OBITUARIES

Beverly Jean Lanke

Mar 24, 2022

BEVERLY J. LANKE

BEVERLY LANKE - Beverly Jean Lanke, long time resident of Columbus, MS, passed away March 24, 2022, at 89 years of age.  Graveside services will be Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Leonardo Dismukes, Sr. officiating.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Bev...

William Thomas Webb

Mar 22, 2022

WILLIAM WEBB - William Thomas Webb, age 46, of Millport, AL, passed away March 22, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A memorial service will be Sunday, March 27, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Propst Memorial Methodist Church of Millport, AL, with Rev. Roy Bush officiating.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Webb was...

Frances " Bobbie" Barbara Stephens

Mar 21, 2022

BOBBIE STEPHENS - Frances Barbara "Bobbie" Collins Stephens, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 21, 2022, at Trinity Assisted Living.  A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Stephens was born May 8, 1939, in Waukegan, IL, to the late Alvin...

Raymond G. Purchase

Mar 21, 2022

Raymond G. Purchase of Columbus, Mississippi November 28, 1951 - March 21, 2022

Raymond G. Purchase age 70 died Monday March 21, 2022 at his residence in Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Merry Beard Newton

Mar 19, 2022

Meriweather (Merry) Beard Newton Merry was born in Columbus, MS, on Dec 17, 1944, to William Cluff and Carolyn Bacon Beard. She graduated from S.D. Lee High School in 1962 and attended M.S.C.W. Merry worked at General Tire & Rubber Co. for several years and then as an Interior Designer in partnership with her mother in Beard’s Traditions for...

Mary Carlene Mcgill

Mar 14, 2022

MARY CARLENE McGILL

Mary Carlene McGill age 97 died Monday March 14, 2022 at her residence in Columbus. A funeral service will be held Thursday March 17, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at the 716 2 nd Ave North Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev Ron Delgado and Rev. Rob Dowdle officiating; burial will follow...

Ralph Ward

Mar 14, 2022

RALPH WARD

RALPH WARD - Ralph Benson Ward, age 70, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 14, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Graveside services will be Saturday, March 19, 2022, at 11:30 AM at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia, MS.  Visitation will be Saturday, March 19, 2022, from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home...

Sue Inez Rickman Miller

Mar 8, 2022

SUE INEZ MILLER - Sue Inez Rickman Miller, age 86, of Steens, MS, passed away March 8, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rex Kilpatrick officiating and Phillip Rickman assisting.  The interment will immediately follow at Lone Oak Cemetery of Steens.  Visitation will be...

Donald Wayne Strickland

Mar 6, 2022

Donald Wayne “Don” Strickland, Sr., age 71, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 6, 2022, at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, AL. Mr. Strickland was born April 4, 1950, to Homer Junior Strickland and Lou Ellen Bridges Strickland Conner in Columbus, MS. Don attended Franklin Academy, Joe Cook, and graduated from Stephen D. Lee High School in Columbus, MS in...

Ellen Marie Hacker

Mar 4, 2022

ELLEN HACKER

Ellen Marie Murphy Hacker age 79 died Friday March 4, 2022 at her residence in Columbus. A graveside service will be held Thursday March 10, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Lee Jaynes and Jerry Pounders officiating. Mrs. Hacker was born on April 11, 1942 in Columbus to the late Willliam...

Matt Hearn

Mar 4, 2022

JOHN MATTHEW HEARN

John Matthew "Matt" Hearn, 65, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022 at his residence.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.  Burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon, AL. Visitation will be one hour prior...

Robert Glynn Reed

Mar 4, 2022

R.G. Reed: He Answered Robert Glynn “R.G.” Reed was born on Sept. 19, 1933, in Pascagoula, Mississippi to Thomas Joseph Reed and Myrtlelene B. Reed (nee Buckalew). He graduated from Pascagoula High School. Enlisting in the Mississippi Army National Guard during the Korean War, Robert eventually retired from the Regular Army in 1974 at the rank of Master Sergent, with...

Cynthia A. Pickens

Mar 3, 2022

CYNTHIA PICKENS

Cynthia Ann Pickens age 66 died Thursday March 3, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A funeral service will be held Monday March 7, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Pastor Kenny Gardner officiating; burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery near Fayette, AL. Visitation will be held Monday...

Martha Egger

Feb 25, 2022

MARTHA EGGER

Mrs. Martha Wheeler Egger, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, died peacefully at her home surrounded by her family in Caledonia , MS , Friday, February 25, 2022, at the age of 96 after a brief illness.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at 3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel. ...

Stancel Wade Ryland

Feb 23, 2022

WADE RYLAND Stancel Wade Ryland, age 68, of Steens, MS, passed away February 23, 2022, at his residence.  A memorial service will be Friday, March 4, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Wayne Ryland officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mr. Ryland was born July 17, 1953, in Tuscaloosa, AL, to the...

Mary Nell Herron Reeves

Feb 21, 2022

MARY REEVES - Mary Nell Herron Reeves, age 78, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 21, 2022, at her residence.  Funeral services will be Thursday, February 24, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Living Faith Tabernacle Church with Rev. Anthony Miller officiating.  The interment will immediately follow in Living Faith Cemetery.  Visitation will be from noon until the time of the...

Shirley Jean Reeves

Feb 18, 2022

SHIRLEY REEVES

Shirley Jean Reeves age 86 died Friday February 18, 2022 at her residence in the Bartahatchie Community. A graveside service will be held Monday February 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Egger Cemetery with Bro. Jonathan Goodin and Paul Reeves officiating.

Mrs. Reeves was born in Monroe County, MS to the late Lucian...

James "Gip" David Gibson

Feb 17, 2022

JAMES DAVID "Gip" GIBSON

James David “Gip” Gibson died February 17, 2022 Funeral Services were held on Sunday, February 20, 2021, at Artesia Baptist Church with burial at Memorial Garden Park in Starkville, MS.

Gip was born on August 22, 1952, to the late Cecil Turner Gibson, Sr. and Birdie Mae Coleman. He grew up...

Michael Kerby

Feb 15, 2022

Elias Michael Kerby, Jr., 64, died peacefully on Tuesday February 15, 2022, at the UAB Medical Center liver transplant unit in Birmingham, Alabama surrounded by family. Visitation will be Saturday February 19, 2022, from 3-5 at the family home in Columbus, Mississippi. Funeral services will be at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 318 College Street, Columbus, MS 39701 at 1:00...

Bobby Caldwell

Feb 13, 2022

BOBBY CALDWELL

Robert Stewart "Bobby" Caldwell, Jr., age 80, died peacefully on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at his home in Columbus, MS.  He is preceded in death by his father, Robert Stewart Caldwell, Sr., and his mother, Grace Ingram Caldwell, his first wife, Mary Brown Caldwell, sister, Betsy Caldwell Dale, brothers-in-law, Ronald Peter Mathews and William Jerry Tidwell,...