OBITUARIES

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...

Aug 17, 2017

Jamie Cox Sledd Mills, age 94, died Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Collegeview Personal Care Home. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be Friday, August 18, 2017 at Memorial Funeral Home from 5:00 PM to 7:00PM and one hour prior to the service Saturday. Services, with Rev. Glenn...

Aug 14, 2017

Dorothy Gibson Rawls, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 14, 2017, at The Windsor Place.  Graveside services will be Thursday, August 17, 2017, at 10:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home and  Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Rawls was born June 18, 1930, in Zama, MS, to the late Pete and Margie Chunn...

Aug 13, 2017

Nadine Sobley Gates, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 13, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Saturday, August 19, 2017, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Russell Brown officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Gates was...

Aug 13, 2017

Lois Mary Stephenson, age 91, died Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Shepherd's Cove in Albertville AL. Services will be held Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Harding officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home...

Aug 11, 2017

Bobby Norris Keys September 11, 1930 - August 11, 2017

BOB KEYS

Bobby Norris Keys, Sr died at Phoebe Senior Center ( formerly known as Morningside) in Albany, GA. Services will be held 10:30 am on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at First Baptist Church with...

Aug 11, 2017

Kenneth Joseph "Nick" Yearby Sr., age 63, died Friday, August 11, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Visitation will be held Thursday August 17, 2017 from 6 until 8 at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home.

Nick was born Thursday, May 13, 1954 in Lowndes County, GA to the late...

Aug 11, 2017

Reba Stout February 16, 1942 - August 11, 2017

Reba Lenore Owen Stout, age 75, died Friday, August 11, 2017 at Inman Healthcare in Inman, SC. Services will be held Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Ray officiating.  Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation...

Aug 11, 2017

Robert Gilbert

Robert Irvine Gilbert was born on June 20, 1915 in Kissimmee, Florida and passed away on August     2017 at his home in Columbus, Mississippi. He was predeceased by his parents, Mabel P. and Fred S. Gilbert, his wife Mary, his sister Anne H. Gilbert, and his brother...

Aug 11, 2017

Willie Joe Thomason age 75 died Friday, August 11, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Monday, August 14, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Ministers Cory Trevathan and Jason Pennington officiating.  Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Monday from...

Aug 10, 2017

Dorothy Jean "Dottie" Gerhart age 80, died Thursday, August 10, 2017 at her residence in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at    11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul McDonald officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday, August 14, 2017 from 5:00 PM until...