Allen Smythe Hargrove, Jr., age 100, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 25, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Saturday, July 28, 2012, at 10:00 AM at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery with Chaplain Jim Holloway officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hargrove was born August 21, 1911, in Shubuta, MS, to the late Allen Smythe and Nallie Nettles Hargrove. He was a veteran of WWII serving in the United States Army. Mr. Hargrove was a retired postal inspector and in addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Doris Glenn Hargrove and daughter, Ann Hargrove Dove. Survivors include his grandchildren, Glenn Allen Dove and his wife Jessie of Salem, OR, and Gena Anne Dehner and her husband Chad of Orlando, FL, and son-in-law, Riggie Dove of Columbus, MS. Family members will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to the donor's favorite charity.
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