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Pamela Dene Whitney
Aug 4, 2025
Pamela Dene Johnson Whitney, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 4, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Grace Baptist Church with Dr. James Shull officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at Grace Baptist...
Brandon H Beck
Aug 2, 2025
Dr. Brandon Hagy Beck, 80, unexpectedly passed away at his home in Columbus, Mississippi, early morning August 2, 2025. Brandon was born on Thursday, October 5, 1944, in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents, Dr. Lewis White Beck, renowned expert on German philosopher Immanuel Kant, and Mrs. Caroline Hagy Beck, daughter of medical doctor Dr. James Hagy of Abingdon, Virginia, raised him...
Billy Ray Price
Aug 1, 2025
BILLY RAY PRICE
Billy Ray Price, age 89, died Friday August 1, 2025 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A graveside service will be held Monday, August 4, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Pastor Charlie Whitney officiating.
Mr. Price was born on July 2, 1936 in Liberty, Alabama to the late Alson Price and Lois Seacott Price....
Melinda Halbert
Jul 31, 2025
Melinda K. Halbert, age 56, went to be with her Lord on July 31st, 2025. Services will be held Sunday August 3, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at The Church on Main in Caledonia; burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday one hour prior to service at the church. She was born in Tupelo, Ms. and raised...
Cecil Robertson
Jul 31, 2025
Cecil Lamar Robertson, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A private family Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Robertson was born June 17, 1940, in Louisville, MS, to the late Chester and Willie Richardson Robertson. He was a...
Ray Fleming
Jul 31, 2025
Edward Ray Fleming
On July 31st, 2025 Edward Ray Fleming awakened and had breakfast at his home with his beloved wife Joan and welcomed the new day. Thereafter, he went to rest, slipped his earthly bonds, and went to meet his Heavenly Father.
Ray was born on June 27, 1937, in Crandall, Mississippi to Lonnie Jackson and Mona Eva Fleming. He was...
Christine Flye
Jul 30, 2025
CHRISTINE FLYE
Christine Flye age 95 died Wednesday July 30, 2025 at her daughter’s residence in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday August 2, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Bro. Ty Danielson officiating: burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday one hour prior to service at the church.
Christine was born on...
Vesta Christopher
Jul 29, 2025
Vesta Ann Christopher, of Austin, TX, passed peacefully in the early morning of July 29th, in the presence of her daughter, Kelley Cohen, her son-in-law Greg Cohen, and her grandchildren Skye Cohen and Caden Cohen.
A long-time resident of Burkburnett, TX, Vesta Ann Kelley was born on the tenth of April, 1937, in Claude, TX. She married a handsome young airman...
Dr. Carole Ann Lax Stewart
Jul 28, 2025
Dr. Carole Ann Lax Stewart, age 80, passed away on Monday, July 28, 2025, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point, MS. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 2, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eugene Bramlett officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the funeral...
Tom Sumrall
Jul 23, 2025
TOM SUMRALL - George Thomas "Tom" Sumrall, age 81, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Jackson, MS, passed away July 23, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Kevin Cuthbertson officiating. Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Tom graduated from Provine High...
Stevie Robison
Jul 16, 2025
STEPHEN ROBISON
Stephen Glen “Stevie” Robison age 72 died Wednesday July 16, 2025 at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Graveside services will be held Monday July 21, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at Lone Oak Cemetery, with Minister Tim Childs officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the graveside Monday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Lone Oak Church...
Billy Joe "B.J." Montgomery
Jul 15, 2025
Obituary for B.J. Montgomery
Billy Joe “B.J.” Montgomery, age 81, passed away peacefully on July 15, 2025, at Garden Hill Assisted Living in Columbus, Mississippi. Born on April 3, 1944, in New Orleans, Louisiana, B.J. was raised in Edwards, Mississippi, by his loving parents, Charles Warren and Blanche Montgomery.
A proud graduate of Mississippi State University, B.J. earned his bachelor’s degree in...
Steve McEwen
Jul 11, 2025
Steven Ray McEwen, 71, of Columbus, MS, passed peacefully into heaven at Windsor Place on July 11, 2025.
He was born in New Orleans, LA on November 12, 1953, to the late Dr. and Mrs. Cecil Ray McEwen, Jr., who gifted him with the love of God, family, and music. Steve attended Demonstration Elementary, Joe Cook Jr. High and Lee High...
Mary Nell Partain
Jul 10, 2025
Mary Nell Corbett Partain, age 90, of Caledonia, MS, passed away July 10, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be Monday, July 14, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Mosely and Rev. Taylor Chism officiating. A private interment will immediately follow at Rowan Cemetery of Caledonia. Visitation will be Sunday, July 13, 2025,...
Brittany Hansford
Jul 10, 2025
It is with immense sadness that we announce the passing of Brittany Leigh Hansford (Glover) a beloved daughter, wife, sister, and friend, who left this world on July 10, 2025, in Lafayette, Louisiana, after a long and courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer surrounded by her husband and mother.Brittany was born on July 3, 1990, in Gainesville, Florida. Brittany's life,...
Vickie Sanders
Jul 10, 2025
VICKIE SANDERS - Vickie M. Sanders, age 76, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 10, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory.
Tim Chaltry
Jul 9, 2025
Timothy W. “Tim” Chaltry passed away on July 9, 2025. Tim was born on September 4, 1958, at Chandler AFB, AZ, to Michael Joseph Chaltry, Jr., and Joyce Marie Dettman. He was a beloved husband, father, papa, brother, and uncle. He is a 1976 graduate of S.D. Lee High School. He met the love of his life, Bonnie S. Groh,...
Barbara Ann Harris
Jul 6, 2025
Barbara Moore Harris, age 77, of Starkville, MS, passed away on July 6th, 2025, surrounded by all five of her children, and her beloved husband of 60 years, Sammie Harris.
Barbara was married at age 17 to her best friend on the side of the road (a fond family story) and was a highly devoted mother with an entrepreneurial spirit. She...
Miriam H. Killebrew
Jul 5, 2025
On July 5, 2025, Miriam Killebrew passed away peacefully in her home in Caledonia, Mississippi, at the age of91. Miriam was born on December 28, 1933, in Holmes County, Mississippi. Life as a military wife took Miriam beyond her rural MS upbringing, raising her own family near Air Force bases in Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Delaware, and the Philippines. Throughout her...
Nancy Louise Hatton
Jul 5, 2025
Nancy Louise Hatton was relieved of her earthly pain and rose up to her heavenly home on July 5th 2025 after a long battle with breast cancer.
She was born in Derma, Mississippi on September 28, 1938. She resided in Columbus, Mississippi for most of her adult life. Nancy always had a welcoming smile for each of her customers. She worked...
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