OBITUARIES

Nov 26, 2015

Irene Lockhart Studdard, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 26, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Monday, November 30, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Beersheba CumberlandPresbyterian Church . The interment will immediately follow in Beersheba Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until the time of the service at the church.  Gunter & Peel...

Nov 25, 2015

Roy Edward Phelps age 61 died Wednesday November 25, 2015 at Aurora Health & Rehab in Columbus. No services are planned at this time.

Nov 24, 2015

GINNY GRAHAM Virginia Young "Ginny" Graham, age 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 24, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a long battle with cancer.  A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ginny was born February 26, 1943, in Wichita Falls, TX, to Blanche...

Nov 23, 2015

WAYNE TRUITT Wayne Walley Truitt, age 79, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 23, 2015, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS.  Funeral services will be Friday, November 27, 2015, at 12:00 PM at First Baptist C hurch with Dr. Shawn Park er of ficiatin g and Dr. Bobby Douglas assisting. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until...

Nov 19, 2015

Ida Frances Cook Klages, 96, passed away in peace early this Thursday morning, November 19, 2015, at Eno Pointe, Durham, North Carolina, after a period of declining health. She was born May 24, 1919, in Columbus, MS, to Hazel Vandiver Cook and William Harvey Cook, and went home to Three Oaks, near the village of Artesia, in Lowndes County. She...

Nov 16, 2015

Fannie Freeman Gerhart, age 93, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 16, 2015, at Windsor Place. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Shaeffer's Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Mrs. Gerhart...

Nov 15, 2015

Eloise Gibson Parra, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 15, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Woodland Baptist Church with Rev. Bo Bankston officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Vaughn Cemetery in Steens, MS. Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service at...

Nov 15, 2015

MYERS Frances Josephine Myers, 94, of Gonzales, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015. Frances was born June 19, 1921 in Greenwood, MS, to Jefferson Frank Short and Doris Elise Kea Short. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Gonzales. Frances was an only child and early in her life her family moved to Macon, MS which...

Nov 13, 2015

Katherine Shepard Gunter, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 13, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be Sunday, November 22, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Bob Wilbur officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Gunter was born December 29, 1929, in Drew, MS, to the...

Nov 12, 2015

Walter Ray Yates, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 12, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, November 15, 2015, at 2:30 PM at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Hawkins officiating and Rev. Ralph Windle assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be from...

Nov 10, 2015

Nancy Eva McClanahan, age 69, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at Windsor Place Nursing and Rehab Center in Columbus. A Mass of Resurrection will be held Saturday November 14, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Robert Dore officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church....

Nov 9, 2015

ESTELLE JAUDON - Estelle Vance Jaudon, age 89, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 9, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 14, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charlie Whitney officiating. The interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Calhoun County, MS. Visitation will be Saturday,...

Nov 9, 2015

Yvonne Harrington Hill, age 79, died Monday, November 9, 2015 at University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Memorial arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A memorial service will be Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Piney Grove United Methodist, with Rev. James Black officiating. Visitation will follow the service at the church. The...

Nov 7, 2015

Robert Eugene Sergent Robert "Bob" Sergent, age 70, died November 7, 2015 at his home in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2015 from 5 to 6:30 PM at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home located at 903 College St., Columbus, MS 39701, (662) 328-2354. A memorial service will immediately follow from 6:30 to 7 PM. Mr....

Nov 5, 2015

JOE L. FARLEY Joe Leonard Farley age 71 died Thursday, November 05, 2015 at his residence in Ethelsville AL. Services will be held Saturday, November 07, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Gene Dawkins, and Bro. Tommy Smothers officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held Friday, November 06, 2015...

Nov 3, 2015

REV. DEWEY FLORA, JR. Nick Dewey Flora, Jr., widow of Louise Tate Flora, died Tuesday, November 3, in Greenville, South Carolina. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Friday, November 6, from 5:00 p. m. to 7:00 p.m. Services will be held on Saturday, November 7, at 2:00 p.m. at East End Baptist Church, with Dr. Albert Wilkerson...

Nov 3, 2015

Alisa Louise Nelson December 5, 1962 - November 3, 2015

Alisa Young "Allie" Nelson, age 52, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at her home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Services will be Saturday, November 7, 2015 at First United Methodist Church at 11:00 AM, with Rev. Raigan Miskelly, and Rev. Ann...

Nov 2, 2015

JAMES E. POPE James Earl Pope, age 69, died Monday, November 02, 2015 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, November 04, 2015 at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Edward Knox, Dr. Albert Wilkerson, and Dr. Bill Duncan officiating. Burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until service...

Oct 31, 2015

Elizabeth "Libby" Brown Springer, age 62, of Columbus, MS, beloved teacher and mother, died at home October 31, 2015, after a lengthy battle with uterine cancer. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Monday, November 2, 2015, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Main Street Presbyterian Church...

Oct 30, 2015

Walter D. "Pete" Johnson, age 83, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 30, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, November 1, 2015, at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Dr. Bill Hurt officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at...