughters, Beth...
Frank Melancthon Leigh
Sep 6, 2014
After nearly ninety-eight years of living this life to its fullest, Frank Leigh entered a new life of eternal richness and glory with his Savior, Jesus Christ, on September 6, 2014 in Columbus Mississippi at Leighcrest - the Leigh family home and birthplace of his father. Frank was born on November 28, 1916 in Meridian, Mississippi to Dr. Beverly Matthews...
Jannie Susanne Simpson
Sep 4, 2014
Jannie Susanne Hemby Simpson, age 50, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 4, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Simpson was born March 31, 1964, in Limestone, ME, to Vernon B. Hemby, Sr. of Columbus, MS, and the late Betty...
Sarah Chappell Younger
Aug 31, 2014
For who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Proverbs 31:10 Sarah Chappell Andrews Younger, 91, went to her Heavenly Home from her earthly home in Columbus on August 31, 2014. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., in the Chapel of Gunter and Peel Funeral Home with burial to...
William N. Bell
Aug 30, 2014
WILLIAM N. BELL William Newton Bell, age 82, died Saturday, August 30, 2014 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL. Services will be held Tuesday, September 02, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Dr. Breck Ladd and Bro. Tommy Gillon officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Cemetery, Ethelsville, AL. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral...
Patsy C. Carver
Aug 28, 2014
PATSY CARVER Patsy C. Carver age 81 died Thursday, August 28, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Monday September 01, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Curtis Bray officiating, burial will follow at Arbor Grove Cemetery, Houston MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m....
Gene Decker
Aug 26, 2014
GENE DECKER GENE DECKER Albert Eugene Decker, II, age 78, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at his home in Clay County, MS. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. A memorial service, celebrating his life, will be held Saturday, September 6, 2014 at 1:00 PM at his home in Clay County. The son of...
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