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Gladys Leggett Lancaster
Dec 5, 2008
Mary Gladys Leggett Lancaster, age 97, died December 5, 2008 at Trinity HealthCare in Columbus. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation was Sunday, December 7, 2008 from 12:30pm to 2:00pm at Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services were held at Memorial Gardens Cemetery on Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 2:30 PM with Rev. Ron McDougal officiating. Mrs. Lancaster...
Frances Ledyard Ivy
Dec 3, 2008
Frances Ledyard Ivy, 92, proponent for womens education and former president of the Mississippi University for Women Alumnae Association, died on December 3, 2008 in Columbus, Mississippi. Mrs. Ivy combined several careers, including writer, fund-raiser, educator, preservationist, civic leader, and churchwoman. Born on September 28, 1916, she was the youngest of five children of the late Joshua Heard Ledyard, the...
John (Jack) Featherston Colbert, Jr.
Dec 3, 2008
John (Jack) Featherston Colbert, Jr. died Wednesday, December 3, 2008, in Jackson, MS, of leukemia. He was 80 years old. Mr. Colbert was born September 8, 1928, in Brooksville, MS. His parents were Wilma Gray and John (Jack) Featherston Colbert, Sr. His childhood nickname was "Huck" because he loved the outdoors and hunting. He graduated from Brooksville High School and...
Elijah Caldwell Marsh
Nov 29, 2008
ELIJAH C. MARSH Elijah Caldwell Marsh Age 13 months died November 29, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Elijah was born on October 18, 2007 in West Point to the best parents a baby could ask for, Janet and Chris Marsh. Services will be held at First Christian Church on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 2:00 PM...
Royce Scott Sesser
Nov 29, 2008
ROYCE S. SESSER Royce Scott Sesser Age 60 died November 29, 2008 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL A funeral mass will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Father Robert Dore Officiating burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be at Annunciation Catholic Church on...
Jean Mildred Peaks
Nov 23, 2008
Jean Mildred Stewart Peaks, age 91, died November 23, 200 at Trinity Personal Care in Columbus,MS. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home Tuesday evening , November 25, 2008 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The Funeral service will be held in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 10:00 AM with Rev. Don Harding and...
Mildred Thompson Lawrence
Nov 16, 2008
Mildred Thompson Lawrence Age 95 died November 16, 2008 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus. Graveside services will be held at Egger Cemetery on Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM with Rev. Ben Butler officiating. Mrs. Lawrence was born on January 8, 1913 in Sulligent, AL to the late Jacob Monroe and Cynthia Jane Anthony Thompson. She was a...
Catherine B. Taylor
Nov 16, 2008
Catherine Taylor, 87, of Columbus, died November 16, 2008, at BMH-GT. Catherine was born March 4, 1921, to Robert B. and Lelia Rye Barton. Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 18, 2008, from 6-8 at Memorial Funeral Home. Services are scheduled for Wednesday, November 19, 2008, at 2:00 at Memorial Funeral Home with burial at Friendship Cemetery with Dr. Sam...
John Floyd Doughty
Nov 13, 2008
John Floyd Doughty Age 94 died November 13, 2008 at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko. Services with Masonic Rites will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM Dr. Shawn Parker will officiate. burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Sunday, November...
Judge Phillip Owen Robertson
Nov 9, 2008
Judge Phillip Owen Robertson, age 63, of Steens, Miss., died Sunday, November 9, 2008, at his residence in Steens, Miss. Visitation was held Monday , November 10, 2008, from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 11 at 1:00 P.M in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home, with Willis Logan and Joel Ellis, officiating. Burial will follow in Friendship...
Willie Ellis Hodges, Jr.
Nov 7, 2008
Willie Ellis "Billy" Hodges, Jr. age 80, of Columbus, Miss., died Friday, November 7, 2008, at Ms State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, Miss. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 Monday, November 10, 2008 at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will follow at 11:00 AM Monday, in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Bryson, officiating. Interment with military honors will...
Hugh Byers Eldredge
Nov 6, 2008
HUGH B. ELDREDGE Hugh Byers Eldredge Age 61 died November 6, 2008 at Rolling Hills Development Center in Starkville. Mr. Eldredge was born on July 7, 1947 in Columbus to the late William Augustas and Medora Dortch Eldredge. He was disabled. No services are planned at this time. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Melvin Douglas "Doug" Jones
Oct 27, 2008
Doug Jones Melvin Douglas Doug Jones II died Monday, October 27, 2008 at his home in Columbus. Doug was born March 1, 1966, in Beckley, West Virginia, to Melvin and Billie Jones. Doug graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1989. In 2000, he earned a Masters of Science in...
James Durrell Crowder, Sr.
Oct 25, 2008
James Durrell "Pat" Crowder, Sr., age 91, of Columbus, Mississippi, was called home to be with the Lord on October 25, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. After visitation, services were held today Monday, October 27, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. Burial was at Friendship Cemetery in Columbus. Mr. Crowder was born on...
Dorothy Kate Hardin
Oct 19, 2008
eral.net Dorothy K. Hardin Dorothy Kate Friday Hardin, age 50, died October 19, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus. Services will be held at Central United Methodist Church on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Dr. Prentiss Gordon, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday,...
Nell Jones
Oct 17, 2008
NELL JONES Maggie Nell Jones Age 75 died October 17, 2008 at Aberdeen Gardens Suites Assisted Living in Aberdeen. Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 2:00 PM with Rev. Mike Allred Officiating Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery . Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday October 21, 2008...
Paul Cockrell
Oct 16, 2008
> > Paul Cockrell went home to be with the Lord on > October 16, 2008 after living for the Lord here on earth for > 92 years. > > The funeral will be held at First Baptist > Church on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. with > visitation at the church from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Dr. Shawn >...
Argus C. "A.C" Holley
Oct 14, 2008
Argus C. Holley, Jr. Age 88 died October 14, 2008 at his granddaughter's residence in Jackson, MS Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Friday, October 17, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Dr. Sam Morris Officiating burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home on Thursday, October 16, 2008 from 6:00 PM...
Joe Raymond Gibson
Oct 11, 2008
Joe Raymond "Buster"Gibson, age 60, of Columbus, Miss., passed away Saturday, October 11, 2008, at his residence in Columbus, Miss. Arrangements are being handled by Memorial Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Graveside services will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery at 10:00 AM Wednesday, October 15, 2008, with...
Patsy C. Kaye
Oct 11, 2008
Patsy Cummings "Pat" Kaye, age 66, of Columbus, Miss., died Saturday, October 11, 2008, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, Miss. Memorial Funeral Home has been entrusted with her funeral arrangements. Visitation will be held in the Earline Robertson Room at St. Paul's Episcopal Church beginning at 12:30 Tuesday, October 14, 2008. The funeral service will follow at...
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