OBITUARIES

J. C. Cates

Dec 30, 2021

J. C. Cates, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 30, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, January 3, 2022, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Dave May officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until the time of the service. A graveside committal will be Monday, January...

Beth Glover

Dec 29, 2021

Beth (Springer) Glover left us on Dec. 29, 2021, to join her beloveds, friends and relations in the infinite universe (her Baptist friends call it Heaven). She was 86 and surely earned it after decades of teaching the impressionable children of Columbus.

If you are a former student of hers from Franklin Academy or Demonstration School —...

Martha Jean Crawford Loper

Dec 28, 2021

MARTHA LOPER -

Martha Jean Crawford Loper, age 73, of Caledonia, MS, passed away December 28, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Friday, December 31, 2021, at 12:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Rev. Dustin Nichols officiating. The  interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be from...

Victor Allen Robinson

Dec 27, 2021

VICTOR ROBINSON Victor Robinson age 72 died Monday December 27, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A graveside service with U.S. Army Honors will be held Wednesday December 29, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Rev. Sarah Windham officiating. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 903 College Street is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Robinson...

Martha Watson Wood

Dec 25, 2021

Martha Forrest Watson Wood was born in Humboldt, TN, on February 13, 1915.

A graveside service will be held Wednesday February 9, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. At Friendship Cemetery.

She attended Columbus public schools and MS State College for Women (now MUW) where she studied piano. She was married to Joseph Levert Wood and had...

Sharon Leighton

Dec 20, 2021

SHARON LEIGHTON

Sharon Denise Leighton age 68 died Monday December 20, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held Sunday December 26, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. at the home of her son 7093 Wolfe Road Columbus, MS 39705.

Sharon was born on January 9, 1953 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to the...

Peggy Criddle

Dec 20, 2021

PEGGY CRIDDLE

Peggy Sue Jones Criddle, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 20, 2021, at Trinity Healthcare.  Funeral services will be Monday, December 27, 2021, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location.  A private family interment will immediately follow at Sullivan Cemetery in Monroe County, MS.  Visitation will be from 10:00...

Faye Weathers

Dec 19, 2021

FAYE WEATHERS

Charlie Faye Moore Weathers, age 89, passed away December 19, 2021, at Windsor Place in Columbus.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at 3:30 pm at Memorial Gardens with Sonny McLellan officiating.

Faye was born June 17, 1932, to Charlie Sylvester Moore and Addie Lou Godfrey Moore of Belk,...

Mary Wilburn

Dec 19, 2021

MARY WILBURN

Mary Jane Smith Wilburn was born in Columbus, MS on January 1, 1925, the first baby born in  Columbus that year!

She later moved with her family to West Point, MS where she finished High School and Business Courses and, after a brief term employed at MSU in Starkville, began her lifetime career...

Martha Taylor

Dec 19, 2021

MARTHA TAYLOR

Martha Freeman Taylor age 75, died Sunday, December 19, 2021 at her residence in Caledonia. A graveside services will be held Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM at the Lone Oak Church of Christ Cemetery with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating.

Mrs. Taylor was born on Saturday, July 13, 1946 in Columbus to...

Sue Wilkes

Dec 18, 2021

SUE WILKES

Velma Sue Gore Wilkes, age 90, died Saturday December 18, 2021 at Garden Hill Assisted Living. Services will be held Wednesday December 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at the 903 College Street Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation...

Celia Kacho

Dec 18, 2021

CELIA KACHO

Celia McEachern Kacho, age 70, of Columbus, MS , passed away December 18, 2021, at her residence.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 903 College St. location.

Norma Brown

Dec 18, 2021

NORMA BROWN

Norma Jean Lard Brown, age 56, of Columbus, MS , passed away December 18, 2021, at her residence.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Rev. Dillon Williams officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.  Visitation will be...

Carl Stewart

Dec 18, 2021

CARL STEWART Carl William Stewart, age 92, of Steens, MS, passed away December 18, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Friday, December 24, 2021, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Rev. Bobby Sanderson officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors.  Visitation will be Thursday, December...

Charlie Mae Hill

Dec 18, 2021

CHARLIE MAE HILL

CHARLIE HILL - Charlie Mae Walker Hill, age 82, of Steens, MS, passed away December 18, 2021, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.  Funeral services will be Thursday, December 23, 2021, at 11:30 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Bro. David Westmoreland officiating.  Visitation will be from 10:00...

Etoyle Prescott Brackin

Dec 17, 2021

ETOYLE BRACKIN Etoyle Prescott Brackin, age 95, of Caledonia, MS, went to the Lord on Friday, December 16, 2021.  She is survived by her brother, Ed Prescott of Columbus, her children, daughters, Joan Mouchett (Jackie) and Brenda Buchanan (Hubert), both of Caledonia, sons, Dennis (Babs) of Savannah, TN, Joe (Stephanie) of Savannah, GA, Michael (Donna) of Eupora, MS, and Tim...

Dee Davis

Dec 13, 2021

DEE DAVIS Dewanna Faye “Dee” Davis, age 76, died Monday, December 13, 2021, survived by Bilbo Davis, her loving husband of 59 years. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 18, 2021 at 1:00 PM at First Baptist Church, with Dr. Shawn Parker and Rev. Kevin Cuthbertson officiating. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m at the church, immediately...

Holly Newell

Dec 12, 2021

Holly Newell

(2/28/1982-12/12/2021)

HOLLY NEWELL - Holly Elizabeth Newell, age 39, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 12, 2021, at her residence. A graveside memorial service will be Monday, December 20, 2021, at 10:00 AM at Resthaven Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 903 College St. location is in charge of...

Johnny Mack Mccrary, Sr.

Dec 11, 2021

Johnny Mack McCrary, Sr. of Columbus, Mississippi April 6, 1934 - December 11, 2021

Johnny Maxwell McCrary, Sr.

Johnny Mack McCrary age 87 died Saturday, December 11, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS.

Born April 6, 1934, to the late Maxwell B. and Gracie Lee Dodson McCrary, Jr.  He is survived by his wife...

Roy Tribble

Dec 10, 2021

ROY TRIBBLE

Roy Brown Tribble, age 71, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS.  Funeral services will be held Monday, December 13, 2021 at 12:00pm at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 903 College St. Location with Bro. Jack Taylor officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. ...