OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Samuel Hilary Livingston

Samuel Hilary Livingston

Oct 26, 2018

Samuel Hilary Livingston Jr., 95 years old, died October 26, 2018, at his home in Columbus, MS.

Funeral services will be Monday, October 29, 2018, at 2:00 PM at First Baptist...

Lorena A. Pruden

Lorena A. Pruden

Oct 25, 2018

Lorena A. Pruden October 25, 2018

Mrs. Lorena Adams Pruden died peacefully at her home on Thursday, October 25, 2018. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory, 2nd Avenue North location. Visitation will be Monday, October 29, 2018 at 10:00 AM in the Carolyn Room at First United Methodist...

Wilma Earle Brooks

Wilma Earle Brooks

Oct 24, 2018

Wilma Earle Walters Brooks , a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away in Dallas, Texas on October 24, 2018. Mrs. Brooks was born in Laurel, Mississippi on October 6, 1927 to Winnie Carlisle Walters and Thomas Earl Walters. She graduated from George S. Gardner High School in Laurel, Mississippi, and Mississippi State College for...

Jerry Lee Crowe

Jerry Lee Crowe

Oct 23, 2018

Jerry Lee Crowe age 77, died Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, October 25, 2018 at 3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel 2nd Ave N. Chapel with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating, burial will follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery Lamar County, AL. Visitation will be held Thursday...

Loventrice Swindol

Loventrice Swindol

Oct 19, 2018

Loventrice Williams Swindol, age 99, of Montevallo, AL, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away October 19, 2018,...

Jimmy Logan

Jimmy Logan

Oct 18, 2018

James Sidney “Jimmy” Logan, age 71, of Purvis, MS, formerly of Caledonia, MS, passed away October 18, 2018, at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, MS.  Funeral services will be Monday, October 22, 2018, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory College St. location with Milton Harris officiating and Paul Glover assisting.  The interment will immediately...

Robert M. Redwood

Robert M. Redwood

Oct 16, 2018

Robert M. (Bob) Redwood, Sr. passed away October 16, 2018 in Birmingham, Alabama. Services will be held Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel  2nd Ave N.Chapel with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating; burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday from 12:30 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

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Clair Wise

Clair Wise

Oct 15, 2018

Clair W. Wise, 78, of Gulfport, Mississippi, passed gently from this life on Monday, October 15, 2018. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 50 years, William George Wise, Sr., her parents Whorton and Mary Clair Warren, and her sisters Elizabeth Bedell and Jackie Craft. She is survived by her daughter Barry Wise Smith (Kyle), son William...

Karen Neese Tomlinson

Karen Neese Tomlinson

Oct 13, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Karen N. Tomlinson announces her passing after a brief illness, on Saturday, October 13, 2018, at the age of 72 years. Karen will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 24 years, Allan J. Tomlinson, her children, Ashleigh Pike (Crawford) and Grant Cornett (Janine), her step-children, John Tomlinson (Sally), Laura...

Hugh E. Nance

Hugh E. Nance

Oct 12, 2018

Hugh Edward Nance, age 50, of Guyton, Georgia, formerly of Columbus, passed away October 12, 2018 in Savannah, Georgia. Services will be held Saturday October 27, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. at Fairview Baptist Church with Dr. Breck Ladd, Rev. Sammy Crawford and Dr. Robert Ball of Jacksonville, FL, officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery....

Agnes Wright Ponds

Agnes Wright Ponds

Oct 11, 2018

Mrs. Agnes Wright Ponds, age 93, died Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Glen Haven Health and Rehab in Northport, AL. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 2nd Avenue North location. Visitation will be Monday, October 15, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel...

Saul J. Vydas

Saul J. Vydas

Oct 9, 2018

Saul J. Vydas January 21, 1938 - October 9, 2018

Saulius (Saul) Joseph Vydas was born on January 21, 1938 in Kaunas, Lithuania. During World War II Saul’s father, Juozas (a physician) and mother Emilija (a professor of dentistry) with Saul escaped to safety. The Vydas...

Nathan Mordecai

Nathan Mordecai

Oct 8, 2018

Grady Richard “Nathan” Mordecai was surrounded by his family as he walked into Heaven to meet his Savior on October 8, 2018. As loved ones and many lifelong friends shared memories, old and new, it is evident that Nathan impacted so many lives throughout his journey here on Earth. Nathan was born on February 20, 1985. He was a 2003...

Jean Coleman Blake

Jean Coleman Blake

Oct 6, 2018

JEAN BLAKE

Jean Coleman Blake, 90, surrounded by her family, passed away peacefully on a beautiful Saturday morning, October 6, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. It was just the kind of day that Jean loved and enjoyed. Jean was born and had lived in...

Bill Fendley

Bill Fendley

Oct 5, 2018

BILL FENDLEY

William Howard "Bill" Fendley, age 76, died Friday, October 05, 2018 at Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. Services will be held Monday, October 08, 2018 at    3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel 2nd Ave N. Chapel with Dr. Bill Duncan officiating, burial...

Robert Greene Mcintyre

Robert Greene Mcintyre

Oct 3, 2018

Robert Greene McIntyre August 16, 1963 - October 3, 2018

Robert Green “Bob” McIntyre, age 55, died October 1, 2018, at his home in Columbus.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Memorial...

John Daniel Gentry

John Daniel Gentry

Sep 30, 2018

John Daniel Gentry, 34, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2018, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Services will be held Saturday, October 6, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at Shaeffer’s Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. Burial will follow at Shaeffer’s Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, October 5, 2018, at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, College...

David Lee Frieze

David Lee Frieze

Sep 29, 2018

David Lee Frieze, age 67, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 29, 2018, at his residence.  A private family memorial service will be held at a later time in Springfield, MO.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory,  College St. location is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Frieze was born August 16, 1951, in TX, to the late Dale...

Elizabeth Ann Grant

Elizabeth Ann Grant

Sep 29, 2018

Elizabeth Ann Ott Grant, age 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 29, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A private family graveside service will be Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Pastor Joseph Nettles officiating.  Visitation will be Tuesday, October 2, 2018, from 5:00 – 8:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral...

Margaret Elizabeth Webb

Margaret Elizabeth Webb

Sep 28, 2018

Margaret Elizabeth“Peggy” Ellis Webb died at home on September 28, 2018, at the age of 96. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 6th, at Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Columbus, MS, with visitation in the church Fellowship Hall from 9:30 to 10:45 prior to the service.