OBITUARIES

Dec 11, 2022

TONY THARP - Woodie Anthony "Tony" Tharp, age 66, of Daphne, AL, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away December 11, 2022, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Brad Creely officiating.  A graveside committal will be at 2:00 PM at Pine Forest Cemetery in Stewart, MS. ...

Dec 8, 2022

Katherine Maer Searcy Horton, Columbus, Mississippi

Katherine Maer Searcy Horton departed this life 8 December, 2022 at her home in Southside Columbus. She was born May 20, 1927, in Columbus, Miss., to Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hester Searcy. She was a 1945 graduate of S.D. Lee High School and she completed her education at MSCW, graduating in...

Nov 29, 2022

MINNIE LIVINGSTON - Minnie Mae Chain Livingston, age 77, of Steens, MS, passed away November 29, 2022, at her residence after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease.  Funeral services will be Friday, December 2, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Mike Dalton officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.  Visitation will...

Nov 28, 2022

Lillian Wade, 77, died Monday, November 28, 2022, at her residence in Columbus, MS.  Funeral services will be Friday, December 2, 2022, at First United Methodist Church in Columbus.  Visitation will be at 1:00 PM followed by funeral services at 2:00 PM.  Graveside services will follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory will be conducting the...

Nov 25, 2022

Tammy Gail Stafford of Columbus, Mississippi March 2, 1964 - November 25, 2022

TAMMY STAFFORD

Tammy Gail Stafford age 58 died Friday November 25, 2022 at Vineyard Court Nursing Home in Columbus. No services are planned at this time. Tammy was born on March 2, 1964 in Houston, MS to the late Billy and Virginia Ellis Clark....

Nov 24, 2022

James Ray Wooten of Red Bay, Alabama November 3, 1945 - November 24, 2022

JAMES WOOTEN

James Ray Wooten age 77 died Thursday, November 24, 2022 at Generations of Red Bay in Red Bay AL. Services will be held Saturday, November 26, 2022 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Bro.  Anthony Miller officiating, burial...

Nov 16, 2022

Rose (Gonzalez) Bachman, 90, passed away peacefully on November 16, 2022, at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Columbus, Mississippi. Rose was born in Jerome, Arizona on December 15, 1931 to Manuel and Agueda (Andres) Gonzalez, who both immigrated from Spain in the early 1900s. Rose moved to Los Angeles, California as a teenager and was a graduate of Benjamin...

Nov 15, 2022

Charlotte Kay Swoope, age 53, died Tuesday, November, 15 2022. A graveside service for the family will be held Sunday, November 20, 2022, with Dr. James Shull officiating.

Kay was born December 2, 1968, in Columbus, Mississippi. She was a member of Main Street Presbyterian Church, employee of Mississippi State University, and an active member of Daughters...

Nov 7, 2022

REBIE OTT

Rebie Marguerite Morton Ott, age 91, of Hamilton, MS, passed away November 7, 2022, at the Windsor Place. Graveside services will be Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Hamilton, Ms., with Rev. Mike Smith officiating. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements....

Nov 3, 2022

KATHY CESARE

Kathryn "Kathy" Ellis Rhett Cesare passed away unexpectedly at Baptist Memorial Hospital November 4, 2022. She is survived by her husband, John Cesare, her sons, Munford Rhett Cesare, John Charles Cesare (Haley) and William Parker Cesare (Landry) and her grandchildren Neveah and John Robert. Kathy is also survived by her mother, Kathryn Rhett, brothers, Wythe...

Nov 1, 2022

Linda Bailey Williams, age 78, of Aberdeen, MS, formerly of LaGrange, GA, passed away November 1, 2022, at the Care Center of Aberdeen.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Oct 28, 2022

NANCY CRENSHAW

Nancy H. Crenshaw, 70, of Caledonia, MS, passed away unexpectedly Friday, October 28, 2022, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 2, 2022, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Columbus, MS. A funeral service will follow at 1:00 pm at First Cumberland Presbyterian...

Oct 27, 2022

JAMES HULETT

James Henry Hulett age 93 died Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Brandon Nursing & Rehab in Brandon MS. Graveside services will be held Friday, October 28, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Mr. Hulett was born on February 17, 1929 in Christian County, Illinois, to the late Oscar Cornelious Hulett and Evelyn...

Oct 25, 2022

JOHN MILLER

John Mark Miller age 45 died Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at his residence in Caledonia. Services will be held Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Pastor Paul Shaw officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the...

Oct 18, 2022

CMSgt Neal Stephen VanValkenburg, 91, passed away on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus.  Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 11:00 am at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Pastor Jearl Hunley officiating and Pastor Luke Lawson assisting .  Visitation will be from 10:30am until service time at the church.  A...

Oct 18, 2022

DON PIERCE - Donald Ray "Don" Pierce, age 61, of Ethelsville, AL, passed away October 18, 2022, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Friday, October 21, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Jerry Pounders officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.  Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time...

Oct 13, 2022

George Wade of West Monroe, Louisiana September 15, 1934 - October 13, 2022

Funeral services will begin on Monday October 17th with visitation at 10:00am at Griffin Funeral Home in West Monroe Louisiana. Graveside services will be at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Rayville LA @1:00. The family would like to thank the Staff of Savannah Grande of...

Oct 6, 2022

RICHARD DEASE - Richard Sterling Dease, also known as Wizard and KF5AZ, age 78, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 6, 2022, at the State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services will be Monday, October 10, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Mitch McWilliams officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of...

Oct 4, 2022

Joyce Camille Westbrooks, 76, formally of Columbus Mississippi, passed away in her Athens, Alabama home on October 4, 2022 surrounded by her family.  She was born on August 24, 1946 to Mr. and Mrs John Perkins.  She is a graduate of Lee High School class of 1964, and a graduate of Mississippi University of Women class of 1968.  After...

Oct 4, 2022

Rommay Fay Hatcher

(December 4, 1938 - October 4, 2022)

Rommay Fay Hatcher, 83, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at her home in Columbus, Mississippi.

Visitation for Mrs. Hatcher will be Friday October 7, 2022, from 10:00-11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home in Columbus. Services will be Friday...