OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Juanita Jordan

Juanita Jordan

Oct 21, 2015

Juanita Jordan December 30, 1941 - October 21, 2015 Juanita Foreman Jordan, age 73, died Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday, October 23, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Saturday, October 24,...

Bessie Virginia Shaw

Bessie Virginia Shaw

Oct 18, 2015

Bessie Virginia Worbington Shaw, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 18, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Funeral services will be Friday, October 23, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Shaeffer's Chapel United Methodist Church with Rev. Curtis Bray officiating. The interment will immediately follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to...

James Daniel Sisson

James Daniel Sisson

Oct 17, 2015

Lt. Col. Ret. James Daniel "Dan" Sisson, age 85, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 17, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial Mass of the Resurrection will be Monday, October 19, 2015, at 1:00 PM at the chapel of Annunciation Catholic Church with Father Robert Dore officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM until the time of the service...

Katherine Neese

Katherine Neese

Oct 17, 2015

Katherine Steil Neese, 93, beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother passed away peacefully on October 17, 2015 at her home. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert Neese, her parents, Mary and Dettmer Steil and her Aunt Margaret Pugh. A memorial service to celebrate Kay's life will be held on Friday, November 6, 2015 11:00 AM at...

Frances Maurine Martin

Frances Maurine Martin

Oct 13, 2015

Frances Maurine Miley Martin, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 13, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 15, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home with Dr. Albert Wilkerson officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Martin...

Doris Virginia Humphries

Doris Virginia Humphries

Oct 12, 2015

Doris Virginia Conn Pridmore Humphries, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 12, 2015, at Windsor Place. Funeral services will be Friday, October 16, 2015, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Bob Josey officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, October 15, 2015, from 6:00 -...

Annie L. Mcdaniel

Annie L. Mcdaniel

Oct 11, 2015

Annie Lucille McDaniel age 85 died Sunday October 11, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Walter Butler officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 6 until 8 at the funeral home. Mrs. McDaniel was...

Mary Jean Smith

Mary Jean Smith

Oct 10, 2015

Mary Jean Smith, age 65, of Glen St Mary, Florida died on October 10, 2015. She was brought into this world by her parents, Stanley Humphreys & Trudie Hodges. A celebration of her life will be held Tuesday October 13, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel; burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be...

Paul Allen Nance

Paul Allen Nance

Oct 3, 2015

Paul Allen Nance, age 74, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 3, 2015, at Aurora Health & Rehab. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at 1:30 PM at Fairview Baptist Church with Dr. Breck Ladd and Rev. Sammy Crawford officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 7, 2015, from 12:00 PM...

John Lovick Thompson

John Lovick Thompson

Sep 28, 2015

John Lovick Thompson, age 64, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 28, 2015, in Costa Rica. John was loved by so many and all are invited to celebrate his life by sharing memories and good times. Visitation and sharing of memories will be Sunday, November 15, 2015, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. John was...

Patricia Rose Belcher

Patricia Rose Belcher

Sep 28, 2015

Patricia Rose "Pat" Crowe Belcher, age 76, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 28, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 1, 2015, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. DanRobertson and Rev. Bill Duncan officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Pine Grove Cemetery in Pickens County, AL. Visitation will be Wednesday,...

Billy Ford

Billy Ford

Sep 24, 2015

William Benjamin "Billy" Ford, Jr., passed away at his residence September 24, 2015. Billy was born May 13, 1953, in Columbus, Miss., to Virginia Ford and the late William B. Ford. He grew up in Columbus and graduated from Caldwell High School in 1971. After graduation, he attended East Mississippi Community College at Scooba followed by Mississippi State University. Billy...

Becky Coward

Becky Coward

Sep 24, 2015

Becky Marmon Coward, age 63, died Thursday, September 24, 2015 at her home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday, September 25, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Rev. Chad Kingsbury officiating, will be Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 10:00...

Virginia Robinson

Virginia Robinson

Sep 22, 2015

Virginia "Jenny" Henderson Robinson, 95, died September 22, 2015 after a long, fulfilling life. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August 27, 1920, while her father was managing a farm after his graduation from Monmoth College in Illinois. The family soon moved to the Henderson Family Farm along the banks of the Alabama River in Miller's Ferry, Alabama, raising...

Zack Alexander Mcclanahan

Zack Alexander Mcclanahan

Sep 16, 2015

Zack Alexander McClanahan, age 45, died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Saturday, September 19, 2015 from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home, followed by a Memorial service in the Chapel of Memorial Funeral Home at 2:00...

Martha Claire Kennedy Fitzner

Martha Claire Kennedy Fitzner

Sep 9, 2015

Martha Claire Kennedy Fitzner Martha Claire Kennedy Fitzner, a beloved and skillful teacher of young children, died September 9, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. She was 58 years old. Services will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on Saturday, September 12, with the Rev. Anne Harris, Deacon Pam Rhea and Deacon Morris Thompson officiating. Memorial Funeral Home was in...

Barbara J. Robinson

Barbara J. Robinson

Sep 6, 2015

Barbara J. Robinson, age 76, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 6, 2015, at Vineyard Court Nursing Center. Funeral services will be Friday, September 11, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Major Allen Phillips officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitaion will be Friday, September 11, 2015, one hour prior to the service...

Mose J. Bryant

Mose J. Bryant

Sep 5, 2015

Mose J. Bryant August 11, 1927 - September 5, 2015

Mose J. "Pip" Bryant, age 88, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Jackson, MS, passed away September 5, 2015, at Trinity Healthcare of Columbus. Funeral services will be Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Briarwood United Methodist Church in Jackson with Rev. Brad Hodges and Rev. Ron McDougal...

Robert Y. Neaves

Robert Y. Neaves

Sep 2, 2015

ROBERT NEAVES Robert Yates Neaves, Sr., age 79, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 2, 2015, at Darlington Oakes of Verona, MS. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 5, 2015, at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be Saturday, September 5, 2015, two...

Jane Mclelland Kalinowski

Jane Mclelland Kalinowski

Aug 29, 2015

Jane McLelland Kalinowski October 18, 1949 - August 29, 2015

God sent an angel to Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS on Saturday, August 29, 2015 to usher Jane McLelland Kalinowski into glory where she received a golden crown from her Savior. Gunter and Peel Funeral Home in Columbus has charge of her earthly arrangements. Margaret Jane McLelland Kalinowski...