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Grover J. Carr
Jan 19, 2009
Grover J. " Son" Carr, 76, of Columbus, MS died Monday, January 19, 2009 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home Thursday, January 22, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Services will be Friday, January 23, 2009 at 2:00 PM...
Lilla Pratt Rosamond
Jan 13, 2009
Lilla Pratt Rosamond ,98, of Columbus, Ms died Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at her home in Columbus. Memorial Funeral Home has been entrusted with her funeral arrangements. Visitation will be held at First United Methodist Church in the Fletcher-Jones Building from 1:00 to 2:00 on Saturday, January 17, 2009 with a memorial service at 2:00pm. Graveside service at Friendship Cemetery...
Brenda Kaye Blanton
Jan 5, 2009
Brenda Kaye Blanton Age 63 died January 5, 2009 at Aurora Australis Lodge in Columbus, MS Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Stacy Douglas Officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home one hour prior to service. Miss Blanton was born...
Edgar Brown Pennington
Dec 31, 2008
Edgar Brown Pennington , 93, died December 31, 2008 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 11:00 AM with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, January 4, 2009 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM...
Helen Kathleen Lollar
Dec 20, 2008
Helen Kathleen Crawford Lollar, 56, died Saturday, December 20, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation was Sunday afternoon at Memorial Funeral Home from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Funeral services, with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating, were held Monday, December 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church...
Kenneth Dale Bilger
Dec 19, 2008
Kenneth D. Bilger ,76, of Columbus, MS died Friday, December 19, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, December 21, 2008 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Monday, December 22, 2008 at 3:00 PM in the...
Lessie Irene Fowler
Dec 6, 2008
Mrs. Lessie Irene Rosser Fowler, 84 ,of Columbus, MS died Saturday, December 6, 2008 at Home Place of Columbus. Graveside services will be Monday, December 8, 2008 at 2:00 PM at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Lamar County, Al with Rev. Jimmy Ray officiating. Mrs. Fowler was born on Wednesday, August 20, 1924, in Noxubee County, MS to the late Ben...
Gladys Leggett Lancaster
Dec 5, 2008
Mary Gladys Leggett Lancaster, age 97, died December 5, 2008 at Trinity HealthCare in Columbus. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation was Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 12:30pm to 2:00pm at Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services were held at Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 2:30 PM with Rev. Ron McDougal officiating. Mrs. Lancaster...
Frances Ledyard Ivy
Dec 3, 2008
Frances Ledyard Ivy, 92, proponent for womens education and former president of the Mississippi University for Women Alumnae Association, died on December 3, 2008 in Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Ivy combined several careers, including writer, fund-raiser, educator, preservationist, civic leader, and churchwoman. Born on September 28, 1916, she was the youngest of five children of the late Joshua Heard Ledyard, the...
John (Jack) Featherston Colbert, Jr.
Dec 3, 2008
John (Jack) Featherston Colbert, Jr. died Wednesday, December 3, 2008, in Jackson, MS, of leukemia. He was 80 years old. Mr. Colbert was born September 8, 1928, in Brooksville, MS. His parents were Wilma Gray and John (Jack) Featherston Colbert, Sr. His childhood nickname was "Huck" because he loved the outdoors and hunting. He graduated from Brooksville High School and...
Elijah Caldwell Marsh
Nov 29, 2008
ELIJAH C. MARSH Elijah Caldwell Marsh Age 13 months died November 29, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Elijah was born on October 18, 2007 in West Point to the best parents a baby could ask for, Janet and Chris Marsh. Services will be held at First Christian Church on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 2:00 PM...
Royce Scott Sesser
Nov 29, 2008
ROYCE S. SESSER Royce Scott Sesser Age 60 died November 29, 2008 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL A funeral mass will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Father Robert Dore Officiating burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be at Annunciation Catholic Church on...
Jean Mildred Peaks
Nov 23, 2008
Jean Mildred Stewart Peaks, age 91, died November 23, 200 at Trinity Personal Care in Columbus,MS. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home Tuesday evening , November 25, 2008 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The Funeral service will be held in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM with Rev. Don Harding and...
Mildred Thompson Lawrence
Nov 16, 2008
Mildred Thompson Lawrence Age 95 died November 16, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Graveside services will be held at Egger Cemetery on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM with Rev. Ben Butler officiating. Mrs. Lawrence was born on January 8, 1913 in Sulligent, AL to the late Jacob Monroe and Cynthia Jane Anthony Thompson. She was a...
Catherine B. Taylor
Nov 16, 2008
Catherine Taylor, 87, of Columbus, died November 16, 2008, at BMH-GT. Catherine was born March 4, 1921, to Robert B. and Lelia Rye Barton. Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 18, 2008, from 6-8 at Memorial Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 2:00 at Memorial Funeral Home with burial at Friendship Cemetery with Dr. Sam...
John Floyd Doughty
Nov 13, 2008
John Floyd Doughty Age 94 died November 13, 2008 at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Services with Masonic Rites will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM Dr. Shawn Parker will officiate. burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, November...
Judge Phillip Owen Robertson
Nov 9, 2008
Judge Phillip Owen Robertson, age 63, of Steens, Miss., died Sunday, November 9, 2008, at his residence in Steens, Miss. Visitation was held Monday , November 10, 2008, from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 11 at 1:00 P.M in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home, with Willis Logan and Joel Ellis, officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship...
Willie Ellis Hodges, Jr.
Nov 7, 2008
Willie Ellis "Billy" Hodges, Jr. age 80, of Columbus, Miss., died Friday, November 7, 2008, at Ms State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, Miss. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 Monday, November 10, 2008 at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will follow at 11:00 AM Monday, in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Bryson, officiating. Interment with military honors will...
Hugh Byers Eldredge
Nov 6, 2008
HUGH B. ELDREDGE Hugh Byers Eldredge Age 61 died November 6, 2008 at Rolling Hills Development Center in Starkville. Mr. Eldredge was born on July 7, 1947 in Columbus to the late William Augustas and Medora Dortch Eldredge. He was disabled. No services are planned at this time. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Melvin Douglas "Doug" Jones
Oct 27, 2008
Doug Jones Melvin Douglas Doug Jones II died Monday, October 27, 2008 at his home in Columbus. Doug was born March 1, 1966, in Beckley, West Virginia, to Melvin and Billie Jones. Doug graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1989. In 2000, he earned a Masters of Science in...
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