OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Edith Lenore Browning

Edith Lenore Browning

Feb 17, 2013

Edith Lenore Trimble Browning, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 17, 2013, at Windsor Place. Funeral services will be Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 20, 2013, one hour prior to the service at First Baptist Church. Burial will immediately follow in Friendship...

Mary Nell Johnson

Mary Nell Johnson

Feb 15, 2013

MARY NELL JOHNSON Mary Nell Jones Johnson, aged 84 passed away peacefully on February 15, 2013 at Vineyard Court Nursing Home, with her daughter Pam Johnson Whitney and several staff members at her side. Services will be held Saturday February 23, at 2:00 p.m. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating. Visitation will be held one hour...

Wayne Murray

Wayne Murray

Feb 14, 2013

WAYNE MURRAY Howard Wayne Murray age 67 died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Vineyard Court Nursing Center in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Simon Harris officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 9:30 AM until service time at the funeral...

Arthur Lee Nail

Arthur Lee Nail

Feb 11, 2013

Arthur Lee Nail, age 97, died Monday, February 11, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Elliott Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Gillon and Rev. Nick Cannady officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park Grenada MS. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Tuesday, February 12, 2013...

Paul Edward Beale

Paul Edward Beale

Feb 9, 2013

Paul Edward Beale, age 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 9, 2013, at his residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Beale was born June 13, 1940, in Dyersburg, TN, to the late Jeff and Jewell Williams Beale. He was a graduate of Memphis State...

Roy Lee Atkins

Roy Lee Atkins

Feb 9, 2013

Roy Lee Atkins, age 85, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at his home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Rev. Jim L.E. Atkins officiating, will be Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM at Vaughn Cemetery. The son of the late Samuel Martin and Ursula Jane Shelton Atkins, Mr. Atkins was born...

James Edwards Evans

James Edwards Evans

Feb 7, 2013

James Edward Jim Evans, 82, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Visitation is Monday, February 11, 2013, from 1:00-2:00 PM at St. Pauls Episcopal Church. Graveside services with Military Honors are Monday, February 11, 2013, at 3:00 PM at Oddfellows Cemetery in Aberdeen, MS. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Evans was born...

Hilda H. Malone

Hilda H. Malone

Feb 6, 2013

Hilda H. Malone Hilda Henderson Malone age 87 died peacefully Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Windsor Nursing Home with her family by her side. Services for Mrs. Malone will be 11:00 AM Friday, February 8, 2013 at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Interment will follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia, MS. Visitation will be Friday one hour...

Bettie J. Frohreich

Bettie J. Frohreich

Feb 4, 2013

Bettie J. Frohreich, age 83, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 4, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, February 7, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Calvary Assembly of God Church with Rev. Clark Richardson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Forest Cemetery near Ethelsville, AL. Visitation will be Thursday, February 7, 2013, from 1:00 PM until...

Dr. Charles O. Stanback

Dr. Charles O. Stanback

Feb 4, 2013

DR. CHARLES O. STANBACK Dr. Charles Oliver Charlie Stanback age 83 died Monday, February 04, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Thomas officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, February 06,...

Martha L. Sherman

Martha L. Sherman

Feb 2, 2013

MARTHA SHERMAN Martha L. Sherman, age 92 died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at her daughters home in Caledonia, MS. Funeral Service for Mrs. Sherman will be 12:00 noon Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Mullins officiating. A Private Family interment will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be 11:00 AM until 12:00 noon,Tuesday,...

Bill Harris

Bill Harris

Feb 1, 2013

BILL HARRIS John Billie Harris age 66 was called home by his Lord and Savior Friday, February 01, 2013. Services will be held Monday, February 04, 2013 at 11:00 AM at New Covenant Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Whaley and Rev. Ed Nix officiating, burial with U.S. Army Honors will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Katherine Jewell Hagood

Katherine Jewell Hagood

Jan 30, 2013

Katherine J. Hagood, age 92, died January 30, 2013 at Aurora Health and Rehabilitation in Columbus, MS. Graveside services for Mrs. Hagood will be 2:00pm Friday, February 1, 2013 at Memorial Gardens in Columbus, MS with Rev. Roy Hawkins officiating and Memorial Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Hagood was born in Columbus, MS to the late Ramie Lollar Jewell and Howard...

Evelyn Sharp

Evelyn Sharp

Jan 29, 2013

EVELYN SHARP Evelyn Bruce Sharp age 97 died Tuesday January 29, 2013 at Trinity Personal Care in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Friday, February 01, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. James Black officiating. Mrs. Sharp was born September 21, 1915 in Meridian, MS to the late William Floyd and Lillian Fulcher Bruce. Since 1934 she...

Robert Lee Pugh

Robert Lee Pugh

Jan 28, 2013

Ambassador Robert Lee Pugh, age 81, a retired Ambassador and Foreign Service Officer, died on Monday, January 28, 2013, in Columbus, Mississippi, after courageously battling Parkinsons Disease. His wife, Thelma Jackson Pugh was at his side. A memorial service with U.S. Marine Honors will be held Thursday January 31, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev....

Polly Otts Jacobs

Polly Otts Jacobs

Jan 28, 2013

Polly Otts Jacobs, age 72, of Caledonia, MS, passed away January 28, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, January 31, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Tony Gallop officiatin. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia. Visitation will be Wednesday, January 30, 2013, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at...

Doyel Phelps

Doyel Phelps

Jan 27, 2013

Mr. Doyel Phelps, 84, died at his home in Meridian, Mississippi on Sunday, January 27, 2013. Services will be held on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Columbus, Mississippi with Reverend Kenneth Boudreau officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be held Thursday January 31, 2013, at...

Lois J. Forrester

Lois J. Forrester

Jan 24, 2013

Lois J. Forrester died January 24, 2013, at the age of 83. She was born in Oklahoma on November 7, 1929, to Gladys G. (Flesher) and Morris M. Jones. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Robert E. (Dick) Forrester, whom she married in 1947. Together they raised four daughters who survive them: Jeanne Forrester Vosburgh (Tom) of...

Marguerite Long

Marguerite Long

Jan 20, 2013

Vivian Marguerite Jones Long, age 97, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 20, 2013, at Windsor Place. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 22, 2013, at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 22, 2013, from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A funeral service...

Ida Martha Earnest

Ida Martha Earnest

Jan 20, 2013

Ida Martha Earnest, 94, passed away Sun. Jan. 20, 2013 at the Brandon Court Nursing Home in Brandon, MS. Visitation will be held at Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Brandon, MS on Tues. Jan. 22, 2013 from 5pm.-8pm. and on Wed. Jan. 23, 2013 from 1pm.-2pm. at the Memorial Funeral Home in Columbus, MS. Funeral Services are 2pm. on...