OBITUARIES

Jun 20, 2014

Celeste Swoope Williams, known as Boo to many, age 91, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014 at her apartment, in Trinity Place Retirement Community, Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 23, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Todd Matocha officiating. Interment will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one...

Jun 20, 2014

GEORGE BUCHANAN George Ray Buchanan age 81 died Friday, June 20, 2014 at his residence in Mantee MS. Services will be held Monday, June 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM at Hohenlinden Baptist Church in Mantee, with Rev. Fred Hartley officiating, visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Graveside services will be held Monday at 4:00...

Jun 19, 2014

George Earnest Burchfield, Sr. age 68, died June 19, 2014 at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Graveside service will be 3:00 pm Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Danny Avery officiating. Visitation will be 1-3 pm Sunday June 22, 2014 at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home. Mr. Burchfield was born June 4, 1946 in...

Jun 18, 2014

WILLIE GREEN Willie T Green age 83 died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Oak Tree Manor in Amory. Services will be held Saturday June 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charles Young officiating. Burial will follow at Rowan Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Mr. Green...

Jun 14, 2014

Mrs. Flora Smith Lee, age 91, died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at East Glen Nursing and Rehab in Birmingham, Al., where she has lived for the last five years. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating, will be Monday afternoon at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia, MS.

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Jun 14, 2014

Grover Walter G.W.: Land, age 95, died Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Visitation will be at Gunter & Peel, 9:30 - 11:00, on Tuesday, June 17. The service will follow at 11:00 in the chapel, with Rev. Steve Lammons officiating, assisted by Rev. Ralph Windle. and Dr. Shawn Parker. Interment will be at Friendship...

Jun 12, 2014

Madia Boyd Curtis, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away June 12, 2014, at Windsor Place. Graveside services will be Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Hamilton, MS, with Charles Curtis officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, June 14, 2014, from 12:00 PM until 1:30 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mrs....

Jun 11, 2014

Walter Wilson Edwards, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away June 11, 2014, at his residence. A graveside service will be held Friday, June 13, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Steve Lammons officiating. Visitation will beFriday, June 13,2014 from 1:00 PM to until 1:45 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Mr. Edwards was born August 26, 1922,...

Jun 9, 2014

Weldon F. "Joe" Higginbotham, age 74, of Columbus, MS, passed away June 9, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be Saturday, June 14, 2014, at 2:00 PM at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd with Rev. Anne Harris officiating. Visitation will be Friday, June 13, 2014, from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral...

Jun 2, 2014

HOMER McDILL Jessie Homer McDill age 87 died Monday, June 02, 2014 at West Alabama Hospice in Tuscaloosa AL. Services will be held Thursday, June 05, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Doug Blakeney, and Rev. Dan Finney officiating, burial with U.S. Navy honors, will follow at Andrew's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held at...

Jun 2, 2014

Marion Preston "M. P." Biddy, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away June 2, 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 4, 2014 at 12:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Dr. Albert Wilkerson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, June 4, 2014 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM...

Jun 2, 2014

AVANELL RUFFIN Arlie Avanell Ruffin age 89 died Monday, June 02, 2014 at Solera at West Houston in Houston TX. Services will be held Friday, June 06, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Liberty Assembly of God Church with Rev. Larry Maddox and Rev. Dan Finney officiating, burial will follow at Andrew's Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church...

May 31, 2014

Shirley Hudson Hunt, age 71, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 31, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be private with Gunter & Peel Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Hunt was born September 27, 1942, in Clarke County, MS, to the late Joseph Wendell and Irene Goldman Hudson. She was retired from the State of Mississippi Employment...

May 29, 2014

Fred Presley Williamson, age 67, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 29, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, June 2, 2014, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bobby Douglas and Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, June 1, 2014,...

May 27, 2014

Mrs. Ila Wave Lane Conti, age 93, of Columbus, died Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital " Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated Friday, May 30, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Robert Dore, Celebrant and Father Paul Stewart,...

May 20, 2014

JAMES C. KEEL James Calvin Shot Keel age 76 died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville. No services will be held as Mr. Keel wanted everyone to remember him from the last time they saw him. Mr. Keel was born on Friday, June 25, 1937 in Starkville to the late Jonas K. and California Brooks...

May 15, 2014

James Ervin Oswalt, age 80, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Darlington Oaks Community Hospice in Verona, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Sunday, May 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. David Skinner officiating, assisted by Rev. Steve Lammons and Rev. Ralph Windle. Interment will immediately follow...

May 12, 2014

LOUISE DEASON Louise Price Deason, age 86, of Columbus, MS, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday May 10, 2014, at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus, MS. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Wes Jones officiating and Gunter & Peel Funeral Home directing. The interment will...

May 11, 2014

David Todd Fishel, age 48, of Caledonia, MS, passed away Sunday, May 11, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 15,2014, at 2:00 PM at New Salem Baptist Church, 7086 Wolfe Rd., Columbus, MS, 39705, with Rev. Mel Howton officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Ross Cemetery in Monroe County. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 14,...

May 9, 2014

PAT VINSON Patricia Davis Vinson age 55 died Friday, May 09, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Monday, May 12, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Granville Wiggins and Rev. Walter Butler officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday at the funeral home from 12:00...