OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Milford Franklin Stumpf

Milford Franklin Stumpf

Sep 7, 2008

MILFORD F. STUMPF Milford Franklin Stumpf Age 67 died September 7, 2008 at Homeplace Assisted Living. Services will be held at Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Terry Maynard Officiating, burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday, September 9, 2008 from 6:00 PM...

Charles Shafer Youngblood

Charles Shafer Youngblood

Aug 30, 2008

Charles Shafer Youngblood of Columbus died Saturday, August 30, 2008 at his home. Funeral arrangments were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation was held Monday evenng at Memorial Funeral Home. His service was held Tuesday morning at 11:00 AM at First United Methodist Church, with Dr. Sam Morris, Rev. Tony Proctor and Rev. Anne Russell Bradley officiating. Burial followed in...

Gerald Lee Phillips

Gerald Lee Phillips

Aug 29, 2008

Gearld Lee Phillips Age 72 died August 29, 2008 at his residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held at Corinth National Cemetery on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 1:00 PM with full military honors. Mr. Phillips was born on November 23, 1935 to the late James O. and Frances Marie Sanford Phillips. He was a retired Tech Sargent for...

Mary Faye Wootten Smith

Mary Faye Wootten Smith

Aug 28, 2008

Mary Faye Wootten Smith, 56 died Friday August 29, 2008 at her residence in Opelika Alabama. Services are Wednesday at 3:00pm at Brooksville United Methodist Church with The Rev. Chuck Carroll officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service. Burial will follow at the Brooksville Cemetery. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Smith was born...

Margaret J. "Peggy" Jones

Margaret J. "Peggy" Jones

Aug 21, 2008

PEGGY JONES Margaret Jean "Peggy" Jones, Age 79, died August 21, 2008 at St. Leonard's Nursing Home in Centerville, OH. Services will be held at Evangel Church on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM with Rev. Ron Delgado officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. A memorial...

Charles David Howell

Charles David Howell

Aug 20, 2008

CHARLES D. HOWELL Charles David Howell age 63 died Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at his residence in El Paso, TX. A memorial service will be held Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Mr. Howell was born...

Hunter M. Gholson

Hunter M. Gholson

Aug 12, 2008

HUNTER M. GHOLSON Prominent Columbus attorney, Hunter M. Gholson, 75, died August 12, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Hortense Jones Gholson, daughter Emily Gholson Roberts (Tim), son William Webster Gholson (Melissa), and five grandsons, William Hunter Thomas, Nathaniel Webster Bailey, Lucas Henry Bailey, James Andrew Gholson, and William Hunter Gholson. Hunter was...

Norman Ray Lux

Norman Ray Lux

Aug 8, 2008

Norman Ray Lux Age 59 died August 8, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. A memorial service will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 6:00 PM Mr. Lux was born on June 28, 1949 in California to the late Emma Francis Lux and the late Ruby Box Neeham. He was disabled and a...

Janet Kay Smith

Janet Kay Smith

Aug 7, 2008

KAY SMITH Janet Kay Smith Age 55 died August 7, 2008 at UAB in Birmingham, AL Memorial services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 3:00 PM with Rev. Tom Belcher and Rev. Larry Taylor Officiating Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday, August 9, 2008 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM...

Roy A. Klages

Roy A. Klages

Aug 6, 2008

DR. ROY A. KLAGES Roy Klages, 91, passed away peacefully the morning of August 6, 2008, with his wife by his side at Teresian House, Albany, NY. Roy Arthur Klages was born August 31, 1916, to Arthur F. and Mary Ulrich Klages, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State College and later received his M.B.A. from the...

Bridgette Anne Glasgow

Bridgette Anne Glasgow

Jul 27, 2008

Bridgette Anne Glasgow Age 40 died Sunday July 27, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS Mrs. Glasgow was born in Camp Lejeune NC on March 30, 1968. She was a homemaker. No services are planned at this time. survivors include: Husband-Danny Glasgow of Columbus, Miss. Daughter-Tiffany Lego of Clarksville, Ind. step daughter-Rebecca Hutcheson (Jess) of Columbus,...

William N. "Bill" Morris

William N. "Bill" Morris

Jul 24, 2008

BILL MORRIS SR. William Neal "Bill" Morris, Sr. Age 44 died July 24, 2008 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 2:00 PM with Rev. James Gardner Officiating burial will follow at Living Faith Tabernacle Cemetery Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday,...

Lillian D. Tubb

Lillian D. Tubb

Jul 24, 2008

LILLIAN D. TUBB Lillian Dahlem Tubb Age 85 died July 24, 2008 at her residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held at Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 4:00 PM with Dr. Shawn Parker Officiating Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Saturday, July 26, 2008 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM Mrs. Tubb was...

Patricia Guyton Marsh

Patricia Guyton Marsh

Jul 22, 2008

PATRICIA G. MARSH Patricia Guyton Marsh Age 61 died Tuesday July 22, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, Ms. Graveside services will be held at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 10:30 AM with Rev. Curtis Bray Officiating . Mrs. Marsh was born in Columbus on March 17, 1947 to Dora Hankins Guyton...

Mildred Huddleston Dishongh

Mildred Huddleston Dishongh

Jul 18, 2008

Mildred H. Dishongh, 95, joined hands with her Lord and Savior on July 18, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mildred was born on January 11,1913, in Des Arc, Arkansas to Tillie Flynn Huddleston and Robert Roscoe Huddleston. She graduated from Scott High School in Scott, AR. She then attended Draughns School of Business in Little Rock,...

David D. Widner

David D. Widner

Jul 16, 2008

David D. Widner Age 75 died July 16, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Graveside services will be held at Friendship Cemetery on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Andy Pearson Officiating. Mr. Widner was born on July 12, 1933 in Blytheville, Arkansas to the late John William and Kitty Avitts Widner. He was a member...

John Freeman Seay

John Freeman Seay

Jul 8, 2008

John Freeman Seay Age 86 died July 8, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Services will be held at Fairview Baptist Church on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Sammy Crawford and Rev. Tommy Gillon Officiating burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery with Masonic Rites. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Thursday, July 10,...

John Virgil Fancher, Jr.

John Virgil Fancher, Jr.

Jul 7, 2008

John Virgil Fancher, Jr., age 85, of Columbus, MS, died Monday, July 7, 2008 at his residence in Columbus, MS. Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Wednesday, July 9, 2008. His funeral service will be held in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home at 10:00 AM...

Ruby Idell Williams

Ruby Idell Williams

Jun 30, 2008

Ruby Idell Edgeworth Williams, age 78, of Columbus, MS, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS Arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be held at Living Faith Tabernacle from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Her funeral service will also be at Living Faith Tabernacle...

Otto Morse Kochtitzky

Otto Morse Kochtitzky

Jun 26, 2008

Dr.Otto Morse Kochtitzky, age 87, died June 26, 2008,in Nashville, Tennessee. Morse leaves a legacy of a doctor who was his patients cherished friend. He and his wife Marjorie were a great team in their 63 years of marriage. Their lives were brightened in their mid-70s by the birth of grandsons Will and Tom who have been Morses favorite and...