OBITUARIES

Jan 7, 2017

William Given "Bill" Horsby, age 70, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 7, 2017, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 11, 2017, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charlie Whitney officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery in Vernon, AL.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mr....

Jan 7, 2017

Elaine Wright McDill, age 85, of Columbus,  died Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Baaptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas A. Blakney officiating.  Visitation will be from  10:00 AM until the time...

Jan 6, 2017

Cynthia Braswell June 5, 1954 - January 6, 2017 Cynthia Reynolds Braswell, age 62, of Columbus, died  Friday, January 6, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with John Beasley officiating, will...

Jan 6, 2017

Roy L. Price, Jr., age 72, of Ellisville, MS, passed away January 6, 2017, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, MS.  Graveside services will be Tuesday, January 10, 2017 , at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Price was born May 29, 1944, in New...

Jan 6, 2017

Ruby Jane Brown Bolton, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 6, 2017, at her residence.  Graveside services will be Sunday, January 8, 2017, at 3:00 PM at the Old Booneville Cemetery in Booneville, MS, with Billy Ferguson officiating.  Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bolton was born September 25, 1941, in Pontotoc, MS, to the...

Jan 5, 2017

Doyle Gordon Brown, age 89, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 5, 2017, at Windsor Place.  Funeral services will be Sunday, January 8, 2017, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating and Rev. Steve Blaylock assisting.  A graveside committal will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with full military honors.  Visitation  will be...

Jan 4, 2017

Walter G. "Son" Brown, Jr., age 85, of Artesia, MS, passed away January 4, 2017, at his residence.  Funeral services will be Sunday, January 8, 2017, at 1:00 PM at the Crawford United Methodist Church with Bro. Daniel Talley officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Oak Limb Cemetery in Crawford.  Visitation will be Saturday,...

Jan 3, 2017

Virginia Anne Lehmberg Smith, age 80, died Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at her home in Columbus.  Graveside services will be held  at a later date at the Causeyville Baptist Church Cemetery, Causeyville, MS, where her husband  James Noel  and infant son Noel  are buried. The daughter of the late  Charles Edward and Naomi Mynatt Lehmberg, Mrs. Smith was born April...

Jan 2, 2017

Richard James Carson, age 47, of Columbus, died Monday, January 02, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory.  Visitation will be Saturday, January 14, 2017 from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM at The Refuge, 9939 Hwy 45 North, West Point, followed by a...

Jan 1, 2017

G.B SHAW

G.B. Shaw age 80, died Sunday, January 01, 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital , Columbus . Services will be held Wednesday, January 04, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Ray, Rev. Chester Shaw, and Rev. Kenneth Henegar...

Dec 31, 2016

Peggy Basinger Cash, age 87, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital , Columbus . Services were held Monday, January 2, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Albert Wilkerson officiating, assisted by Brother Bill Duncan. Interment followed at Friendship Cemetery...

Dec 25, 2016

Lily Foster Montgomery, age 100, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 25, 2016, at her residence.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at 3:00 PM at Bethesda Baptist Church of Crawford with Rev. Allen Dees officiating.  The interment will immediately follow in Bethesday Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at Bethesda...

Dec 25, 2016

Edith Reeves November 13, 1931 - December 25, 2016

Edith Repult Harris Reeves, 85, passed away December 25, 2016 at her home in Columbus, MS following a seven year battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and acute myeloid leukemia. Visitation will be at 10:00am Wednesday, December 28th at First United Methodist Church in Columbus with services to follow at 11:00am with...

Dec 24, 2016

James Emanuel Ratliff, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 24, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 27, 2016, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bill Duncan officiating.  The interment, with Military Honors,  will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.  The visitation will be one hour prior to the...

Dec 24, 2016

Gino O. Conti, CMSgt, USAF, Ret., died Saturday, 24 December 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated Thursday 29 December 2016 at Annunciation Catholic Church at 11:00 AM with Father Robert Dore and Father Paul Stewart, celebrants.  Fathers Joseph Vu,...

Dec 23, 2016

Joanne Potter Dove, age 88, of Caledonia, MS, passed away December 23, 2016, at her residence. Funeral services will be Wednesday, December 28, 2016, at 11:00 AM at Kolola Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Don Harding officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery in Caledonia. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Kolola Springs Baptist...

Dec 20, 2016

Lewis Nelson Howard, Sr., age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 20, 2016, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.  Graveside services will be Thursday, December 22, 2016 , at 3:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating.  Visitation will be Thursday, December 22, 2016, from 2:00 PM until 2:45 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Gunter...

Dec 17, 2016

Lynn Pullen

Lynn Pullen, 52, died December 17, 2016 at Alliance Hospital . She was born July 27, 1964 in Columbus , MS to Sanford Marion “Bubba” Pullen and Mary Ryan Pullen. She was a Baptist, She worked for the State of Mississippi as Regional Director of Youth Services...

Dec 16, 2016

Robert D. Guin, age 78, died Friday, December 16, 2016 in Brownsburg, IN. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory. Graveside services will be Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Steve Lammons officiating.

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Dec 15, 2016

Martha Carolyn Russell

Carolyn Russell of Murfreesboro , TN , formerly of Columbus , MS , went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 15, 2016.

Visitation will be held Saturday December 17, 2016 at 1:00...