OBITUARIES

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Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Jimmy Ray Wood

Jimmy Ray Wood

Jan 12, 2020

Jimmy Ray Wood age 74, died Sunday, January 12, 2020 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the 903 College Street Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Sanderson officiating. Burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 9:00 a.m....

Betty Jo Backstrom

Betty Jo Backstrom

Jan 12, 2020

Betty Jo Backstrom, 93, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Trinity Health Care Center. Services will be held Wednesday January 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the 716 2 nd Ave N Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. John Richards and Rev. Bob Wilber officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship...

E.W. Price

E.W. Price

Jan 12, 2020

EW Price, Jr.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-- EW Price, Jr, age 84, died Sunday, January 12, 2020. Visitation will be Saturday, January 18, 2020 from 1:00PM-2:00PM at Memorial Gunter and Peel Funeral Home at 716 2nd Avenue North. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 2:00PM with Pastor Jason Browning officiating. Memorial Gunter and Peel Funeral home has...

Leon C. Ellis Iii

Leon C. Ellis Iii

Jan 10, 2020

LEON C. ELLIS III

Leon C. Ellis, III age 51 died Friday January 10, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A graveside service will be held Monday January 13, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at Beersheba Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday January 13, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the 903...

Kuydgalyn Mcclusky

Kuydgalyn Mcclusky

Jan 8, 2020

Kuydgalyn McClusky of Columbus, Mississippi January 4, 1966 - January 8, 2020

LYNN McCLUSKY

Kuydgalyn “Lynn” McClusky age 54 passed away Wednesday January 8, 2020 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. A celebration of Lynn’ life will be held Sunday January 19, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Living Faith Tabernacle Church 218 Shelton Street, Columbus, MS with...

James Morris Reeves

James Morris Reeves

Jan 8, 2020

James Morris Reeves of Columbus, Mississippi July 3, 1928 - January 8, 2020

James M. Reeves Obituary

James M. Reeves passed away on January 8, 2020 at the age of 91. James was born on July 3, 1928 in Pickensville, AL to the late Morris M. Reeves and Annie Bonds Reeves and the family relocated 9 months...

Todd Waldrop

Todd Waldrop

Jan 8, 2020

Todd Waldrop

Robert Todd Waldrop passed away on Jan 8, 2020 at the age of 42 in Lowndes County, MS.

Services will be held Monday January 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at the 716 2 nd Ave North Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. Redus Hall and Rev. Steve Brown officiating; burial...

Theo Burns

Theo Burns

Jan 4, 2020

Theo Burns of Columbus, Mississippi June 5, 1928 - January 4, 2020

MARY THEO BURNS

Mary Theo Wright Burns, age 91, died Saturday, January 04, 2020, in her home in Columbus, Mississippi. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 17, at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery. As per her requests, The Reverend Gene Bramlett of Covenant...

Martha Lee Toupous

Martha Lee Toupous

Jan 3, 2020

MARTHA TOUPOUS – Martha Lee Garner Toupous, age 85, of Caledonia, MS, passed away January 3, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel 903 College St. location with Pastor Steve Lampkin officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be Monday, January...

Roland Perkins

Roland Perkins

Jan 3, 2020

ROLAND PERKINS – Charles “Roland” Perkins, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 3, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.  Funeral services will be Monday, January 6, 2020, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating.  A graveside committal will be at 3:00 PM at College Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery in...

Doris Lawrence Dailey

Doris Lawrence Dailey

Jan 2, 2020

Doris Lawrence Dailey of Columbus, Mississippi March 5, 1931 - January 2, 2020

Mrs. Doris Lawrence Dailey, 88, of Columbus, died peacefully in her sleep Thursday, January 2, 2020 at Trinity Healthcare. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 2 nd Avenue North location. A memorial service, with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating, will...

Elizabeth Proffitt

Elizabeth Proffitt

Dec 31, 2019

ELIZABETH PROFFITT

Elizabeth Banks Proffitt age 80, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at her residence in Columbus. Memorial services will be held Saturday January 4, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Pauls’s Episcopal Church with Rev. Jason Shelby officiating; inurnment will follow at the church columbarium. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the...

Marya Ezelle

Marya Ezelle

Dec 30, 2019

Marya Rozowicz Ezelle passed away peacefully at home in Columbus, Mississippi on December 30, 2019.

Mrs. Ezelle was born September 26, 1945 in Guntersville, Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Leopold Michael Rozowicz.  She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Mr. Roy Robert Ezelle and mother, Mrs. Lena Hodges Rozowicz.  Marya was the adored niece of...

John Robert Ford

John Robert Ford

Dec 28, 2019

John Robert Ford of Columbus, Mississippi February 5, 1960 - December 28, 2019

JOHN R. FORD

John Robert Ford age 59, died Saturday December 28, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory 2 nd Ave N.

Janice D. Cade

Janice D. Cade

Dec 28, 2019

Janice D. Cade of Brooksville, Mississippi March 18, 1947 - December 28, 2019

Janice Dean Cade, 72, of Brooksville, Mississippi, passed away December 28, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus with her family by her side.

She was born to the late Lavell and Hilda Slade, March 18, 1947, in Lamar County. Janice graduated from Purvis...

Donald Wayne Pickens, Jr.

Donald Wayne Pickens, Jr.

Dec 26, 2019

Donald Wayne Pickens, Jr. age 44, died Thursday, December 26, 2019 at his residence in Columbus MS. Services will be held Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel 2nd Ave N. Chapel with Pastor Kenny Gardner officiating, burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, near Kennedy AL. Visitation will be held Tuesday December 31, 2019...

Jean James

Jean James

Dec 25, 2019

JEAN JAMES

Jean Brown James, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 25, 2019, at her residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 28, 2019, at 11:00 AM at Fairview Baptist Church with Jeff James officiating and Rev. Sammy Crawford and Breck Ladd assisting. A family interment will immediately follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. ...

Judy Pennington Studdard

Judy Pennington Studdard

Dec 24, 2019

Judy Pennington Studdard of Caledonia, Mississippi November 22, 1941 - December 24, 2019

Judy Pennington Geer Studdard, age 78, of Caledonia, died December 24, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 2nd Avenue North location. Visitation will be Sunday, December 29, 2019 from 4:00 PM...

Charles "Sam" Chunn

Charles "Sam" Chunn

Dec 22, 2019

CHARLES CHUNN

Charles Dalton “Sam” Chunn  age 77, died Sunday, December 22, 2019 at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Friday, December 27, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the 716 2 nd Ave North Chapel of Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Allen Jones and Clyde Hollis officiating, burial will follow at Memorial...

Vernon B. Hemby

Vernon B. Hemby

Dec 21, 2019

Vernon B. Hemby of Columbus, Mississippi November 21, 1929 - December 21, 2019

Vernon B. Hemby, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 21, 2019, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS.  Graveside services will be Friday, December 27, 2019, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with full military honors.  Visitation will be Thursday,...

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