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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Malcolm Wade Rond
Jan 18, 2013
Malcolm Wade Rond "Papado" Malcolm Wade Rond "Papado" age 72 died Friday, January 18, 2013 at his home in Jefferson, Texas. Malcolm was born July 24, 1940 in Natchitoches, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents Mary Opal (Cox) and John C. Rond and grandson, Kelton Chase Rond. Malcolm is survived by his daughters, Tami Pallay and husband...
William Koy Andrews
Jan 12, 2013
William K. "Billy" Andrews, Sr., age 76, of Columbus, MS, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, January 12, 2013. He passed away at his home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral services will be Monday, January 14, 2013, at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Pastor Junior Eads and Rev. Russell...
Berkley Nichols
Jan 11, 2013
BERKLEY NICHOLS - Major Howard "Berkley" Nichols, age 45, of Aberdeen, MS, passed away January 11, 2013, at his residence. Graveside services with full military honors will be Friday, January 18, 2013, at 2:00 PM at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, TN. Visitation will be Thursday, January 17, 2013, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Memorial Funeral...
Catherine White Haynes
Jan 11, 2013
Catherine Haynes, mother and friend, died at Trinity Health Care Center on Friday January 11, 2013. She was 90 years old. Visitation will be January Friday January 18, 2013 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home. A Celebration of Life will be held in her memory at First Christian Church, 811 N. McCrary Road in Columbus on Saturday,...
Sarah Livingston Fowler
Jan 10, 2013
Sarah Livingston Fowler, gracious in manner and steadfast in faith, died at her home January 10, 2013. She was 87 years old. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 13, at Main Street Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. David Strain officiating, assisted by soloist, Chad Graeber. The visitation at the church starts at 1:30 p.m. Burial will follow the...
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