OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Dudley Haskell Carter

Dudley Haskell Carter

Jan 23, 2009

Dudley Haskell Carter Age 65 died January 23, 2009 at his residence in Columbus. A visitation will be held Tuesday January 27th from 1:00 P.M. until 2:30 P.M. at Memorial Funeral Home with graveside services immediately following at Friendship Cemetery. Mr. Carter was born on December 25, 1943 in Louisville to the late Haskell Triplett Carter and Ruth Watson Carter....

David Earl Goodman Sr.

David Earl Goodman Sr.

Jan 22, 2009

DAVID EARL GOODMAN, SR. David Earl Goodman, Sr. Age 80 died January 22, 2009 at Magnolia Hospital in Corinth, MS Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 2:00 PM with Daniel Farris and Slade Blend Officiating burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery Visitation was at Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday, January 24, 2009...

Earnest Leon House

Earnest Leon House

Jan 21, 2009

Earnest Leon House, 79 ,of Columbus, Lowndes County,MS died Wednesday, January 21, 2009 at his residence in the New Hope community of Lowndes County. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, where visitation was held Thursday, January 22, 2009 from 6:00-8:00PM. Services were Friday morning, January 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM at Memorial with Rev. Jack Taylor, officiating. Burial...

Grover J. Carr

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...