OBITUARIES

Aug 24, 2015

Bobby Wayne Eidson, age 79, died Monday, August 24, 2015 at Druid City Hospital Regional Medical Center, Tuscaloosa, AL. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Wednesday, August 26, 2015 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Services will follow at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Gunter...

Aug 24, 2015

Elizabeth Tucker Youngblood August 24, 2015

ELIZABETH YOUNGBLOOD Elizabeth T. Youngblood died peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends on August 24, 2015. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 27th at First United Methodist Church, Columbus, with Rev. Tony Proctor, Rev. Raigan Miskelly, and Rev. Ann Russell-Bradley officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation...

Aug 24, 2015

GLEN GRISSOM Glenwood "Glen" Grissom age 80 died Monday, August 24, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Rev. Clark Richardson officiating, burial with U.S. Navy Honors, will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 1:00 p.m. until service time at the...

Aug 20, 2015

Paul Eugene McClelland, age 85, of Columbus, MS passed away August 20, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Sunday, August 23, 2015 from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM. The funeral Service will be Monday, August 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Delgado officiating. Burial will follow at Crossroads...

Aug 18, 2015

Larry W. McKellar, 68, of Tarpon Springs, FL, passed away on August 18, 2015. He was born in Columbus MS, the third child of Carl and Mary Alice Wingfield McKellar. He graduated from S. D. Lee High School in 1965 and then entered the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, where he graduated in 1969. He received pilot training at...

Aug 17, 2015

Martha Phinizy Segrest, 69, died at Trinity Place, Columbus, MS on August 17, 2015. She was born on December 6, 1945 in Athens, GA, to Laura Ann Phinizy and Robert Taylor Segrest. Martha attended St. Gertrudes School in Washington, DC and The Devereux School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. She lived and worked in Pennsylvania and Atlanta, GA until her retirement in...

Aug 17, 2015

Dr. William Frank "Bill" Hoyt, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 17, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, August 21, 2015, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Father Robert Dore officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with military honors. Visitation will be one hour prior to the...

Aug 14, 2015

JAKE PROPST William Jacob "Jake" Propst, Jr., age 95 died Friday, August 14, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Burial with U.S. Air Force Honors will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from noon until service time...

Aug 10, 2015

COLUMBUS -- Henry Price Anderson, Jr., 88, passed away on Monday, August 10, 2015, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Jackson, MS. Born on May 1, 1927, in Helena, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Henry Price Anderson, Sr. and the late Kate Brown Anderson. Henry attended school in Helena and then went on to study at...

Aug 8, 2015

Aubrey Curtis Belue, Jr., age 84, died Saturday, August 8, 2015 at his home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday, August 10, 2015 from 11:00 AM until 12:30 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. The funeral will begin at 1:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home with Wes Brown, officiating, assisted by Sid...

Aug 4, 2015

Madeline Honnoll Mashburne, age 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 4, 2015, at Aurora Health & Rehabilitation. Graveside services will be Saturday, August 8, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Egger Cemetery with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, August 8, 2015, from 9:30 AM until 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Mrs. Mashburne was born...

Aug 3, 2015

Sarah Quinnelly Sarah Frances Thielbar Quinnelly, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday August 3, 2015. Born December 27, 1932 in Liberty, MS she was the daughter of Sarah Jane Powers Thielbar and Francis Henry Thielbar. She grew up in Columbus, MS. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a major in psychology. At age 13, she met Charles Quinnelly...

Aug 2, 2015

Lucile Elizabeth "Lucy" Borland Madan, age 44, died Sunday, August 2, 2015 at her home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. A private, family graveside service will be held Saturday, August 8, 2015 at Friendship Cemetery with Michael Stone officiating. Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home Saturday, August 8, 2015 from 10:30...

Jul 27, 2015

TOM WILBURN Thomas Luther Wilburn, II, died at Smith Oaks, Lowndes County, Mississippi on July 27, 2015, at age 96. Services will be at Annunciation Catholic Church, Columbus, MS, Friday, July 31, 2015, at 10:00 AM with Father Robert Dore officiating, followed by graveside services with burial at Smith Oaks near Artesia, MS. Visitation will be from 9:30 AM until...

Jul 23, 2015

Daniel G. Newlun, of Columbus, age 62, Retired CMSGT, USAF, died Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services will be held Monday, July 27, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Chaplain James Taylor officiating. The son of the late Harold and Cecilia...

Jul 22, 2015

MARGARET SHACKELFORD Margaret McDill Shackelford age 79 died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo. Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday July 25, 2015 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Steve Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the church. Mrs....

Jul 20, 2015

Evelyn Jane Lister Elliott, age 74, of Columbus, MS, passed away July 20, 2015, at Windsor Place. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 23, 2015, at 2:00 PM at New Hope United Methodist Church with Rev. Sara Windham officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....

Jul 16, 2015

EDITH WAGNER Edith Mae Thompson Wagner age 82 died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at her residence in Columbus. Services will be held Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM at Eastview Church with Rev. Junior Eads officiating, burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the church. Mrs. Wagner was born...

Jul 16, 2015

WANDA BRYSON Wanda Lee Bryson, age 81, died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at her residence with her family by her side. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM Monday, July 20, 2015, at Memorial Gardens Cemetery of Columbus. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bryson was born January 6, 1934 in Porum, OK to the late...

Jul 15, 2015

MYRA MCWILLIAMS Myra Imogene Shelton McWilliams, age 94, of Caledonia, MS, passed away July 15, 2015, at her daughter's residence. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 17, 2015, at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Rev. Carl Shelton officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. McWilliams was born April 27, 1921, in Pickens...