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Bryan Wilson Speed
Mar 30, 2015
Bryan Wilson Speed, son of John Luke and Nolie Speed, was born in Pickens County, Alabama, on November 13, 1925. He died in West Memphis, Arkansas, on March 30, 2015. Speed, a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War II having served in the Philippines and in Japan. He was a graduate of The University...
Alice Nickoles
Mar 29, 2015
ALICE NICKOLES Alice Ludene Austin Nickoles, age 86, of Columbus, MS, died March 29, 2015, at her residence. She was surrounded by her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, her brother and sister. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at 12:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Hurt, Rev. Steve Lammons, and Rev. David Honeycutt officiating. The...
Roy V. Guyton, Jr.
Mar 27, 2015
ROY V. GUYTON, JR. Roy Vardaman Guyton Jr., 80 years old, passed from this life on March 27, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital of Aberdeen. A resident of Columbus, MS, Roy was born in the Toccopola community in Pontotoc County, MS, October 15, 1934. The oldest son of Roy V. Guyton, Sr. (Vernon, AL),a preacher and a saw mill worker,...
Sarah Mcdonald Hardin
Mar 23, 2015
Surrounded by her family, Sarah McDonald Hardin was called home to her Father on Monday, March 23, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. She was 85. Sarah was born in Neshoba County to Herman Bryan McDonald and Lillian Richardson McDonald on December 31, 1929. She and her older brother Basil McDonald were both valedictorians of their senior classes at Laurel...
Zula Mae Whitlock
Mar 21, 2015
Zula Mae Cross Whitlock, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 21, 2015, at Trinity Independent Living. Graveside services will be Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Whitlock was born October 28, 1919, in Kilmichael, MS, to the late...
Walton Pannell
Mar 19, 2015
Walton Pannell, age 88, died peacefully Thursday, March 19, 2015 at his home in Columbus, surrounded by his family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, March 22, 2015 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Monday, March 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM in the chapel of Memorial...
Jean Brenda Vaughan
Mar 18, 2015
Mrs. Jean Brenda Vaughan, age 93, of Eupora, MS, passed away March 18, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center Nursing Home of Eupora. There will be no memorial service. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of her arrangements. Jean was born February 28, 1922, in Manchester, England to the late Sidney and Dorothy Gray of Prestwich...
Lutie H. Black
Mar 18, 2015
Lutie Harrington Black, age 88, of Brandon, MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away March 18, 2015, at Brandon Nursing & Rehab. Funeral Services will be Sunday, March 22, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be one hour prior to...
Betty Jean York
Mar 18, 2015
Betty Jean Cook York, age 69, of Columbus died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at her home. Services will be Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev.Grant Mitchell, officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12:00 Noon at Memorial Funeral Home. The daughter of the late Enoch and Ruby Kimbrell Cook,...
Maudelle Honey Curry
Mar 15, 2015
MAUDELLE CURRY Maudelle Honey Curry age 101 died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Gillion officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 17, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the funeral home,...
Mary Lee Hall
Mar 12, 2015
Mary Lee Hall Mary Lee Hall age 90 died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Saturday March 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday on hour prior to service at Memorial Funeral Home Mrs. Hall was born on Monday, April 07, 1924...
Anna Nicole Odom
Mar 12, 2015
Anna Nicole Odom, age 32, of Charleston, SC, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away March 12, 2015, in Trussville, AL. Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Pastor Steve Blaylock officiating and Pastor Andy Skelton assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 18,...
Erika Maria Chobotor
Mar 9, 2015
ERIKA CHOBOTOR Erika Maria Chobotor age 88 died Monday, March 09, 2015 at her residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Friday, March 13, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Father Robert Dore officiating. Visitation will be held at Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. Chobotor was...
Conner Hudson Campassi
Mar 7, 2015
Conner Hudson Campassi passed away on March 7, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 26. Conner is survived by his parents, Drs. Robin and Helen Campassi of Columbus, Mississippi and his sister, Claire Campassi Herndon of Memphis, Tennessee. Conner was born on January 5, 1989 in Amory, Mississippi to Drs. Robin and Helen Campassi. He graduated magna cum...
Donald Earl Randall
Mar 7, 2015
Donald Earl "Don" Randall, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 7, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, March 9, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor David Hartung officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be Monday, March 9, 2015, one hour prior to...
George Lee Dyson
Mar 7, 2015
My little brother, George Lee Dyson, went to meet and rest in the comfort of the arms of his Lord and Savior shortly before 5:00 AM this morning. He was 68-years old. It was George's wishes that he be cremated and his ashes scattered on a favorite place of his childhood, an island in the lake here on our ancestral...
Eva Lee Farmer
Mar 4, 2015
Eva Lee Farmer, 84, of Columbus, MS, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus. Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM with Rev. James Gardner, officiating. Visitation will be on Monday March 9, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 7:00...
Melton Lawrence Mccarty, Jr.
Mar 3, 2015
Melton Lawrence "Mel" McCarty, Jr., age 51, of Columbus, MS, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 3, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. A private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery....
Joseph Marion Vaughn
Mar 2, 2015
Joseph Marion "Joe" Vaughn, age 50, died Monday, March 2, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. According to his wishes, his ashes will be scattered in a favorite area by his family. The son of the late Curtis J. and Betty Holcomb Vaughn, Joe was born September 13, 1964...
Francis Dianne Jerome
Mar 2, 2015
Francis Dianne Jerome, age 65, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015, peacefully in her home. Mrs. Jerome had requested no memorial service. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jerome was born December 7, 1949, in Jasper, AL, to the late Tony and Vera Mae Hill Norris. She was preceded in death by...
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