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Roxanne Marie Peeks
Apr 15, 2017
Roxanne " Sandy" Marie DeSoto Peeks, age 60, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home will be in charge of her arrangements. A Celebration of Life/memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 18, 2017 at 12 Noon at Columbus Christian Center with Rev. Kenny Gardner...
Carolyn Smith
Apr 14, 2017
Carolyn Walley Smith, age 69, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 14, 2017, at Windsor Place. Graveside services will be Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at 1:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Smith was born April 27, 1947, in Clayton, NM, to the late Mason and...
Carl Wayne Rushing
Apr 12, 2017
Carl Wayne Rushing, age 77, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 12, 2017, at Sactuary Hospice House of Tupelo, MS. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Hom and Crematory is in charge of his arrangements. Mr. Rushing was born August 11, 1939, in Oktibbeha County, MS, to the late John and Rose Froshour...
Samuel Britton Platt, Iii
Apr 11, 2017
Giving generously to others, enabling others to enjoy God’s creation, and caring for the world is how most will remember Sammy Platt, 86, who went home to be with the Lord on April 11, 2017. The family will have a sunrise graveside service Saturday, April 15 at 6:30 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. followed...
Betty Kathryn Snapka
Apr 10, 2017
Mrs. Betty Kathryn Austin Snapka, age 91, died Monday, April 10, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Graveside services with Rev. Father Robert Dore, celebrant, will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Friendship Cemetery with burial to follow...
Tammy Lynn Woobright
Apr 3, 2017
Tammy Lynn Woolbright, 59, of Columbus passed away April 3, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Memorial Funeral Home from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. A Celebration of Life will be Thursday at 11:00 AM in the...
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...
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