OBITUARIES

Jan 11, 2017

LURA "MARY" SMITH

Lura E. "Mary" Smith age 88 died Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at Trinity Retirement Center in Columbus . Services will be held Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bill Duncan officiating, burial will follow...

Jan 9, 2017

ARTHUR SHAW, JR.

Arthur Shaw, Jr. age 91 died Monday, January 09, 2017 at Vineyard Court Nursing Center in Columbus . Services will be held Thursday January 12, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Shaeffer’s Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Curtis Bray officiating, burial will follow at Shaeffer's Chapel...

Jan 9, 2017

Emma Shipman Williams, age 89, died Monday, January 09, 2017 at Trinity Healthcare Center, Columbus.  Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral  Home and Crematory Graveside  services will be held on Saturday morning, January 14, 2017 at 9:00 AM at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will follow at 10:00 AM  at First Presbyterian Church Saturday morning . A memorial service will...

Jan 8, 2017

William Hunter Allgood, infant son of John Hunter and Margo Turner Allgood died Sunday January 8, 2017 in Memphis. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Gunter & Peel Funeral Home.

Jan 8, 2017

Timothy Donald Hansen, age 80, of Columbus, MS, formerly of CA, passed away January 8, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hansen was born August 4, 1936, in San Diego, CA, to the late Donald and Marjorie Healy Hansen.  He...

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 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 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 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 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

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 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...