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Lewis Donald Atkins
Dec 15, 2013
LEWIS DONALD ATKINS Lewis Donald Atkins age 86 died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Tabernacle United Methodist Church with Rev. Jerry Brownlee officiating, burial with U.S. Army Honors, will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday December 17, 2013, from 6:00...
Mitzi Mcdaniel Mcgill
Dec 13, 2013
Mitzi Jo McDaniel McGill died Friday, December 13, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital " Golden Triangle. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home will be in charge of her services. Visitation will be Sunday, December 15, 2013 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Evangel Church. The funeral will be Monday, December 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Evangel Church with Rev....
Joe William Hill, Jr.
Dec 11, 2013
Joe William Hill, Jr., age 56, of Steens, MS, passed away December 11, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be Sunday, December 15, 2013, at 1:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. David Westmoreland officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mr. Hill was born March 8, 1957,...
Anna Elizabeth Ashley
Dec 9, 2013
Anna Elizabeth "Ms. Anna" Killough Ashley, age 80, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 9, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Margie's Place. A graveside committal will immediately follow at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery with Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Ashley was...
Gracia Austeen Smith
Dec 1, 2013
Gracia Austeen McNeese Smith, age 98, of Steens, MS, passed away December 1, 2013, at Generations of Vernon. Graveside services will be Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Ebenezer Cemetery in Lamar County, AL, with Dale McNeese officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Smith was born January 17, 1915, in Lamar County,...
Jo Elizabeth Criddle
Nov 30, 2013
Jo Elizabeth Garner Criddle, age 68, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 30, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Victor Bonner officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Sullivan Cemetery in Monroe County, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday,...
Olene Dawkins Chain
Nov 29, 2013
Mrs. Willard Olene Dawkins Chain, age 81, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at her home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Her funeral service will be Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Chapel with Rev. Oscar Maddox, officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Memorial Funeral Home. Burial...
Cecil Turner Gibson, Jr.
Nov 29, 2013
Cecil Turner "Sonny" Gibson, Jr., age 77, of Artesia, MS, passed away November 29, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, December 1, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Ben Yarber officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Beersheba Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, December 1, 2013, from 12:00 PM until 2:00...
Isabel Margaret Christophersen
Nov 27, 2013
Isabel Margaret Thomson Christophersen, age 99, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 27, 2013, at Trinity Healthcare. A private family committal service will be held at a later date at Corinth National Cemetery with Gunter & Peel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Christophersen was a first generation American, born to Scottish immigrants, in Kearny, NJ, on June 29,...
Ray Wilson
Nov 25, 2013
RAY WILSON James Rayburne "Ray" Wilson, age 61, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 25, 2013, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Funeral services will be Friday, November 29, 2013, at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Junior Eads officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, November 29,...
Louise Hopper
Nov 25, 2013
LOUISE HOPPER Mary Louise Moore Hopper, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 25, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Brian Adkins officiating. The private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 27, 2013, one hour prior...
Helen Hankins
Nov 24, 2013
HELEN HANKINS Helen Hankins, age 89, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 26 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held Wednesday, November 27 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Ray officiating. Burial will...
Allison Rosella Ham
Nov 22, 2013
Allison Rosella Ham, age 3 ,died November 22, 2013 in St. George, Utah. Services will be held Monday, December 2, 2013 at 12:30 p.m. at Steens Church of Christ with Larry Montgomery officiating. Burial will follow at Gray Cemetery, 1380 Pleasantfield Road, Parish, Alabama. Visitation will be held at the church Monday from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Memorial Funeral...
Bro. Bill Swartz
Nov 21, 2013
BRO. BILL SWARTZ William Hiram Bro. Bill Swartz age 88 died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Services will be held Monday, November 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Christopher Oliver, Pastor of Ethelsville Church of God, officiating, burial with military honors, will follow at Friendship Cemetery....
Lesli Morris Wolford
Nov 19, 2013
Lesli Morris Wolford, age 50, of Starkville, MS, passed away November 19, 2013, at University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A memorial service will be held Friday, November 22, 2013, at 11:00 AM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Columbus with Rev. Kerry Holder Joffrion, Rev. Lee Winter, and Rev. Carol Meade officiating. A graveside committal service will immediately follow...
Elive Cantrell Stockman
Nov 14, 2013
ELIVE STOCKMAN Elive Cantrell Stockman age 84 died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Saturday, November 16, 2013 at11:00 AM at Fairview Cemetery near Sulligent, Alabama. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Friday, November 15, 2013 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Mrs. Stockman was born...
Juanita Atkins
Nov 12, 2013
Alma Juanita Wood Atkins, age 92, of Columbus, MS, went to be with her Lord on November 12, 2013. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny Avery officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia, MS. Visitation will be Saturday, November 16, 2013, one hour...
Nellie Jean Beatty
Nov 9, 2013
Nellie Jean Beatty, 80, died peacefully at her home in Columbus, Mississippi, on November 9, 2013. Nellie Jean, or Jean, as known to friends, was born in Vernon, Alabama in 1933. She was the daughter of Noah Daniel Robertson and Nellie Gray Springfield. Jean married Lindley Beatty, Sr., on December 24, 1951 at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Columbus, where...
Evelyn Clark Cox
Nov 7, 2013
Evelyn Clark Cox age 97 died Thursday, November 07, 2013 at her home in Columbus. Services will be held Monday, November 11, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Raigan Miskelly officiating. Visitation will be held at one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Mrs. Cox was born on Sunday, December 12,...
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