OBITUARIES

May 25, 2022

GARY BARNETT

Gary Leroy Barnett age 85 died Wednesday May 25, 2022 at St. Joseph Hospice in Gulfport, MS. Services will be held Saturday June 4, 2022 at 11:30 am at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Sarah Windham officiating; burial will follow at Howell Cemetery near the Athens Community in Monroe County. Visitation will be held...

May 22, 2022

Taggart Edmond Burns, 8 months, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at his residence in Columbus. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 2:00 pm in the Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory Chapel. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at the funeral home.

May 18, 2022

Steven Carl Wallace, Jr. “Colt"

December 7, 1993- May 18, 2022

Steven C. Wallace, Jr., “Colt,” age 28, passed away suddenly on May 18, 2022. He was born December 7, 1993 to Steve and Teena Wallace in Oxford, MS. A 2012 graduate from Caledonia High School, Colt went on to graduate from Mississippi University for...

May 16, 2022

GARY STACKS - Gary W. Stacks II, age 44, of West Point, MS, passed away May 16, 2022, at his residence.  A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Stacks was born October 2, 1977, in Biloxi, MS, to Linda Stacks Milner of...

May 12, 2022

JUDITH STOVER

Judith Elaine Stover age 77 died Thursday May 12, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. No services are planned at this time. Mrs. Stover was born on July 26, 1944 in Granite City, IL to the late Helen Ruth Taylor Warmack and Charles Warmack. She was a retired restaurant owner/operator.

Survivors include:

May 9, 2022

PAUL SOUTHERLAND

Paul Southerland passed away at home surrounded by his wife and children on May 9, 2022, after an extremely brave and hard-fought battle with cancer.  Growing up on a farm in Columbus, Mississippi, Paul began plowing soy bean fields and milking cows as a child. Always a life-long learner, Paul worked in numerous...

May 7, 2022

PEGGY BISHOP - Peggy Ann Massingill Bishop, age 63, of Columbus, MS, passed away May 7, 2022, at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL.  Funeral services will be Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel.  The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Zion Cemetery.  Visitation will be Wednesday, May 11, 2022, from 6:00 -...

May 5, 2022

Dorothy Ward Smith McMullan Langford died Thursday, May 5, 2022.

One of three daughters, “Dot,” was born on July 12, 1927, in Columbus, Mississippi to Nannie Kate Ward Smith & Herbert Atkins Smith.

She graduated from S. D. Lee High School in 1944 and would go on to attend Mississippi College for Women where she...

May 1, 2022

Freddie Elizabeth Lindsey age 82 died Sunday, May 01, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, May 05, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Authentic Church / First United Pentecostal Church 311 Tuscaloosa Road Columbus, MS 39702 with Pastor Steve Blaylock and Pastor Craig Blaylock   officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will...

Apr 29, 2022

Charlotte Carr Sanders, 79, entered the larger life on April 29, 2022, at home.

Charlotte was born on June 23, 1942 to the late Horace Jewell Carr and Ada Fields Carr.

She was a graduate of S.D. Lee High School where she was a majorette and played clarinet in the marching band. She continued her...

Apr 27, 2022

Frances Jones Borland, age 62, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 27, 2022, at her residence.  Funeral services will be Sunday, May 1, 2022, at 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Reverends Jimmy Criddle, Anne Russell Bradley, and Aislinn Kopp officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory is...

Apr 26, 2022

Wanda Gail Ray, 80, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus.  A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 10:00 am at Friendship Cemetery in Fernbank, AL with Pete Bowen officiating. Wanda was born on September 20, 1941 in Columbus, MS to the late Winston Ray and Mildred Cole Ray. She...

Apr 24, 2022

Stephen Marshall Ferguson, age 66, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at his home in Conyers, GA. Stephen was born in Columbus, MS on May 5, 1955 to James Lloyd Ferguson and Annie Vaughn Ferguson. He was an accomplished musician on the piano and organ. He loved music and playing. Of course, that came naturally as his...

Apr 23, 2022

GLENDA THRASHER - Glenda Joy Thrasher, age 81, of Clovis, NM, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away April 23, 2022, at her residence.  Funeral services will be Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Tim Williams officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 1:00 PM...

Apr 22, 2022

Wendy Lane Beneke

April 27 th 1940 - April 22 nd 2022

At a conference several years ago, Wendy and her fellow attendees, as an exercise, each crafted their own obituaries.  As a Jungian analyst, Wendy studied and understood the cycle of life, so we...

Apr 20, 2022

Christian Bradley Pearson of Columbus, Ms, age 22, passed away on April 20, 2022 surrounded by his family at The Heart and Lung Transplant ICU of UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL.   Funeral services will be Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 2:00pm in the chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, officiated by Rev. Albert Wilkerson and Rev. Byron...

Apr 17, 2022

DAVID LEWIS

David Allen Lewis, age 59, passed away Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022, at his residence.  A graveside service will be held at Memorial Gardens, Columbus, MS in June at a date to be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home.

Mr. Lewis was born April 1, 1963 at Columbus Air Force Base,...

Apr 13, 2022

George W. Smith of Columbus, Mississippi September 25, 1927 - April 13, 2022

George William Smith of Columbus, MS, age 94, died on April 13, 2022, at Fair Haven Retirement Center, Birmingham, AL. Mr. Smith was born on September 25, 1927, in Lamar County, AL, to the late William Lias Smith and Verla Robertson Smith. He graduated from Lamar...

Apr 8, 2022

DOUGLAS WALKER William Douglas Walker, age 84, of Columbus, MS , passed away on Friday, April 8, 2022, at his home on Lake Lowndes Road in Columbus, MS, with his wife, Ann at his side.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at 3:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel, 716 2nd Ave. North, Columbus, MS, 39701 , with...

Apr 7, 2022

William Stark of Calera, Alabama June 28, 1955 - April 7, 2022

WILLIAM STARK – William Bradford Stark, age 66, of Calera, AL, passed away April 7, 2022, at his residence.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.