OBITUARIES

Jul 15, 2015

ANN HARRISON Luru Ann Coleman Harrison, age 84, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Regency Hospital in Jackson, MS. A graveside service was11:00 AM Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Friendship Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison was born February 8, 1931 in Ruleville, MS to the late James Baker and Agatha Nowell Coleman. She was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist...

Jul 14, 2015

Ira G. Carter, age 88, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Windsor Place in Columbus, MS. Mr. Carter was born October 7, 1926, in Amory, MS. He moved to Smithville, MS, in early childhood where he graduated from Smithville High School in l944. He served in the Air Force during World War II and then entered Ole Miss after...

Jul 13, 2015

MACK EGGER William Malcolm "Mack" Egger age 93, died Monday, July 13, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Caledonia United Methodist Church with Tony Gallop and Rev. Mark J. McNair officiating, burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Wednesday, July 15,...

Jul 13, 2015

Josephine "Momma Joe" Sanderson McElhenney, 82, died Monday, July 13, 2015 at Windsor Place. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. The funeral service will be Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home, with Rev. Melvin Mordecai officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of the service....

Jul 10, 2015

Sam Robinson of Columbus, MS, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle on July 10, 2015 surrounded by his loved ones. He was born July 4, 1940, in Tupelo, MS, to Roy Fray Robinson and Flo Earline Lee. Sam received a BA in economics and graduated with a master's degree in Urban Planning in 1966 from The University of Mississippi....

Jul 9, 2015

Virginia Prout, 92, died on Wednesday, July 9, 2015 surrounded by her family and the loving staff from KC Hospice and Centerpointe Care Center at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, KS where she has resided since relocating to KS in 2004. The staff is resplendent and helped Virginia and her family when they could no longer help themselves. There is no...

Jul 9, 2015

Grace Catherine "Kate" Goodwin, infant daughter of Will and Leigh Goodwin, sister of John Walter and Samuel Burke Goodwin, died at birth on July 9. She leaves her grandparents, David and Johnnette Goodwin and Terry and Kelli Williams, her great-grandparents, Shirley Blankenship, Betty Williams, and Louis Ricossa. She also leaves her aunts and uncles; Jason and Bethany Battles, Mary Grace...

Jul 9, 2015

Robert Tate Marsh, 67, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Ms. Services will be at 2:00 pm, Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Memorial Funeral Home in Columbus, Ms with Bro. Terry Edwards officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. The family will receive visitors preceding the service from 12:00 pm to 2:00...

Jul 8, 2015

RILEY NOLAND Robert Riley Noland, age 89, of Steens, MS, passed away July 8, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 11, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Chaplain Steve Brown officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Saturday, July 11, 2015, from 9:30 AM...

Jul 5, 2015

CHARLENE McCALL Charlene Jordan McCall age 72 died Sunday, July 05, 2015 at her residence in Columbus. Services will be held Tuesday, July 07, 2015 at 5:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker and Dr. Joe McKeever officiating. Visitation will be held from 3:00 PM until service time Tuesday at the church. Graveside services will be held...

Jun 23, 2015

CHARLIE BEALL COLUMBUS, MS - Charles Van "Charlie" Beall, age 83, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. A Memorial Service will be held at 3 pm on Saturday, First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Visitation is from 1-3 prior to the service at the church. Burial will be...

Jun 12, 2015

Joseph Lee Heatherly, age 85, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 in Columbus, Mississippi at Baptist Memorial Hospital surrounded by loved ones. Visitation will be Monday, June 15, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Services will be at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Gunter & Peel, with Dr. Shawn Parker of First...

Jun 11, 2015

Virginia Adams McCord July 11, 1952 - June 11, 2015

Virginia Adams "Ginger" McCord, 62, of Columbus, died Thursday, June 11, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Sunday, June 14, 2015 at 2:30 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with Rev. Anne Harris,...

Jun 7, 2015

PATRICIA DISMUKES Patricia Alice Dismukes, age 89, died Sunday June 07, 2015 at Aurora Health & Rehabilitation in Columbus. Mrs. Dismukes was born on Thursday, January 21, 1926 in Oklahoma, and was the face of Miz Lou's Barbeque in Columbus for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband William O. Dismukes. No services are planned at this...

Jun 5, 2015

LOVIE WATSON Lovie Lorene Watson age 92 died Friday, June 05, 2015 at Darlington Oaks Nursing Home in Verona. Services will be held Monday, June 08, 2015 at 11:00 AM at New Salem Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Myers, and Rev. Walter Butler officiating, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Sunday, June...

Jun 5, 2015

Martha Jean Shackelford, 85, died June 5, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Visitation will be held 12-2 pm Tuesday, June 9, at Memorial Funeral Home, and the funeral service will take place at 2 pm with Reverend Shawn Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Columbus. Pallbearers will be Mark Turner, Jack Ellis...

Jun 5, 2015

Coolidge Perkins age 89, died Friday, June 5, 2015 at Windsor Place Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral Service for Mr. Perkins will be 12:00 pm Monday, June 8, 2015 at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Tommy Clark officiating, interment to follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Monday June 8, 2015 at Memorial Funeral...

Jun 4, 2015

Elizabeth Lee Norris Elizabeth Lee Norris, 48, passed away on June 4, 2015, in Starkville, MS. Services will be held Thursday June 11, 2015 at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home in Columbus. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. with service to follow at 11:00 a.m. Lee was born August 29, 1966 in Columbus, MS to the late Edwin "Bubba" Riley...

Jun 1, 2015

CLYTEE TRAYWICK ABBOTT Clytee Traywick Abbott, age 73 died Monday, June 01, 2015 at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian MS. Services will be held Thursday, June 04, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Gunter and Peel Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jack Giles officiating, burial will follow at Wofford Cemetery in Lamar County, AL. Visitation will be held Wednesday June...

May 31, 2015

DEBORAH HONNOLL Deborah Ann Honnoll age 64 died Sunday, May 31, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle 44-G in Columbus MS. A memorial service celebrating Deborah's life will be held Wednesday June 03, 2015 at 4:00 PM at the Frank P. Philllps Memorial YMCA 602 2nd Ave North Columbus. Deborah was born on Friday, February 16, 1951 in Tampa,...