OBITUARIES

Jan 20, 2015

Willa Dean Glenn Bryant, age 85, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Jackson, MS, passed away January 20, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Columbus. Funeral services will be Friday, January 23, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Briarwood United Methodist Church of Jackson with Rev. Brad Hodges officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday,...

Jan 18, 2015

Dorothy Estelle Blake, age 84, of Titusville, FL, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away January 18, 2015, at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, FL. Graveside services will be Friday, January 23, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Shelby Hazard officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Blake was born...

Jan 18, 2015

SARAH BRADY Sarah Louise Tirey Brady, 84, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 18, 2015. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. with Father Robert Dore officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the...

Jan 13, 2015

William Arthur "Bop" Bandy, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 13, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, January 16, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Pastor Martin Andrews officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mr. Bandy was born November...

Jan 12, 2015

BETTY JEAN STOVER Betty Jean Stover age 72 died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Saturday, January 17, 2015 from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM. Mrs. Stover was born on Thursday, May 14, 1942 in Ruleville, MS to the late Arvid Daniel and Mattie Cleora Pullen Knight. She was...

Jan 10, 2015

Doris Stennis Bearden, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 10, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Diane Lemmon officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Gunter & Peel...

Jan 8, 2015

Charles E. "Chuck" Dunning, age 78, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the MS State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Larry Ferguson officiating, will be Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The son of the late Clarence and Myrtle Wadley Dunning, Mr. Dunning was born...

Jan 7, 2015

JEANETTE W. HARRISON Jeanette Welch Harrison age 75 died Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at her residence in Caledonia. Services will be held Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Caledonia United Pentecostal Church, with Rev. Grant Mitchell and Rev. Don Harding officiating, burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to service at the...

Jan 7, 2015

Karen Renee Collins, age 59, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 7, 2015, at her residence. Graveside services will be Saturday, January 10, 2015, at 12:00 PM at Grady Cemetery in Grady, AR. Visitation will be Friday, January 9, 2015, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Miss Collins was born Novemer 13, 1955, in Chattanooga,...

Jan 2, 2015

CHRIS REEVES Christopher Earl "Chris" Reeves age 18 died Friday, January 02, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Monday, January 05, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charlie Whitney and Rev. Jody Gurley officiating, burial will follow at Living Faith Tabernacle. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to service at...

Dec 31, 2014

IDA WARD Ida Sykes Billups Ward died Wednesday December 31, 2014 in Columbus, Mississippi. She was a native and life long resident of Columbus having been born on July 24, 1922, to the late Thomas Carleton Billups III and Lenore Hardy Billups. She was a life-long communicate of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She was a graduate of Lee High School,...

Dec 31, 2014

BETTY W. FREEMAN Betty Wheat Freeman age 87 died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, January 03, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wes Jones officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Mrs. Freeman was born on Saturday, May 14, 1927...

Dec 30, 2014

BILL THOMPSON Billy Edwin Thompson, 73, "Bill" passed away on December 30, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. He was born April 30, 1941. He was pre-deceased by his wife Carol Jean Ragsdale Thompson and is survived by his daughter, Cathy Denise Thompson Jones Rueff of Columbus, his granddaughter Regina Danielle Jones of Portland, Oregon, grandson Brandon Colby Jones of...

Dec 30, 2014

Jaxson Garcia Blaylock, infant, passed away December 30, 2014, at Childrens Hospital of Birmingham, AL. Funeral services will be Friday, January 2, 2014, at 11:00 AM at First Pentecostal Church with Rev. Steve Blaylock officiating. A private family interment will immediately follow at Love Joy Cemetery in Beaverton, AL. Visitation will be Friday, January 2, 2014, one hour prior to...

Dec 30, 2014

Mrs. Nora Virginia Higdon, age 83, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at The Windsor Place. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday, January 2, 2015 at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM. The service, officiated by Rev. David Long, will follow at 2:00 PM in the Chapel...

Dec 29, 2014

MURLA RICHARDS Murla Estelle Richards age 95 died Monday, December 29, 2014 at Trinity Healthcare Center. Services will be held Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Luke Lawson and Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home two hours prior to service....

Dec 22, 2014

Sanford Marion Pullen, Jr. May 8, 1940 - December 22, 2014

Sanford Marion "Bubba" Pullen, Jr., age 74, died Monday, December 22, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter& Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 23, 2014 beginning at 2:30 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. The service...

Dec 22, 2014

C.V. NORTHINGTON C.V. Northington, age 80 died Sunday, December 21, 2014 at his residence in Caledonia. Services will be held Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jamie Turner and Bro. Armon McDill officiating, burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, Monday December 22, 2014...

Dec 21, 2014

Mrs. Gloria E. Newman Forbes, age 83, died December 21, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital/GT. Funeral services have been entrusted to Gunter and Peel Funeral Home. A graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Memorial Gardens of Columbus, MS with Jody Gurley officiating. Mrs. Forbes was born February 13, 1931 in Lynchburg, VA to the late...

Dec 20, 2014

Geneva Alpharetta Hurt Cunningham, age 94, of Columbus, MS, died December 20, 2014 at her daughter's home in Olive Branch, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday December 23, 2014, from 1:00 until 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home; a graveside service will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Cunningham was born on September 2, 1920, in Ripley, MS to...