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Cynthia Glenn
Dec 10, 2015
Cynthia "Cindy" Pack Glenn, age 62, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 12, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 15, 2015 , at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. The interment will immedately follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday , one hour prior to...
Charlie Lewis Dale
Dec 10, 2015
Charlie Lewis Dale, Sr., age 73, of Columbus, MS, passed away December10, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be Monday, December 14,2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chape l with Dr. Shawn Pa rker officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus.Visitation will be Sunday, December 13, 2015, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at...
William J. Sims
Dec 7, 2015
William J. "Slim" Sims, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 7, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point, MS. Funeral services will be Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bubba Dees and Rev. Byron Davis officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation...
James Byron Newton
Dec 4, 2015
James Byron Newton went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 4th, 2015. Jim was born in Memphis, TN, on Sept 2, 1940, to James Richard and Mary Royall Newton. After graduating from Lambert MS High School, Itawamba Jr. College, Jim attended Mississippi State University and received a degree in Industrial Engineering. He also served in the U.S. Army...
Hellen K. Chandler
Nov 30, 2015
HELLEN CHANDLER Hellen Kathern Jordan Chandler age 86 died Monday, November 30, 2015 at The Care Center of Aberdeen. Graveside Services will be held Thursday, December 03, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Friendship South Baptist Church Cemetery Vernon, Alabama, with Gordon Bomar and officiating. Mrs. Chandler was born on Tuesday, May 21, 1929 in MS to the late...
Mary Ruth Hudson
Nov 28, 2015
Miss Mary Ruth Hudson, age 99, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 28, 2015, at Trinity Healthcare. Graveside services will be Sunday, November 29, 2015, at Friendship Cemetery with Chaplain Earl McAnally officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, November 29, 2015, from 12:00 PM until 12:45 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Miss Hudson was born March 19, 1916 in Pickens County,...
Irene Studdard
Nov 26, 2015
Irene Lockhart Studdard, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 26, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, November 30, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Beersheba CumberlandPresbyterian Church . The interment will immediately follow in Beersheba Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until the time of the service at the church. Gunter & Peel...
Roy Phelps
Nov 25, 2015
Roy Edward Phelps age 61 died Wednesday November 25, 2015 at Aurora Health & Rehab in Columbus. No services are planned at this time.
Ginny Graham
Nov 24, 2015
GINNY GRAHAM Virginia Young "Ginny" Graham, age 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 24, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital after a long battle with cancer. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ginny was born February 26, 1943, in Wichita Falls, TX, to Blanche...
Wayne Truitt
Nov 23, 2015
WAYNE TRUITT Wayne Walley Truitt, age 79, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 23, 2015, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services will be Friday, November 27, 2015, at 12:00 PM at First Baptist C hurch with Dr. Shawn Park er of ficiatin g and Dr. Bobby Douglas assisting. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until...
Ida Cook Klages
Nov 19, 2015
Ida Frances Cook Klages, 96, passed away in peace early this Thursday morning, November 19, 2015, at Eno Pointe, Durham, North Carolina, after a period of declining health. She was born May 24, 1919, in Columbus, MS, to Hazel Vandiver Cook and William Harvey Cook, and went home to Three Oaks, near the village of Artesia, in Lowndes County. She...
Fannie Gerhart
Nov 16, 2015
Fannie Freeman Gerhart, age 93, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 16, 2015, at Windsor Place. Funeral services will be Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Shaeffer's Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Mrs. Gerhart...
Frances Josephine Myers
Nov 15, 2015
MYERS Frances Josephine Myers, 94, of Gonzales, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2015. Frances was born June 19, 1921 in Greenwood, MS, to Jefferson Frank Short and Doris Elise Kea Short. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Gonzales. Frances was an only child and early in her life her family moved to Macon, MS which...
Eloise Parra
Nov 15, 2015
Eloise Gibson Parra, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 15, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Woodland Baptist Church with Rev. Bo Bankston officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Vaughn Cemetery in Steens, MS. Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service at...
Katherine Gunter
Nov 13, 2015
Katherine Shepard Gunter, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 13, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be Sunday, November 22, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Bob Wilbur officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Gunter was born December 29, 1929, in Drew, MS, to the...
Walter Ray Yates
Nov 12, 2015
Walter Ray Yates, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 12, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday, November 15, 2015, at 2:30 PM at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Hawkins officiating and Rev. Ralph Windle assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be from...
Nancy Eva Mcclanahan
Nov 10, 2015
Nancy Eva McClanahan, age 69, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015, at Windsor Place Nursing and Rehab Center in Columbus. A Mass of Resurrection will be held Saturday November 14, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Robert Dore officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church....
Yvonne Hill
Nov 9, 2015
Yvonne Harrington Hill, age 79, died Monday, November 9, 2015 at University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Memorial arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A memorial service will be Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Piney Grove United Methodist, with Rev. James Black officiating. Visitation will follow the service at the church. The...
Estelle Jaudon
Nov 9, 2015
ESTELLE JAUDON - Estelle Vance Jaudon, age 89, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 9, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 14, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charlie Whitney officiating. The interment will follow at 2:00 PM at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery in Calhoun County, MS. Visitation will be Saturday,...
Bob Sergent
Nov 7, 2015
Robert Eugene Sergent Robert "Bob" Sergent, age 70, died November 7, 2015 at his home in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held on Thursday, November 12, 2015 from 5 to 6:30 PM at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home located at 903 College St., Columbus, MS 39701, (662) 328-2354. A memorial service will immediately follow from 6:30 to 7 PM. Mr....
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