OBITUARIES

Aug 17, 2023

Helen McAlpin of Columbus, Mississippi April 23, 1956 - August 17, 2023

Ruth Helen McAlpin age 67 died Thursday, August 17, 2023, at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center. A graveside service will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery with     Pastor Kevin Cuthbertson officiating. Helen was born on Monday, April 23, 1956, in...

Aug 15, 2023

Dorothy Jean Dexter Holliday died on August 15, 2023, at the age of 86. A graveside service will be held Saturday August 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at Palo Alto Cemetery in Clay County with Rev. Anne Russell-Bradley officiating. Visitation will be held Friday August 18, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home...

Aug 14, 2023

William “Billy” Travis Blair, a beloved figure in his community, passed away on August 14, 2023, at the age of 84. He was born on December 6, 1938, to Francis Dewey and Emma Laura Jumper Blair. He is reunited in death with his parents and siblings, Alfred Blair, Robert Wesley Blair, and Mary Emma Blair Basinger. William was also...

Aug 12, 2023

CHERRITTE FRATES - Cherritte Eads Frates, age 81, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 12, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Pastor Russell Mord officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of...

Aug 10, 2023

SIMM TAYLOR - Henry Simmons "Simm" Taylor, IV, age 66, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 10, 2023, at Baptist Memorial East Hospital in Memphis, TN.  Funeral services will be Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel.  Visitation will be from 1:30 PM until the time of the service.  A graveside committal will be...

Aug 9, 2023

Carolyn Watkins Fant, 91, passed away on August 9, 2023, at Catherine’s Village-Siena Center in Madison, MS. The daughter of the late Laura Peterson and Tommy Ross Watkins, Carolyn was born in Helena, AR. She graduated from Macon High School and The University of Mississippi. At Ole Miss she was initiated into Delta Gamma Fraternity where she served as...

Aug 7, 2023

Roy "Gene" Holley, age 73, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 7, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko, MS.  Funeral services will be Friday, August 11, 2023, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Anthony Miller officiating.  The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with military honors.  Visitation will be from 10:00...

Aug 7, 2023

TONY KENDRICK

Anthony Duane “Tony” Kendrick age 27 died Monday August 7, 2023 in Alabama. Services will be held Thursday August 17, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held Thursday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the funeral home.

Aug 6, 2023

Sarah Thaggard Shannon, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 6, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Funeral services will be Saturday, August 12, 2023, at  11:00 AM at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Rev. Jerry Mitchell officiating.  A private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the...

Aug 3, 2023

Troy E. Robinson age 79 died Thursday August 3, 2023 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Amory. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Aug 3, 2023

Bobby Eugene McMillen, age 88, passed Thursday, August 3, 2023, surrounded by four generations of family. Mr. McMillen was born on January 6, 1935, in College Hill, MS, to the late Marion Frances Hardy and Clyde Garnel McMillen. He grew up on the family farm in Ponotoc County. He was a member of Columbus First Methodist Church and a...

Aug 3, 2023

JOHNNY R. LOFTON, SR. Johnny Ray Lofton Sr. age 77 died Thursday, August 03, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Sunday August 6, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ben Yarber officiating; burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held Sunday from noon until...

Aug 2, 2023

Forever the entrepreneur, working until he couldn’t, Walter Stubbe’s love of life didn’t come to an end with his death. Early evening August 2, 2023  Walter passed away at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his closest family. Walter was born in Laurel, Mississippi on February 11, 1943. He met his future wife Sandra Peebles in high...

Aug 1, 2023

Mavis Claudine “Polly” Seely Stanley age 86 of Caledonia, MS died at her home on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. She was born at home in Hamilton, Mississippi on the cold and snowy day of November 5, 1936. She always loved the snow and looked forward to any snow fall that came to Mississippi. Her parents were George Curtis Seely...

Jul 31, 2023

Neola McMinn Hildreth, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 31, at her home. Funeral services will be at 11:00 Thursday, August 3, 2023,  at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home with Rev. James Black  officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Beersheba Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday,  August 3, 2023, from 10:00 to 11:00 at the funeral home....

Jul 27, 2023

SUE BARNARD - Georgia Sue Barnard, age 90, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 27, 2023, at Garden Hill Assisted Living.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory.

Jul 26, 2023

TRUDY GILDEA

Gertrude Ellen "Trudy" Serby Gildea, age 93, passed away peacefully in her home at Twelve Gables in Columbus, MS on July 26th, 2023. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, August 5th, 2023 at Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory Chapel at 2:00 pm, with visitation held one hour prior at the...

Jul 23, 2023

MAC McGEE Marion Gay “Mac” McGee age 83 died Sunday July 23, 2023, at his residence in Columbus. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday July 28, 2023, at Friendship Cemetery with Pastor Kevin Cuthbertson officiating. Mr. McGee was born on March 2, 1940, in Vernon Alabama to the late William Allen McGee, and Ola Mae...

Jul 22, 2023

Joan Carol Jordan Rhett was born on November 17, 1932 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania to Harold Pierce Jordan and Anna Maude Fallon Jordan. She was gathered to her people on July 22, 2023 after a brief illness. Joan made her Christian profession of faith at the Rockville Centre (New York) Congregational Church in 1947. She was a graduate of...

Jul 22, 2023

ANN MURPHY Ann Elizabeth Murphy age 85, died Saturday July 22, 2023, at her residence in Caledonia. A funeral service will be held Tuesday July 25, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Memorial Gunter Peel Chapel with Bro. Mel Howton officiating; burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home....