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Dwight M Watts Sr.
Sep 1, 2005
Dwight M. Watts Sr. Columbus Mississippi - Dwight M. Watts Sr. 90 died September 1, 2005 at his residencein Columbus MS. Mr. Watts was born November 16, 1914 in Canton Mississippi to the late Charles Dudley and Emma Anderson Watts. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church and a 1941 graduate of Mississippi State University. After college he...
Rose Marie Young
Aug 24, 2005
Rose M. Young Brooksville Mississippi - Rose M. Young 72 died August 26, 2005 at St. Vincent's Hospital,Birmingham AL Mrs. Young was born on February 8, 1933 in Puchuta MS to the late Eddie and Olivia Kisher Green. She was a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
Elizabeth "'Betty" Mitchell
Aug 22, 2005
Elizabeth Belk Betty Mitchell, 80, died Monday, August 22, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Services will be Wednesday, August 24, 2005, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Columbus with Dr. Bobby Douglas officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus. Visitation will Wednesday, August 24, 2005, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the First...
Lela B. Ray
Aug 19, 2005
Lela B. Ray Mrs. Ray was born September 13, 1931 in Lyndon Kansas to the late Leland and Hazel Humphrey Duff. She was a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church where she was active in Missionary Support. She was a retired secretary for the base exchange at Columbus Air Force Base. After her retirement she spent her time volunteering for...
Peggy I. Bell
Aug 16, 2005
Peggy Irene Burns Bell Columbus, Mississippi - Peggy Irene Burns Bell, 74, died August 16, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Bell was born January 25, 1931, in Columbus, MS, the daughter of the late: John Lewis and Lillian Mae Oglesby Burns. She married William Leon Bell on January 25, 1963, in Columbus, MS. She was...
Arnold L. Fant
Aug 10, 2005
Arnold L. Fant Columbus Mississippi - Arnold L. Fant 79 died August 10, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,Columbus MS. Mr. Fant was born on July 11, 1926 in Franklin County Mississippi to the late Claude Richard and Alpha Cantrell Fant. He was a member of Columbus First Baptist Church and retired from Columbus Light & Water after 35...
Watt Mclellan Brock
Aug 8, 2005
Watt McLellan Brock, Sr. Columbus, Mississippi - Watt McClellan Brock, Sr. 85, died August 8, 2005, at his Home in Columbus, Mississippi. Mr. Brock was born September 25, 1919, in Holmes County, MS, the son of the late: Edmund and Rosa McLellan Brock. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Columbus, MS. He was a retired insurance...
Connie Jean Hefner
Aug 4, 2005
Connie Jean Hatton Hefner Columbus, Mississippi - Connie Jean Hatton Hefner, 52, died August 4, 2005, at her Home in Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Hefner was born October 6, 1953, in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Leland Gene and Marlys Ethel Thomas Hatton. She was a homemaker. She was a Methodist. She loved and was especially gifted at caring for animals....
Nancy J. Vonkohn
Aug 4, 2005
Nancy Freeman Jones VonKohn Columbus, Mississippi - Nancy Freeman Jones VonKohn, 73, died August 4, 2005, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, in Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Nancy was born August 23, 1931, in Macon, MS, the daughter of the late George Phillips and Annie Matt Jackson Jones. She was a homemaker. She was a devoted mother, wife, and sister spending 22...
W.E. "Bill" Tidwell
Aug 3, 2005
W.E. BILL TIDWELL W. E. Tidwell, 91, formerly of Columbus, MS and Shawnee Mission, KS passed away Wednesday, August 3 at his home in Rancho Viejo, TX. Graveside services will be held Saturday August 13, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery. Prior to his retirement in 1974, Bill Tidwell was a developer in the Greater Kansas City area. He...
Carroll Coward
Jul 31, 2005
Carroll Coward Columbus Mississippi - Carroll Coward 67 died July 31, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Coward was born on September 3, 1937 in Morton MS to the late Jodie and Cleo Smith Coward. He was a 1958 graduate of Mississippi State University and an accountant for Weyerhouser Corporation and a U.S. Air Force Veteran. Funeral services will be Friday...
Dorothy Hughes Dale
Jul 31, 2005
Dorothy H. Dale Columbus Mississippi - Dorothy H. Dale 86 died July 31, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,Columbus MS. Daughter of the late Late: Cyril A. Hughes and Elizabeth Castle, and predeceased by her husband S.S. Dale. Family graveside services will be held Tuesday August 2, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery. Memorial services will be...
William Benjamin Ford
Jul 31, 2005
William Benjamin "Bill" Ford Ethelsville, Alabama - William Benjamin "Bill" Ford, 74, died July 31, 2005, at his home in Ethelsville, Alabama. Mr. Ford was born February 27, 1931, in Lamar County, AL, the son of the late: Robert Lee and Lillian Kirkland Ford, Sr. He served in the United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) during...
Dorothy S. "Dot" Coward
Jul 31, 2005
Dorothy S. "Dot" Coward Columbus Mississippi - Dorothy S. "Dot" Coward 71 died July 31, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Coward was born on January 3, 1934 in Natchez MS to the late Oscar C. Stewart Sr. and the late Jessie Louise Johnson Stewart Posey. She was a retired teller for First Federal Savings and Loan of Columbus. In addition...
Willie Mae Gregory
Jul 30, 2005
Willie Mae Gregory Columbus Mississippi - Willie Mae Gregory 80 died July 30, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,Columbus MS. Mrs. Gregory was born June 11, 1925 in Tennessee to the late Walter and Mae Woods Lovett. She moved to Meridian Mississippi in 1960 and in 1966 moved to Columbus which became "home". Her true enjoyment in life was...
Frances B. Avery
Jul 27, 2005
Frances Willette Browning Avery Columbus, Mississippi - Frances Willette Browning Avery, 79, died July 27, 2005, at her home in Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Avery was born March 5, 1926, in Lamar County, AL, the daughter of the late John William and Wilda Parlee Harris Browning. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She was an accomplished seamstress and...
Ethel White
Jul 24, 2005
Columbus Mississippi - Ethel White 89 died July 24, 2005 at Trinity Healthcare,Columbus MS. Mrs. White was born on July 7, 1916 in Egypt Mississippi to the late Max and Emma McGhee Peterson. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, and a U.S. Navy Veteran having served during WWII. She lived in Memphis for many years and worked...
Wiliam Frank Jones
Jul 24, 2005
WILLIAM FRANK JONES William Frank Jones 84 better known as Willie Frank to friends and family died on Sunday July 24, 2005. Services will be held Thursday July 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Pauls Episcopal Church with Father Edward de Bary officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at...
Sandra Maxine Parker
Jul 23, 2005
Sandra Maxine Parker Columbus Mississippi - Sandra Maxine Parker age 52, died July 23, 2005 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle,Columbus MS. Sandra was born in Hamilton MS on August 18, 1952. No services are planned at this time. Memorial Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include her Companion- Mike Mulligan of Columbus MS, Daughter: Kathy...
Roselyn Ward Golovin
Jul 11, 2005
Dr. Roselyn W. Golovin Columbus Mississippi - Dr. Roselyn W. Golovin 70 died July 11, 2005 at her residence in Columbus MS. Dr. Golovin was born in Bronx NY on December 14, 1934 to the late Milton and Gussie Zera Ward. She was a member and president of Congregation B'Nai Israel. She was a graduate of William & Mary and...
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