OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

John Howard Hayes

John Howard Hayes

Mar 3, 2013

JOHN HAYES John Howard Hayes, age 78, of Crawford, MS, passed away March 3, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 9, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home with Billy Wayne Whatley officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Funeral services will now be shared with his wife, Shirley...

Leo Fredrick Dusenberry, Jr.

Leo Fredrick Dusenberry, Jr.

Feb 28, 2013

Leo Fredrick Dusenberry, Jr., age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 28, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Father Robert Dore officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Saturday, March 2, 2013, one hour prior to the service...

Tip Tipton

Tip Tipton

Feb 28, 2013

TIP TIPTON Charlie Harold Tip Tipton Jr. age 82 died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Tipton officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday March 1, 2013 at the funeral home...

Cora Mae Harris

Cora Mae Harris

Feb 27, 2013

Cora Mae Horst Harris passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at Windsor Place in Columbus. The memorial service will be Friday, March 1, at 2 p.m. at Main Street Presbyterian Church. Visitation will be one hour prior to the memorial service. Rev. David Strain will officiate assisted by Rev. David Carroll and Rev. Chad Watkins. Memorial Funeral Home is in...

Thomas Cecil Crump, Jr.

Thomas Cecil Crump, Jr.

Feb 22, 2013

Thomas Cecil "Pete" Crump, Jr., age 72, of Steens, MS, passed away February 22, 2013, at his residence. Graveside services will be Sunday, February 24, 2013, at 1:00 PM at Mt. Carmel Cemetery near Millport, AL, with Rev. Walter Butler officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, February 23, 2013, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mr....

Erma Earline Sturgis

Erma Earline Sturgis

Feb 22, 2013

Mrs. Erma Earline Sturgis, age 81, of Columbus, died Friday, February 22, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Healthcare-Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, February 24, 2013 from 6:00 PM -8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held Monday, February 25, 2013 at 11:00 AM...

Emma Gene Stuckenschneider

Emma Gene Stuckenschneider

Feb 20, 2013

Emma Gene Stuckenschneider, age 89 of Birmingham, AL, and formerly of Columbus, MS, died February 20, 2013, at Mount Royal Towers retirement community, exactly four years to the day of the passing of her husband of 60 plus years, James T. Stuckenschneider. Graveside services will be Friday, February 22, 2013 at 1:30 PM at Friendship Cemetery, with Rev. Gary Edge...

Tommy Hughes

Tommy Hughes

Feb 20, 2013

TOMMY HUGHES William Thomas "Tommy" Hughes age 72 died Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Ray and Rev. Randy Holmes officiating, burial with Masonic Rites will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral...

Gayla Mixon Pridmore

Gayla Mixon Pridmore

Feb 19, 2013

Gayla Mixon Pridmore, 65, of Spartanburg, SC, formerly of Columbus, MS, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 in Spartanburg. Visitation will be 1:00 PM Sunday, February 24, 2013, at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A service to celebrate Gaylas life will follow at 3:00 PM in the funeral home chapel. Burial will immediately follow in Friendship Cemetery. Born...

Edith Lenore Browning

Edith Lenore Browning

Feb 17, 2013

Edith Lenore Trimble Browning, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 17, 2013, at Windsor Place. Funeral services will be Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 20, 2013, one hour prior to the service at First Baptist Church. Burial will immediately follow in Friendship...

Mary Nell Johnson

Mary Nell Johnson

Feb 15, 2013

MARY NELL JOHNSON Mary Nell Jones Johnson, aged 84 passed away peacefully on February 15, 2013 at Vineyard Court Nursing Home, with her daughter Pam Johnson Whitney and several staff members at her side. Services will be held Saturday February 23, at 2:00 p.m. at First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating. Visitation will be held one hour...

Wayne Murray

Wayne Murray

Feb 14, 2013

WAYNE MURRAY Howard Wayne Murray age 67 died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at Vineyard Court Nursing Center in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Simon Harris officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 9:30 AM until service time at the funeral...

Arthur Lee Nail

Arthur Lee Nail

Feb 11, 2013

Arthur Lee Nail, age 97, died Monday, February 11, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Elliott Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy Gillon and Rev. Nick Cannady officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Park Grenada MS. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Tuesday, February 12, 2013...

Paul Edward Beale

Paul Edward Beale

Feb 9, 2013

Paul Edward Beale, age 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 9, 2013, at his residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Beale was born June 13, 1940, in Dyersburg, TN, to the late Jeff and Jewell Williams Beale. He was a graduate of Memphis State...

Roy Lee Atkins

Roy Lee Atkins

Feb 9, 2013

Roy Lee Atkins, age 85, died Saturday, February 9, 2013 at his home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Rev. Jim L.E. Atkins officiating, will be Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM at Vaughn Cemetery. The son of the late Samuel Martin and Ursula Jane Shelton Atkins, Mr. Atkins was born...

James Edwards Evans

James Edwards Evans

Feb 7, 2013

James Edward Jim Evans, 82, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Visitation is Monday, February 11, 2013, from 1:00-2:00 PM at St. Pauls Episcopal Church. Graveside services with Military Honors are Monday, February 11, 2013, at 3:00 PM at Oddfellows Cemetery in Aberdeen, MS. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Evans was born...

Hilda H. Malone

Hilda H. Malone

Feb 6, 2013

Hilda H. Malone Hilda Henderson Malone age 87 died peacefully Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at Windsor Nursing Home with her family by her side. Services for Mrs. Malone will be 11:00 AM Friday, February 8, 2013 at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Interment will follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia, MS. Visitation will be Friday one hour...

Bettie J. Frohreich

Bettie J. Frohreich

Feb 4, 2013

Bettie J. Frohreich, age 83, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 4, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, February 7, 2013, at 2:00 PM at Calvary Assembly of God Church with Rev. Clark Richardson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Forest Cemetery near Ethelsville, AL. Visitation will be Thursday, February 7, 2013, from 1:00 PM until...

Dr. Charles O. Stanback

Dr. Charles O. Stanback

Feb 4, 2013

DR. CHARLES O. STANBACK Dr. Charles Oliver Charlie Stanback age 83 died Monday, February 04, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, February 07, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Thomas officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, February 06,...

Martha L. Sherman

Martha L. Sherman

Feb 2, 2013

MARTHA SHERMAN Martha L. Sherman, age 92 died Saturday, February 2, 2013 at her daughters home in Caledonia, MS. Funeral Service for Mrs. Sherman will be 12:00 noon Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Mullins officiating. A Private Family interment will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be 11:00 AM until 12:00 noon,Tuesday,...