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Mary Ella Shirley
Apr 1, 2006
Mary Ella Shirley Winchester KY - Mary Ella Shirley 83 died April 1, 2006 at daughter's residence in Winchester KY. A native of Kemper County Mississippi, she was born June 28, 1922 to the late Johnson Rudolph and Meddie Lodie Chisolm Kynerd. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Hylan Shirley. Funeral services will...
Sandy Godfrey
Mar 25, 2006
Sandra Lee "Sandy" Godfrey Columbus Mississippi - Sandra Lee "Sandy" Godfrey 59 died March 25, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Sandy was born on November 9, 1946 in Columbus to the late Bernice and Betty Ruth Elmore Godfrey. Funeral services will be Wednesday March 29, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. from Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ron...
Gladys Baines Porter
Mar 24, 2006
Steens, Ms--Mrs. Gladys Porter was born on August 20, 1934 in Pickens County Alabama to the late: Gilbert J. and Anna Mitchell Baines. She was retired from Columbus Marble Works and a member of East End Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Donna Jo Porter; one brother, James Baines; and her...
Louise Driver Neely
Mar 18, 2006
Huntsville, Al-Mrs. Neely was born in Colquitt County, Ga on July 24, 1922. She went to Jacksonville, Fl after the beginning of WWII and supported her country as a welder at the Jacksonville Ship Yards, swinging out over the edge of the ships in a harness to mend the war damaged hulls of the returning ships. After her welding unit...
Joseph Bennett Merritt
Mar 16, 2006
Columbus, MS-Mr. Joseph "Joe" Merritt, 69, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Roswell, died March 16, 2006. Born in Atlanta to Hoke Smith and Bertha Mae Hardeman Merritt, Joe had worked as a manager for Western Union Telegraph Co. and then as chief of security for Bigbee Transportation until his retirement. He was a member of the U.S. Jaycees, Lion's Club...
Jimmie Sue Fleming
Mar 16, 2006
Bartlett TN - Jimmie Sue Fleming 83 died March 16, 2006 at her residence in Bartlett TN. Mrs. Fleming was born on February 6, 1923 in Deansbury TN to the late James A. and Delene Page Hankins. She was a member of St. Stephen's United Methodist Church and was in the food service business most of her life. In addition...
Dessie Stapp
Mar 10, 2006
Columbus Mississippi - Dessie H. Stapp 81 died March 10, 2006 at Sanctuary Hospice House,Tupelo MS. Mrs. Stapp was born on November 3, 1924 in Tallahatchie County Mississippi to the late Joe and Willie Dean Hugley Hendon. She was a member of The Seventh Street Church of Christ and a homemaker. She was married in 1949 to Jack Stapp and...
Jessie Lee Harrison, Jr.
Mar 10, 2006
Columbus Mississippi - Jessie Lee Harrison Jr., 72, died March 10, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,Columbus MS. Mr. Harrison was born on November 24, 1933 in Lowndes County to the late Jessie Lee and E.C. Stokes Harrison Sr. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran and a retired employee of Choctaw Manufacturing. In addition to his parents he was...
Hazel Wallace
Mar 8, 2006
Mrs. Wallace was born on January 27, 1921 in Pickens County Alabama to the late George Earnest and Eura Mae Stokes Ashcraft. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a former Sunday School teacher and spent much time studying Biblical principals. She was a homemaker, a private duty sitter, and formally worked at the Reach Out Shelter of Abused...
Ruby Jewel Guin
Mar 7, 2006
Mrs. Guin was born on October 31, 1932 in Monroe County Alabama to the late Earlie R. and Emma Cantrell Cunningham. She was a homemaker and preceded in death by her husband Robert Malcom Guin, one sister Johnnie Merchant, and one sister-in-law Oleta White Cunningham. Funeral services will be Friday March 10, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Chapel with...
Pearl Townsend Smith
Mar 4, 2006
Pearl T. Smith Columbus MS - Pearl T. Smith 86 died March 4, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Mrs. Smith was born on October 2, 1919 to the late Joe and Minnie Vincent Townsend in Lauderdale County Mississipp and was reared in the Pine Spring Community. She was a member of Broadacres United Methodist Church, a homemaker and...
Julia Williams Taylor
Mar 3, 2006
Julia Williams Taylor Columbus Mississippi - Julia Williams Taylor 84 died March 3, 2006 at her residence in Steen Mississippi. Mrs. Taylor was born Janurary 13, 1922 in Janurary to the late Daniel Luther and Mary Emma Bush Williams. She graduated from high school in New Albany and attended Morehead College prior to graduating from Mississippi State College for Women...
Rubye Agnes Robertson
Mar 2, 2006
Rubye Agnes Robertson Columbus, MS - Rubye Agnes Robertson 88 died March 2, 2006 at Windsor Place Nusing Home in Columbus. Mrs. Robertson was born on November 19, 1917 in Steens Mississippi to the late Andrew Jackson and Rubye Lucy Perkins Robertson. She graduated from Steens High School in 1936. She attended the World Wide Church of God. She worked...
Dr. Miles Macgran
Mar 1, 2006
Dr. Miles MacGran Columbus Mississippi - Dr. Miles MacGran 86 died March 1, 2006 at his residence in Columbus. Dr. MacGran was born in on May 4, 1919 in St Paul Minnesota. He was a language professor who taught French, Spanish, and Italian at several universities including Mississippi University for Women, The University of Texas, Bellarmine College, St. Edward's University,...
Leland G. Hatton
Feb 25, 2006
Leland G. Hatton Columbus Mississippi - Leland G. Hatton 72 died February 25, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Mr. Hatton was born on June 10, 1933 in Iowa to the late Earl and Ethel Hatton. He was a member of the Methodist faith and a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergant having served 20 years and in the...
Gladys Reeves
Feb 23, 2006
Columbus, MS - Gladys Reeves, 71, died February 23, 2006 at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. Mrs. Reeves was born on November 3, 1934 in Columbus to the late Almus Ganner and Louvie Maude Boyd Hall. She attended Living Faith Tabernacle Church and was a former employee of Sanderson Plumbing and Maxxim Medical. In addition to her parents she...
A. E. Johnson
Feb 22, 2006
Columbus Mississippi - Albin Evan "Dude" Johnson Jr. age 80 died February 22, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle. Mr. Johnson Jr. was born on October 18, 1925 in Marion Alabama to the late Albin Evan and Ida Pearl Stephens Johnson Sr. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church, the founder of Johnson Truck Leasing, and a...
Mary Meador Moody
Feb 22, 2006
Mary Meador Moody Denison Texas - Mary Meador Moody 86 died February 22, 2006 at Texoma Medical Center in Texas. Mrs. Moody was born on November 12, 1919 in Electric Mills Mississippi. She taught in the Denison TX School System and was a graduate of Mississippi State College for Women and held a Masters degree from Austin College. She was...
Willie B. Kost
Feb 20, 2006
Willie B. Kost Columbus, MS - Willie B. Kost age 77 died February 20, 2006 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Kost was born on February 27, 1928 in Red Bay Alabama to the late Noah and Nancy Holland Humphries. She was a member of Caanan Baptist Church and a homemaker. In addition to he parents she was preceded in death...
Lovie E. Sparks
Feb 20, 2006
Columbus Mississippi - Lovie E. Sparks 85 died February 20, 2006 at Aurora Australis lodge. Mrs. Sparks was born on October 2, 1920 in Millport Alabama to the late David Paul and Eppie Lee McDaniel Bryant. She was employed by Hardin's Bakery and married Buford D. Sparks in 1945. She later retired from Sanderson Plumbing after 25 years. She was...
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