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Richard Morris "Happy" Sobley
Dec 16, 2009
Richard Morris Sobley Richard Morris "Happy" Sobley age 64, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at his home in Lowndes County surrounded by his family. Services will be at Memorial Funeral Home at 11:00 am on Saturday, December 19, 2009 with the Reverend Tommy Whaley officiating, burial will be at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, December 18, 2009 from...
Joe Hodges
Dec 15, 2009
JOE HODGES - Joseph H. "Joe" Hodges, age 67, of Columbus, MS, died December 15, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, December 18, 2009, at 11:00 AM at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Sam Morris, Rev. B. F. Lee, Dr. Roy McAilly, and Rev. Glyn Wiygul officiating. The interment will follow on Friday at 2:30 PM...
Lounora Johnston Berry
Dec 14, 2009
This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it! This verse was the battle cry and the last words spoken by Lounora Poochie Johnston Berry. She died peacefully, surrounded by her family on December 14, 2009. Poochie was born January 12, 1934 in Memphis, TN, to Russell B. and Ruth Williams Johnston....
J.T. Conner
Dec 12, 2009
J.T. CONNER John Thomas "J.T." Conner age 84 died Saturday, December 12, 2009 at State Veterans Home in Kosciusko MS. Services will be held Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Ben Butler and Rev. Tommy O'Dell officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral...
Ruth Miller Greene
Dec 9, 2009
RUTH MILLER GREENE Ruth Miller Greene, age 80, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Services will be held Friday, December 11, 2009, at 11:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Thursday, December 10, 2009, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM and one hour...
Catherine Vogt Spitler
Nov 30, 2009
Catherine Vogt Spitler age 93 died Monday, November 30, 2009 at The Arrington in Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, December 03, 2009 at 11:00 AM from Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Black officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to service. Mrs....
Glover Freeman
Nov 30, 2009
GLOVER FREEMAN Thomas Glover T.G. Freeman age 93 died Monday, November 30, 2009 at The Care Center of Vernon in Vernon, AL. Services will be held Friday, December 04, 2009 at 10:00 AM from Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Columbus, MS with Rev. Ben Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia, MS. Visitation will be held at...
Doris Sanders Perkins
Nov 28, 2009
Doris Sanders Perkins, 80, beloved daughter, mother and grandmother died peacefully at her home on Saturday, November 28, 2009. Doris was born January 10, 1929 in McMinnville, Tennessee. After completing school in McMinnville, Doris moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee and began a modeling career. She later moved to Birmingham, Alabama where she continued to model as well as teach dance at...
Robert Henry Jinks
Nov 27, 2009
ROBERT H. JINKS Robert Henry Jinks age 88 died Friday, November 27, 2009 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Local arrangements are being handled by Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be conducted at a date to be announced by Kirby Funeral Home in Homer, IL. Mr. Jinks was born on May 23, 1921 in Homer, IL to the...
Esther Gunnoe Troskey
Nov 24, 2009
ESTHER TROSKEY Ethel Esther Troskey, age 84, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at her residence in Columbus, MS. Services will be held Friday, November 27 at 2:00 pm at Central United Methodist Church with Rev. Curtis Petrey of Petrey, AL and Rev. Jonathan Speegle of Columbus officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, November 26...
Bob Boone
Nov 23, 2009
BOB BOONE - Bobby Sam "Bob" Boone, age 74, of Columbus, MS, died November 23, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, November 27, 2009, at 10:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. Mickey Dalrymple, Rev. Sammy Crawford, and Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating and Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church...
James E. Chandler
Nov 23, 2009
JIM CHANDLER - James E. "Jim" Chandler, age 75, of Warsaw, IN, formerly of Columbus, MS, died November 23, 2009, at Kosciusko Community Hospital in Warsaw, IN. Graveside services will be Saturday, November 28, 2009, at 10:00 AM, at Rowan Cemetery in Steens with military honors and Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be Friday, November 27, 2009,...
Bessie M. Bates
Nov 21, 2009
Bessie M. Bates, age 101 of Picayune, Mississippi, died Saturday, November 21, 2009 in Picayune, Mississippi. Bessie Moore Bates, 101, was born in Itawamba County, Mississippi July 27, 1908 to Chester and Cora Lee Brown Moore. She passed away Saturday November 21, 2009 in Picayune, Mississippi. Mrs. Bates and her husband reared their family in Columbus, MS where she taught...
Hubert Earl Gilmore
Nov 19, 2009
Hubert Earl Gilmore, age, 64, died Thursday, November 19, 2009 at his residence in Columbus, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Don Boren officiating. Burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery, Vernon, AL. Visitation will be held at Memorial...
Howell Galey Mims
Nov 19, 2009
Rev. Howell Galey "Gay" Mims, age 69, died November 19,2009 at his residence in Caledonia. Visitation will be held Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009 at Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 5 - 7 p.m., and will resume on Monday, one hour prior to the 2:00 PM service at the same location on Wolfe Rd. Interment will immediately follow at...
Edythe Virginia Hunter Davis
Nov 18, 2009
Virginia Davis, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at Trinity Healthcare Center in Columbus, Mississippi. She was born in Standard, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, on August 30, 1921, to John Lee and Bernice Drake Hunter. Her father returned home to Columbus with his wife and family when Virginia was a girl and she attended Lee High School. Virginia...
Verma Mae Layer
Nov 16, 2009
Verma Mae Smothers Layer, age 94, of Columbus, MS, died November 17, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday, November 20, 2009, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Walker and Dr. Albert Wilkerson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. The visitation will also be Friday, November 20, 2009, from...
Janie Mae Egger
Nov 16, 2009
Janie Mae West Egger, age 96, of Caledonia, MS died November 16, 2009, at Windsor Place of Columbus. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 11:00 AM at the Caledonia United Methodist Church with Rev. Ben Butler and Rev. Inge Halbert officiating and Memorial Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church one hour prior to...
Penn Taylor
Nov 14, 2009
R. Pendelton "Penn" Taylor, 90, of Columbus, died November 14, 2009, at Windsor Nursing Home after a brief illness. Penn was born November 11, 1919, in Columbus to William R. and Stella Thurston Taylor. Visitation will be held Monday, November 16, 2009, from 6:00-8:00 pm at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at 10:00 at...
Larry Wayne Mcbride
Nov 13, 2009
Larry Wayne McBride age 62 died Friday, November 13, 2009 at his residence in Columbus. Graveside memorial services will be held Sunday November 15, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Larry was born on Thursday, June 26, 1947 in Columbus, MS to the late...
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