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Royce Ann Butler
Jan 27, 2020
Royce Ann Atkins Butler, age 70, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 27, 2020, at Mission Hospital of Ashville, NC.
Funeral services will be Friday, January 31, 2020, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel, 716 2nd Ave. North location, with Police Chief Fred Shelton officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Vaughn’s Cemetery in Steens,MS....
Josephine Teasley
Jan 25, 2020
JOSEPHINE (JO) TEASLEY
Josephine Petty Teasley age 93, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020 at her residence in Columbus, MS. Services will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 1:00 PM at The 716 2 nd Ave North Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home, with Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating; burial will follow at Memorial...
James Shaw
Jan 18, 2020
JAMES SHAW – James Bradley Shaw, age 67, of Caledonia, MS, passed away January 17, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 21, 2020, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery of Caledonia with military honors. Visitation will be Monday, January 20,...
Davlin Call Kerekes
Jan 13, 2020
Davlin Call Kerekes of Columbus, Mississippi August 25, 1955 - January 13, 2020
Davlin Call Kerekes passed away January 13, 2020 in Columbus, Mississippi, with George Alexander Kerekes, husband of 36 years, at her side, after a short and difficult battle with cancer. She was born August 25, 1955 in New Orleans, Louisiana, but also lived in Baton Rouge,...
E.W. Price
Jan 12, 2020
EW Price, Jr.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- EW Price, Jr, age 84, died Sunday, January 12, 2020. Visitation will be Saturday, January 18, 2020 from 1:00PM-2:00PM at Memorial Gunter and Peel Funeral Home at 716 2nd Avenue North. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 2:00PM with Pastor Jason Browning officiating. Memorial Gunter and Peel Funeral home has...
Betty Jo Backstrom
Jan 12, 2020
Betty Jo Backstrom, 93, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Trinity Health Care Center. Services will be held Wednesday January 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the 716 2 nd Ave N Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. John Richards and Rev. Bob Wilber officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship...
Jimmy Ray Wood
Jan 12, 2020
Jimmy Ray Wood age 74, died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the 903 College Street Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Sanderson officiating. Burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 9:00 a.m....
Leon C. Ellis Iii
Jan 10, 2020
LEON C. ELLIS III
Leon C. Ellis, III age 51 died Friday January 10, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A graveside service will be held Monday January 13, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday January 13, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the 903...
Kuydgalyn Mcclusky
Jan 8, 2020
Kuydgalyn McClusky of Columbus, Mississippi January 4, 1966 - January 8, 2020
LYNN McCLUSKY
Kuydgalyn “Lynn” McClusky age 54 passed away Wednesday January 8, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. A celebration of Lynn’ life will be held Sunday January 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Living Faith Tabernacle Church 218 Shelton Street, Columbus, MS with...
Todd Waldrop
Jan 8, 2020
Todd Waldrop
Robert Todd Waldrop passed away on Jan 8, 2020 at the age of 42 in Lowndes County, MS.
Services will be held Monday January 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the 716 2 nd Ave North Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Redus Hall and Rev. Steve Brown officiating; burial...
James Morris Reeves
Jan 8, 2020
James Morris Reeves of Columbus, Mississippi July 3, 1928 - January 8, 2020
James M. Reeves Obituary
James M. Reeves passed away on January 8, 2020 at the age of 91. James was born on July 3, 1928 in Pickensville, AL to the late Morris M. Reeves and Annie Bonds Reeves and the family relocated 9 months...
Theo Burns
Jan 4, 2020
Theo Burns of Columbus, Mississippi June 5, 1928 - January 4, 2020
MARY THEO BURNS
Mary Theo Wright Burns, age 91, died Saturday, January 04, 2020, in her home in Columbus, Mississippi. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 17, at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery. As per her requests, The Reverend Gene Bramlett of Covenant...
Roland Perkins
Jan 3, 2020
ROLAND PERKINS – Charles “Roland” Perkins, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 3, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Funeral services will be Monday, January 6, 2020, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. A graveside committal will be at 3:00 PM at College Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery in...
Martha Lee Toupous
Jan 3, 2020
MARTHA TOUPOUS – Martha Lee Garner Toupous, age 85, of Caledonia, MS, passed away January 3, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Pastor Steve Lampkin officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, January...
Doris Lawrence Dailey
Jan 2, 2020
Doris Lawrence Dailey of Columbus, Mississippi March 5, 1931 - January 2, 2020
Mrs. Doris Lawrence Dailey, 88, of Columbus, died peacefully in her sleep Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Trinity Healthcare. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 2 nd Avenue North location. A memorial service, with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating, will...
Elizabeth Proffitt
Dec 31, 2019
ELIZABETH PROFFITT
Elizabeth Banks Proffitt age 80, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at her residence in Columbus. Memorial services will be held Saturday January 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Pauls’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Jason Shelby officiating; inurnment will follow at the church columbarium. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the...
Marya Ezelle
Dec 30, 2019
Marya Rozowicz Ezelle passed away peacefully at home in Columbus, Mississippi on December 30, 2019.
Mrs. Ezelle was born September 26, 1945 in Guntersville, Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Michael Rozowicz. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Mr. Roy Robert Ezelle and mother, Mrs. Lena Hodges Rozowicz. Marya was the adored niece of...
Janice D. Cade
Dec 28, 2019
Janice D. Cade of Brooksville, Mississippi March 18, 1947 - December 28, 2019
Janice Dean Cade, 72, of Brooksville, Mississippi, passed away December 28, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus with her family by her side.
She was born to the late Lavell and Hilda Slade, March 18, 1947, in Lamar County. Janice graduated from Purvis...
John Robert Ford
Dec 28, 2019
John Robert Ford of Columbus, Mississippi February 5, 1960 - December 28, 2019
JOHN R. FORD
John Robert Ford age 59, died Saturday December 28, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 2 nd Ave N.
Donald Wayne Pickens, Jr.
Dec 26, 2019
Donald Wayne Pickens, Jr. age 44, died Thursday, December 26, 2019 at his residence in Columbus MS. Services will be held Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel 2nd Ave N. Chapel with Pastor Kenny Gardner officiating, burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, near Kennedy AL. Visitation will be held Tuesday December 31, 2019...
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