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Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Arlene C. Gable

Arlene C. Gable

Feb 8, 2015

ARLENE GABLE Arlene Caroline Gable age 88 died Sunday, February 08, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held Friday, February 13, 2015 at 5:00 PM at Kingdom Hall 5590 Hwy 182 East Columbus, with Bro. Robert Jordan officiating. Mrs. Gable was born on Wednesday, January 26, 1927 in Charles City, IA to the late Arthur...

Twiller Fay Sanders

Twiller Fay Sanders

Feb 6, 2015

Twiller Fay Bennett Sanders, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 6, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 2:00 PM at First Pentecostal Church with Pastor Steve Blaylock officiating. A private interment will immediately follow at Haughton Memorial Park Cemetery in Amory, MS. Visitation will be Monday, February 9, 2015, from...

Steven Michael Heinz

Steven Michael Heinz

Jan 26, 2015

Steve Heinz, 57, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at BMHGT in Columbus, MS. Services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home with visitation from 4:006:00 p.m. A memorial service will follow at 6:00 p.m. with longtime friend Randy Rigdon officiating. Steven Michael Heinz was born July 10, 1957 in Vancouver, WA to Leonard and...

Thelma Turnipseed

Thelma Turnipseed

Jan 25, 2015

Thelma Turnipseed, 95, passed away peacefully Sunday, January 25, 2015 at her home near her daughter in Decatur, Georgia. Thelma was born in McCool, Mississippi, on February 4, 1919, the youngest of seven children of Homer Hunt and Perla Whitmire Hunt. Thelma married Mike Turnipseed, her high school sweetheart at the end of World War II. She happily followed Mike...

James Wallace Garton

James Wallace Garton

Jan 24, 2015

James W. " Jimmy" Garton, age 69, died Saturday January 24, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital -Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 27, 2015, beginning at 1:00 PM at Annunciation Catholic Church. A Mass of the Resurrection will follow at 3:00 PM at the church with the Rev. Father Robert...

Willa Dean Bryant

Willa Dean Bryant

Jan 20, 2015

Willa Dean Glenn Bryant, age 85, of Columbus, MS, formerly of Jackson, MS, passed away January 20, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Columbus. Funeral services will be Friday, January 23, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Briarwood United Methodist Church of Jackson with Rev. Brad Hodges officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation will be Thursday,...

Sandra Kendrick

Sandra Kendrick

Jan 20, 2015

SANDRA KENDRICK Sandra Kendrick age 67 died Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham AL. Services will be held Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Roger Lucas officiating, burial will follow at Sulligent City Cemetery Sulligent AL. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the...

Dorothy Estelle Blake

Dorothy Estelle Blake

Jan 18, 2015

Dorothy Estelle Blake, age 84, of Titusville, FL, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away January 18, 2015, at Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, FL. Graveside services will be Friday, January 23, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Shelby Hazard officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Blake was born...

Sarah Louise Brady

Sarah Louise Brady

Jan 18, 2015

SARAH BRADY Sarah Louise Tirey Brady, 84, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 18, 2015. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. with Father Robert Dore officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the...

William Arthur Bandy

William Arthur Bandy

Jan 13, 2015

William Arthur "Bop" Bandy, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 13, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, January 16, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Pastor Martin Andrews officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Mr. Bandy was born November...

Betty Jean Stover

Betty Jean Stover

Jan 12, 2015

BETTY JEAN STOVER Betty Jean Stover age 72 died Monday, January 12, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Visitation will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Saturday, January 17, 2015 from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM. Mrs. Stover was born on Thursday, May 14, 1942 in Ruleville, MS to the late Arvid Daniel and Mattie Cleora Pullen Knight. She was...

Doris Bearden

Doris Bearden

Jan 10, 2015

Doris Stennis Bearden, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 10, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be Wednesday, January 14, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Diane Lemmon officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Gunter & Peel...

Charles E. Dunning

Charles E. Dunning

Jan 8, 2015

Charles E. "Chuck" Dunning, age 78, died Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the MS State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services, with Larry Ferguson officiating, will be Saturday afternoon at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. The son of the late Clarence and Myrtle Wadley Dunning, Mr. Dunning was born...

Karen Renee Collins

Karen Renee Collins

Jan 7, 2015

Karen Renee Collins, age 59, of Columbus, MS, passed away January 7, 2015, at her residence. Graveside services will be Saturday, January 10, 2015, at 12:00 PM at Grady Cemetery in Grady, AR. Visitation will be Friday, January 9, 2015, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Miss Collins was born Novemer 13, 1955, in Chattanooga,...

Jeanette Welch Harrison

Jeanette Welch Harrison

Jan 7, 2015

JEANETTE W. HARRISON Jeanette Welch Harrison age 75 died Wednesday, January 07, 2015 at her residence in Caledonia. Services will be held Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Caledonia United Pentecostal Church, with Rev. Grant Mitchell and Rev. Don Harding officiating, burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to service at the...

Chris Reeves

Chris Reeves

Jan 2, 2015

CHRIS REEVES Christopher Earl "Chris" Reeves age 18 died Friday, January 02, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Monday, January 05, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Charlie Whitney and Rev. Jody Gurley officiating, burial will follow at Living Faith Tabernacle. Visitation will be held 2 hours prior to service at...

Ida Billups Ward

Ida Billups Ward

Dec 31, 2014

IDA WARD Ida Sykes Billups Ward died Wednesday December 31, 2014 in Columbus, Mississippi. She was a native and life long resident of Columbus having been born on July 24, 1922, to the late Thomas Carleton Billups III and Lenore Hardy Billups. She was a life-long communicate of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She was a graduate of Lee High School,...

Betty Freeman

Betty Freeman

Dec 31, 2014

BETTY W. FREEMAN Betty Wheat Freeman age 87 died Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, January 03, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Wes Jones officiating, burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Mrs. Freeman was born on Saturday, May 14, 1927...

Jaxson Garcia Blaylock

Jaxson Garcia Blaylock

Dec 30, 2014

Jaxson Garcia Blaylock, infant, passed away December 30, 2014, at Childrens Hospital of Birmingham, AL. Funeral services will be Friday, January 2, 2014, at 11:00 AM at First Pentecostal Church with Rev. Steve Blaylock officiating. A private family interment will immediately follow at Love Joy Cemetery in Beaverton, AL. Visitation will be Friday, January 2, 2014, one hour prior to...

Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson

Dec 30, 2014

BILL THOMPSON Billy Edwin Thompson, 73, "Bill" passed away on December 30, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. He was born April 30, 1941. He was pre-deceased by his wife Carol Jean Ragsdale Thompson and is survived by his daughter, Cathy Denise Thompson Jones Rueff of Columbus, his granddaughter Regina Danielle Jones of Portland, Oregon, grandson Brandon Colby Jones of...

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