OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Jenny Ellen Studdard

Jenny Ellen Studdard

Jun 8, 2013

JENNY STUDDARD Jenny Ellen Studdard age 82 died Saturday, June 08, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Graveside services will be held Monday, June 10, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Monday, June 10, 2013 from 12:30 PM until 1:30 PM. Complete arrangements will be announced later by Memorial Funeral...

Buford Earl Doughty

Buford Earl Doughty

Jun 7, 2013

BUFORD DOUGHTY Buford Earl Doughty, age 93, died Friday, June 07, 2013 at Ochsner Hospital-Kenner in Kenner, LA. Services will be held Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tim Williams officiating; burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until service time at the funeral...

Thurman Marion Lowe

Thurman Marion Lowe

Jun 3, 2013

THURMAN LOWE Thurman Marion Ish Lowe age 83 died Monday, June 03, 2013 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, June 05, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Ed Knox officiating, burial with U.S. Air Force Honors will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday,...

Dorothy Eloise Hallman

Dorothy Eloise Hallman

May 30, 2013

Dorothy Eloise Hallman, 85, died May 30, 2013, at Pickens County Medical Center. Services are Saturday at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home with the Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Vernon Cemetery. Visitation is from 1:30 PM until time of services. Mrs. Hallman was born March 28, 1928, in Tuscaloosa County, AL the only...

Larry Frazier Baird

Larry Frazier Baird

May 30, 2013

Larry Frazier Baird, age 67, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 30, 2013, at University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 2, 2013, at 2:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Raigan Miskelly officiating and Rev. Anne Russell Bradley and Rev. Tony Proctor assisting. Visitation will be held on Sunday...

Gladys Violet Andrews

Gladys Violet Andrews

May 29, 2013

Gladys Violet GG Smithson Andrews died Wednesday May 29, 2013 at the Vicksburg Convalescent Home. She was 93. Gladys was born in Monroe County, MS and went to school at Bartahatchie High School. She lived most of her life in Columbus and was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. After her retirement from American Bosch Corp , where she...

Edith Eloise Brock

Edith Eloise Brock

May 26, 2013

Edith Eloise McBride Brock age 85 died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at her residence in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 3:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the church. Mrs. Brock was born on...

Helen Elizabeth Cummings

Helen Elizabeth Cummings

May 23, 2013

Helen Elizabeth Cummings, age 82, died May 23, 2013 at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville, MS. Services for Mrs. Cummings will be 2:00 PM Sunday May 26, 2013 at East End Baptist Church with Dr. Albert Wilkerson officiating. Graveside immediately following the service at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Memorial Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be 6 to 8...

Jerald Justice Corbell

Jerald Justice Corbell

May 19, 2013

JERRI CORBELL Jerald Justice "Jerri" Corbell age 83, died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at her residence in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery with Rev. Clark Richardson officiating. Mrs. Corbell was born on Saturday, November 02, 1929 to the late George and Annie Laura Taylor. She was a homemaker. In addition...

Dr. Seale Stewart

Dr. Seale Stewart

May 19, 2013

DR. SEALE STEWART, JR. Dr. G. Seale Stewart, Jr. age 67 died Sunday, May 19, 2013 at his sisters residence in Cleveland MS. Services will be held Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM at First United Methodist with Rev. Raigan Miskelly and Rev. Tony Proctor officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held at...

Barry Daniel Hunt, Sr

Barry Daniel Hunt, Sr

May 16, 2013

BARRY HUNT SR. Barry Daniel Hunt Sr. age 65 died Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his residence in Vernon AL. Services will be held Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bubba Dees officiating, burial will follow at New River Baptist Church AL. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Saturday, May...

Donald Ray Forrester

Donald Ray Forrester

May 15, 2013

Donald R. Forrester, age 76, died Thursday, May 15, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Healthcare-Golden Triangle in Columbus .Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Annunciation Catholic Church, with Father Robert Dore, celebrant. Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM in the church atrium....

Slyvia Miller Bush

Slyvia Miller Bush

May 13, 2013

Sylvia Miller Bush, age 90, of Steens, MS, passed away May 13, 2013, at the Care Center of Vernon, AL. Funeral services will be Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Eddie Lawson officiating and Elbert Wheat assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Lone Oak Cemetery in Steens. Visitation will be Wednesday, May...

Max Jones

Max Jones

May 11, 2013

MAX JONES - Maxwell "Max" Lee Jones, age 62, died on May 11, 2013, from complications due to renal cell cancer. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 24, 2013, from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A graveside memorial service will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Max was the son of the late Chester...

Gary Robert Bagwell

Gary Robert Bagwell

May 11, 2013

GARY BAGWELL Gary Robert Bagwell age 44 died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services with full military honors will be held Wednesday May 15, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with Father Robert Dore officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Gary was born on Wednesday,...

Mary Kathryn Perry

Mary Kathryn Perry

May 10, 2013

Mary Kathryn Perry COLUMBUS, MS " Mary Kathryn Perry passed away Friday, May 10, 2013 at Countrywood Plantation in Mantachie, MS after living a long, happy, and fulfilling life. Born March 13, 1926, she was the daughter of Will Lee Jones and Gracie Mae Hadley Jones. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who always had a smile...

Ida Ellen Roberts

Ida Ellen Roberts

May 9, 2013

Ida Ellen Yelverton Roberts, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 9, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, May 12, 2013,at 3:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Charles Mullins officiating and Rev. Jearl Hunley assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 6:00...

Sible E. Robison

Sible E. Robison

May 1, 2013

Sible E. Robison, age 78, of Caledonia, MS, passed away May 1, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Ben Yarber officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Botter Cemetery in Caledonia. Visitation will be Friday, May 3, 2013, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM at...

Shirley Denise Dahlem

Shirley Denise Dahlem

Apr 29, 2013

SHIRLEY DENISE DAHLEM Shirley Denise Dahlem (infant) died Monday April 29, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Graveside services will be held Saturday May 4, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Mike Carruth officiating. Shirley Denise was born on April 29, 2013 to Jennifer Kayla Yoakum, and Dalton Dale Dahlem. In addition to her parents she is survived by her...

Edora Bradley

Edora Bradley

Apr 28, 2013

EDORA BRADLEY Ida Edora Wooten Bradley, age 84 died Sunday, April 28, 2013 at her residence in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM at Cornerstone Church with Rev. Bubba Dees and Rev. Kenny Gardner officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Tuesday, April...