OBITUARIES

Sep 20, 2017

DAVE STUDDARD

David Bruce “Dave” Studdard age 76 died Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at his residence in Caledonia. Services will be held Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Harding and Rev. David Westmoreland   officiating,  burial with...

Sep 17, 2017

Mrs. Floy Smith Reynolds Lochridge, age 95, died September 17, 2017 at Windsor Place. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory.   Services, with her grandsons Kenny Reynolds, Jr. and Colin Reynolds officiating,  will be Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Hwy. 69 Church of Christ, 2407 Hwy. 69...

Sep 17, 2017

Marilyn Lummus Pritchard, age 87, of Artesia, MS, passed away Septmber 17, 2017, at her residence.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 19, 2017, at 11:00 AM at Artesia United Methodist Church with Rev. Gene Merkl officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Artesia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM until the time of the service at the church....

Sep 17, 2017

William Stennis Vail, age 78, of Columbus, MS, passed away Septemer 17, 2017, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, September 17, 2017, at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Westmoreland officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Pleasant Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Lamar County, AL.  Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until...

Sep 12, 2017

CHARLES HUDSON

Charles Arthur Hudson age 92, died Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Friday, September 15, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Hudson and Rev. Roy Hawkins officiating,  burial with U.S....

Sep 7, 2017

KIM WOOTEN

Kimberly Kay “Kim” Wooten age 43 died Thursday, September 07, 2017 at Regional Medical Center in Memphis TN. Services will be held Thursday, September 14, 2017 at   4:00 PM at  Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Billy Ferguson officiating,  burial will follow at...

Sep 6, 2017

BUCK ELDER

Paul Ferguson “Buck” Elder age 69, died Wednesday, September 06, 2017 at his residence in Columbus. Memorial services with U.S. Navy Honors will be held Saturday, September 09, 2017 at 3:00 PM at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating. Visitation...

Sep 5, 2017

Elizabeth Myrick Cockrell, 91, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Collegeview Personal Care Home. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Services will be Friday, September 8, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home with Dr. Shawn Parker, officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Interment will...

Sep 4, 2017

MYRA WALKER

Myra Dell Honnoll Walker age 88, died Monday, September 04, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, September 07, 2017 at 3:00 PM at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Powell officiating, burial will...

Sep 3, 2017

Lucy Jane Hays Lumsden went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 3, 2017. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to  Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 12 noon at Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tim Lee and...

Sep 2, 2017

Betty Alice Blankenship Buchanan, age 83, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 2, 2017, at Trinity Healthcare.  Graveside services will be Tuesday, September 5, 2017 , at 2:00 PM at Curtis Chapel Cemetery in Oktibehha County, MS, with Rev. Jimmy Ray officiating.  Visitation will be Tuesday, September 5, 2017 , from 1:00 - 1:30 PM at Memorial Funeral Home &...

Aug 30, 2017

Norma Jean Jordan passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. She was 82. Services will be held Saturday, September 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Burial will follow at 3:30 p.m. at Tishomingo Cemetery in Tishomingo, Mississippi. Visitation will be...

Aug 29, 2017

Mrs. Mary Ann Bates, age 80, of Columbus, died Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at her home. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Rev. Greg Renfrow officiating, will be Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home from 1:00 until 1:45 PM. The daughter of...

Aug 26, 2017

William Mordecai “Bill” Frazier Jr. age 74, died Saturday, August 26, 2017 at his residence in Meridian. Services will be held Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron McDouglald  officiating.  Burial with full U.S. Air Force Honors will follow at Walnut Grove  Cemetery, Millport AL. Visitation will...

Aug 25, 2017

Fred Albert McAlexander, age 85, of Columbus, MS , passed away August 25, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital . Funeral services will be Monday, August 28, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Fairview Baptist Church with Dr. Breck Ladd officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be...

Aug 23, 2017

ELIZA MORROW

Elizabeth Grace "Eliza" Morrow age 4, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus MS. Services will be held Sunday, August 27, 2017 at   5:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating Visitation will be held 2 hours...

Aug 23, 2017

James Earl Criddle, age 80, of Caledonia, MS, passed away August 23, 2017, at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, TN.  Memorial services will be Saturday, August 26, 2017 , at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Milton Spotts and Rev. Mike Dalton officiating.  Visitation will be Saturday, August 26, 2017 , from 1:00 - 3:00 PM at Gunter...

Aug 21, 2017

Mary Elizabeth Mitchell, Columbus, went home to be with the Lord August 21 at her home at the age of 101. Anyone who knew Mary loved her. Mary was preceded in death by her loving husband Zola, her parents Claude and Nancy Herard, brother Forrest Herard (Son), and sister, Avis, who also died at the...

Aug 20, 2017

Kathlyn C. Graves, age 100, died August 20, 2017, in San Antonio, TX.  Services will be held August 26 at Universal City United Methodist Church.  Burial will be in Memorial Gardens of Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Graves was born on November 15, 1916 in Centralia, WA to the late D.O. and Mildred Skinner Cato.  She was a life-long member of the...

Aug 18, 2017

Francis Thomas Troskey, 92, died peacefully in his sleep at his residence in Boynton Beach, Florida, on August 18, 2017. Funeral arrangements  have been entrusted  to Memorial Funeral Home.  Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home Thursday, August 24, 2017 from 5:00 PM  to 7:00 PM. A Mass of the Resurrection will be...