OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Mildred Zimmer Matson

Mildred Zimmer Matson

Nov 2, 2010

MILDRED MATSON - Mildred Alberta Zimmer Matson, age 92, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 2, 2010, at her residence. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at 10:00 AM at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Michael Kober officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The visitation will be Monday, November 8, 2010, from 5:00...

Dorothy "Dottie" Virginia Odom

Dorothy "Dottie" Virginia Odom

Oct 29, 2010

Dorothy Dotty Odom Dorothy Virginia Dotty Odom, 89 passed from this earth in her home on October 29, 2010. Dotty was born August 18, 1921 in Mt. Olive, NC, to Roy and Nora Overton. She had lived in Lawton, OK; Yuma, AZ; Savannah, GA; and Columbus, MS. She had lived in Columbus since 1958. Yuma was her favorite place to...

Helen Reeves Simons

Helen Reeves Simons

Oct 29, 2010

Helen Reeves Simons age 70 died Friday, October 29, 2010 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, November 02, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Living Faith Tabernacle Church with Rev. James Gardner officiating, burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at Living Faith Tabernacle Monday, November 01, 2010 from 6:00 PM until...

Lorene Callahan Estes

Lorene Callahan Estes

Oct 27, 2010

LORENE ESTES - Lorene Callahan Estes, age 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 25, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at 11:00 AM at Springhill Baptist Church Cemetery near Millport, AL, with Wayne Baines officiating and Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Estes was born May 19, 1922, in Steens, MS,...

Charles Elliott Swartz

Charles Elliott Swartz

Oct 25, 2010

CHARLES SWARTZ Charles Elliott Swartz age 83 died Monday, October 25, 2010 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Aberdeen. Graveside services with military honors will be held Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 10:00 AM at Liberty Cemetery in Pickens County, AL with Rev. James Black officiating. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, October 27, 2010 from 6:00 PM...

Franklin Delanor Vaughan

Franklin Delanor Vaughan

Oct 21, 2010

FRANKLIN VAUGHAN - Franklin Delanor Vaughan, age 75, of Steens, MS, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, October 24, 2010, at 2:30 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Larry Montgomery officiating and J. M. Hawkins assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Lone Oak Cemetery in Steens. Visitation was Saturday,...

Cary Michael Leverette

Cary Michael Leverette

Oct 14, 2010

CARY LEVERETTE Cary Michael Leverette age 36 died Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Services will be held Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Grant Mitchell officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 6:00 PM...

Bennie Midleton Haney

Bennie Midleton Haney

Oct 14, 2010

BENNIE HANEY Bennie Midleton Haney age 84 died Thursday, October 14, 2010 at The Windsor Place in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Bonner officiating. Burial with Columbus Fire Department Honors will follow at Love Joy near Beaverton, AL. Visitation will be held at the funeral home...

Bobby Lee Shane Nabors

Bobby Lee Shane Nabors

Oct 13, 2010

BOBBY NABORS Bobby Lee Shane Nabors age 25 died Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in Columbus. Services will be held Monday, October 18, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bubba Dees officiating, burial will follow at Living Faith Tabernacle Columbus MS. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Bobby was...

Edmund Joseph Lorbiecki

Edmund Joseph Lorbiecki

Oct 12, 2010

Edmund Joseph Lorbiecki, 88, of Columbus died Tuesday, October 12 , 2010 at Baptist Memorial Hospital " Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held Friday, October 15, 2010 in the Chapel of St. Pauls Episcopal Church at 3:00 PM, with the Very Reverend James Carlyle officiating. The son of the...

Vivian James Wood

Vivian James Wood

Oct 11, 2010

Vivian James "Jimmy" Wood, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 11, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Billy Ferguson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Bethel Cemetery in Vernon, AL. Visitation is also Tuesday, October 12, 2010, one hour prior to...

Helen Lucinda Knoeferl

Helen Lucinda Knoeferl

Oct 8, 2010

Helen L. Knoeferl, age 91, of Columbus died Friday, October 8, 2010 at her daughters home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday morning, October 12, 2010 at 10:00 AM at Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Robert Dore, Celebrant. Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM in the...

Louise Dove

Louise Dove

Oct 8, 2010

LOUISE DOVE Louise Sprayberry Dove age 83 died Friday October 8, 2010 at The Windsor Place in Columbus. Services will be held Sunday October 10, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday October 9, 2010 from 6 until 8 at the funeral...

Eunice Williams

Eunice Williams

Oct 6, 2010

EUNICE WILLIAMS - Eunice Elizabeth Lee Williams, age 99, of Aberdeen, MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away October 6, 2010, at the Care Center of Aberdeen. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 9, 2010, at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Larry Ferguson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, October...

Josh Nope

Josh Nope

Oct 3, 2010

JOSH NOPE - Joshua Darrell "Josh" Nope, age 22, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 3, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at 1100 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Ty Reed officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be...

Doris Opal Farrell

Doris Opal Farrell

Sep 30, 2010

DORIS FARRELL - Doris Opal Farrell, age 83, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Fairfield, CA, passed away September 30, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Columbus. The remains will be cremated and a memorial service will be at a later time. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Farrell was born August 29, 1927, in Many,...

Pansy Ree Turner

Pansy Ree Turner

Sep 29, 2010

PANSY TURNER Pansy Ree Turner age 83 died Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at Generations of Vernon in Vernon AL. Services will be held Sunday, October 03, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Randy Raper officiating. Burial will follow at Wofford Cemetery in Lamar County. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Sunday one hour...

Donald W. Partridge

Donald W. Partridge

Sep 28, 2010

DONALD PARTRIDGE - Donald W. Partridge, Sr., age 75, of Steens, MS, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Columbus. Funeral services will be Saturday, October 2, 2010, at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Andy Vaughn officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with full military honors. Visitation will be Friday,...

Martha Cade

Martha Cade

Sep 24, 2010

Martha Josephine Bearden Cade, age 101, of Columbus, MS, died September 24, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Private family services will be held at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Okolona, MS, with Rev. Ron McDougald officiating and Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Cade was born January 22, 1909, in Okolona, MS, to the late W. E. and Annice Buchanan...

Harry Eugene Yeatman

Harry Eugene Yeatman

Sep 24, 2010

Harry Eugene Yeatman, age 81, of Columbus died Friday, September 24, 2010 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be held Sunday, September 26, 2010 from 6:00 PM -8:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he was a...