OBITUARIES

Aug 7, 2023

TONY KENDRICK

Anthony Duane “Tony” Kendrick age 27 died Monday August 7, 2023 in Alabama. Services will be held Thursday August 17, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Aug 6, 2023

Sarah Thaggard Shannon, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 6, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Saturday, August 12, 2023, at  11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Jerry Mitchell officiating.  A private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the...

Aug 3, 2023

Bobby Eugene McMillen, age 88, passed Thursday, August 3, 2023, surrounded by four generations of family. Mr. McMillen was born on January 6, 1935, in College Hill, MS, to the late Marion Frances Hardy and Clyde Garnel McMillen. He grew up on the family farm in Ponotoc County. He was a member of Columbus First Methodist Church and a...

Aug 3, 2023

JOHNNY R. LOFTON, SR. Johnny Ray Lofton Sr. age 77 died Thursday, August 03, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Sunday August 6, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ben Yarber officiating; burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held Sunday from noon until...

Aug 3, 2023

Troy E. Robinson age 79 died Thursday August 3, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Amory. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Aug 2, 2023

Forever the entrepreneur, working until he couldn’t, Walter Stubbe’s love of life didn’t come to an end with his death. Early evening August 2, 2023  Walter passed away at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his closest family. Walter was born in Laurel, Mississippi on February 11, 1943. He met his future wife Sandra Peebles in high...

Aug 1, 2023

Mavis Claudine “Polly” Seely Stanley age 86 of Caledonia, MS died at her home on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. She was born at home in Hamilton, Mississippi on the cold and snowy day of November 5, 1936. She always loved the snow and looked forward to any snow fall that came to Mississippi. Her parents were George Curtis Seely...

Jul 31, 2023

Neola McMinn Hildreth, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 31, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 Thursday, August 3, 2023,  at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. James Black  officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Beersheba Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday,  August 3, 2023, from 10:00 to 11:00 at the funeral home....

Jul 27, 2023

SUE BARNARD - Georgia Sue Barnard, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 27, 2023, at Garden Hill Assisted Living.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Jul 26, 2023

TRUDY GILDEA

Gertrude Ellen "Trudy" Serby Gildea, age 93, passed away peacefully in her home at Twelve Gables in Columbus, MS on July 26th, 2023. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, August 5th, 2023 at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory Chapel at 2:00 pm, with visitation held one hour prior at the...

Jul 23, 2023

MAC McGEE Marion Gay “Mac” McGee age 83 died Sunday July 23, 2023, at his residence in Columbus. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday July 28, 2023, at Friendship Cemetery with Pastor Kevin Cuthbertson officiating. Mr. McGee was born on March 2, 1940, in Vernon Alabama to the late William Allen McGee, and Ola Mae...

Jul 22, 2023

ANN MURPHY Ann Elizabeth Murphy age 85, died Saturday July 22, 2023, at her residence in Caledonia. A funeral service will be held Tuesday July 25, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Bro. Mel Howton officiating; burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home....

Jul 22, 2023

Joan Carol Jordan Rhett was born on November 17, 1932 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania to Harold Pierce Jordan and Anna Maude Fallon Jordan. She was gathered to her people on July 22, 2023 after a brief illness. Joan made her Christian profession of faith at the Rockville Centre (New York) Congregational Church in 1947. She was a graduate of...

Jul 21, 2023

James E. Pullen of Columbus, Mississippi May 19, 1944 - July 21, 2023

James Everett Pullen, Sr. passed away at age 79 on July 21, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS surrounded by family.  James was born on May 19, 1944 in Columbus, MS to Mary Agnes Pullen and Sandford Pullen.  James served the Columbus community as...

Jul 21, 2023

LESLIE SMITH - Leslie Jane Stevens Smith, age 64, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 21, 2023, at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Panama City, FL.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 11:00 AM at First Methodist Church of Columbus with Rev. Tony Proctor officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be...

Jul 21, 2023

Audice Price McGee age 84, of the New Hope Community of Lowndes Co., went to be with her Heavenly family on Friday, July 21, 2023, at her residence in peace. Services will be held Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Robert Moore officiating, burial will follow at Beersheba Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Jul 19, 2023

Barry Daniel Hunt, Jr. of Grenada, Mississippi June 3, 1968 - July 19, 2023

Barry Daniel Hunt, Jr. died Wednesday July 19, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Jul 19, 2023

WILLIAM WRIGHT - William Randall Wright, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 19, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A private memorial service will be held at a later date.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Jul 18, 2023

NANCY FORRESTER - Nancy Adams Forrester, age 95, of Columbus, MS, beloved mother and grandmother, went to be with her Savior Jesus Christ whom she loved so much July 18, 2023.  We are saddened at our loss but know we will see her again. A Celebration of Life Service will be at 4:00 PM Sunday, July 23, 2023, at...

Jul 16, 2023

Frances Sue Goodall was gathered into God’s loving arms at her home in Columbus on July 16, 2023. Frances was born on July 28, 1933 in rural Troup, Texas to Robert and Gracie Kee. As the youngest of nine children, her father gave her the nickname “Buckshot” reflecting both her small size and energetic nature. She loved to go...