OBITUARIES

May 24, 2016

JOE ADKINS

Joseph Eddie Adkins age 49 died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital , Columbus . Services will be held Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walter Butler officiating, burial will follow at Springhill...

May 20, 2016

Kermit Curtis Threet age 86 died Friday, May 20, 2016 at The Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford MS. Services will be held Monday, May 23, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Webb officiating, burial with U.S. Air Force Honors, will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be...

May 18, 2016

Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Miller Burks, age 90, died Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital/GT. Funeral services for Mrs. Burks will be 2:00 PM Saturday, May 21, 2016 at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jearl Hunley and Rev. Luke Lawson officiating. Interment will follow at Friendship Cemetery . Visitation will be 5-7:00 PM...

May 16, 2016

Mrs. Hazel Dean Barham Taylor, age 88, of Columbus , died May 16, 2016 at her residence. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Gardner officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until service time....

May 15, 2016

BOBBY McPHERSON

Robert Alexander “Bobby” McPherson Jr. age 87 died Sunday, May 15, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital , Columbus . Services will be held Thursday, May 19, 2016 at 2:30 PM at First Baptist Church , Columbus with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating, burial will...

May 14, 2016

Christopher  Baines " Chris" Smith, age 41, died Saturday, May 14, 2016 in Pearl, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home.  Visitation will Monday, May 16, 2016 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home.  Services will be Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of Gunter &...

May 13, 2016

Mrs. Lizzie Johnson Taylor (Mama Liz), age 96, of Columbus died Friday, May 13, 2016 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted...

May 13, 2016

Mr. Joseph “Joe” D. Ellis, age 54, died Friday May 13, 2016 surrounded by his family at his parents’ home in Columbus, MS. Funeral arrangements have...

May 12, 2016

Carl Melbourn "Buck" Hildreth, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 12, 2016, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating and Rev. James Black assisting.  The interment will immediately follow at Beersheba Cemetery with full military honors.  Visitation will be Friday, May 13,...

May 10, 2016

Annie Vaughn Ferguson, age 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 10, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A graveside memorial service will be held Friday, May 13, 2016 , at 10:00 AM at Woodlawn Cemetery in Steens, MS, with Rev. Bob Wilbur officiating.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Ferguson was born October 26, 1927,...

May 9, 2016

Phillip Warren Harris, age 57, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 9, 2016.  Funeral services will be Friday, May 13, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev . Ralph Windle offic iatin g and R ev. Steve Lammons assisting.  The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, May 12, 2016, from...

May 8, 2016

Dorothy Lee “Dot” Chesser (Mitchell) Patton, died May 8, 2016 at The Windsor Place in Columbus.

The funeral service will be Wednesday, May 11 at 2 PM at New Hope Baptist Church in Starkville, with Rev. Dan Robertson officiating and Rev. Steve Brown, assisting.  Visitation will be in the church sanctuary prior to...

May 6, 2016

CLINTON PARRISH

Mr. Clinton E. Parrish, age 90, died Friday, May 6, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital/GT. Services are 2:00 PM, Monday, May 9, 2016 at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Military Honors. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Gunter and Peel...

May 5, 2016

DONNA EVANS

Donna Taylor Evans age 58 died Thursday, May 05, 2016 at her residence in Columbus . Services will be held Saturday, May 07, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Joe Fondren officiating, burial will follow at...

May 4, 2016

JOHN WEBB - John Dewitt Webb, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 4, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, May 7, 2016 , at 11:00 AM at Beersheba Cemetery with Tommy Hall officiating.  Visitation will be Friday, May 6, 2016, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home....

May 1, 2016

Willie Green Brown, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on May 1, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, May 3, 2016 , at 2:00 PM at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Walter Butler officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Andrews Chapel Cemetery near Ethelsville, AL.  Visitation will be Tuesday,...

Apr 26, 2016

Jesse Merl Criddle, age 74, passed away April 26, 2016, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS.  A memorial service will be held  Friday, April 29, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Grant Mitchell officiating. Mr. Criddle was born March 14, 1942, in Monroe County, MS, to the late Jim Tom and Lucy...

Apr 23, 2016

Eugenia Summer

Emily Eugenia Summer, age 92, died April 23, 2016, at Trinity Personal Care. She was born to Charles Edgar Summer and Emily O’Rorke Summer in Newton , Mississippi , June 13, 1923, along with her twin brother, Charles Edgar Summer, Jr. She fondly...

Apr 21, 2016

James Stanley Hargett, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 21, 2016, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with R ev. Sammy Crawford offici ating and Dr. Shawn Parker and John Sanders assisting.  The interment will immediately follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon, AL, with...

Apr 18, 2016

J. H. Spruill, age 87, of Tupelo, MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away April 18, 2016. at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 20, 2016, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be...