OBITUARIES

Betty Crain

Apr 2, 2017

Betty Crain January 11, 1931 - April 2, 2017

Elizabeth Betty Byars Crain, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 2, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A memorial service will be Saturday, April 8, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Nix officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Crain...

Bob Ross

Apr 2, 2017

BOB ROSS

Robert Edward “Bob” Ross passed away on April 2, 2017 at The Arrington. Funeral services will be Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr Shawn Parker officiating. Internment with full U.S. Army Honors, will be at 3:00 pm at Bolton Cemetery...

Blanche Reynolds Young

Apr 2, 2017

BLANCHE YOUNG Blanche Reynolds Young, age 102, of Tuscon, AZ, formerly of Columbus,MS, passed away April 2, 2017, in Tuscon, AZ.  Graveside memo rial ser vices will be Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at 11:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Ron McDougald officiating.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Young was born June 11, 1914,...

Alton Junior Forrester

Apr 1, 2017

Alton Junior Forrester, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 1, 2017, at his residence with his wife and sister-in-law present.  He went to be with the Lord peacefully after several months of illness.  A family graveside service will be held at a later date at Oak Hill Cemetery in Atmore, AL.  Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of...

Carl Preston Mcdaniel

Mar 31, 2017

Mr. Carl Preston McDaniel, age 84, died Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home in Columbus. Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory will be in charge of his services. Visitation will be at 1:00 PM Sunday at the First Church of the Nazarene. The funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM at the church with Rev....

John K. Nuesch

Mar 28, 2017

John K. Nuesch, age 64, passed away March 28, 2017. The family would like to invite you to graveside services on Friday, March 31, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery with Father Gerard Hurley officiating. Visitation will be Friday, March 31, 2017, from 12:00 PM until 1:45 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. John was born May 21, 1952, in...

Robert F. Moore

Mar 28, 2017

Robert F Moore Jr, age 91 passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017. He was born March 7, 1926 in Wichita Falls, TX. He served his country during World War II in the Air Force. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert F Moore III. A family memorial service will be held at a later date. He is survived...

Randolph Lipscomb

Mar 26, 2017

Joseph Randolph Lipscomb, a Columbus native at the center of the 16th-Section court case involving his hometown, died March 26, 2017, at his country home. He was 71 years old. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. March 29 at Memorial Funeral Home. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. March 30 at First United Methodist Church with the...

Edith Mccullough Taylor

Mar 23, 2017

EDITH TAYLOR

Edith McCullough Taylor age 93, died Thursday, March 23, 2017 at her residence in Steens. Services will be held Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Willis Logan officiating, burial will follow at Asbury Cemetery, Lamar...

John Weldon Haggard

Mar 22, 2017

John Weldon Haggard, 75, of Ethelsville, AL went to be with the Lord, from the comfort of his home, on the morning of Wednesday, March 22, 2017  after a courageous battle with cancer.  John was born February 18,1942 in Blythe, CA to Joe Weldon and Verna May (West) Haggard. He graduated from Mar Vista High...

Gordon Clark Dill

Mar 20, 2017

Gordon Clark Dill, age 67, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 20, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A memorial service will be Friday, March 24, 2017, at 2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Raigan Miskelly officiating.  Visitation will immediately follow the memorial service in Carolyn's Room of First United Methodist Church.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is...

Patsy Ann Moses

Mar 19, 2017

Patsy Ann Cherry Moses, age 64, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 19,2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Moses was born October 27, 1952, in Columbus, MS, to the late Stanley and Elsie Mae Tribble Cherry.  She was a lifelong resident of...

Martha Florence Whitmire

Mar 18, 2017

Mrs. Martha Bagwell Whitmire, age 85, of Columbus, died Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Services will be Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church on Dowdle Drive with Rev. Ralph Windle officiating. Visitation will...

Marion Elizabeth Holloway

Mar 16, 2017

Mrs. Marion Elizabeth Keith Holloway, age 95, of Columbus, died Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, March 19, 2017, at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Her funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM with Charles Box...

John Kemp

Mar 15, 2017

John Kemp, age 61, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 15, 2017, at Grandv iew Medical Center in Birmi ngham, AL.  Funeral services will be Sunday, March 19, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Ebenezer Methodist Church of Fernbank, AL.  The interment will immediately follow in Ebenezer Cemet ery with military honors.  Visitation will be Saturday,...

Faye Rector

Mar 14, 2017

Faye Wilson Rector, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 14, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Friday, March 17, 2017, at 11:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating and Rev. Sammy Crawford assisting.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of...

David Allen Brown

Mar 13, 2017

David Allen Brown, age 51, died Monday, March 13, 2017 at his home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home, followed by a memorial service at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home...

Mary Thrasher

Mar 10, 2017

“I believe if you think about it, you will see that I am right.” Having lived a full life over the last 99 years, Mary Lorene Thrasher had more than a little insight worth sharing. And now that we think about it, we admit that she was, in fact, generally right. Her wisdom is but...