OBITUARIES

Apr 22, 2015

MAUREEN McGUIGAN Maureen Alicia McGuigan, age 90, past away peacefully at her residence Wednesday, April 22, 2015, surrounded by family. Graveside services will be held Friday, April 24, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Father Robert Dore officiating. Mrs. McGuigan was born on Thursday, August 14, 1924 in Lawrence, MA to the late George and Cathryn...

Apr 22, 2015

Cydney Rubin Hudson June 21, 1950 - April 22, 2015

Cydney Rubin Hudson, age 64, died Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at Noland Health Services in Tuscaloosa AL. Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 1:00 PM with Dr. Bill Hurt officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Columbus MS. Visitation will...

Apr 22, 2015

David L. Carlisle, age 65, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 22, 2015, at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Carlisle was born March 28, 1950, in KY, to the late John Griffen and Vertie Mae Robinson Carlisle. He was a graduate of Purdue University...

Apr 21, 2015

Ann Brown Duke, age 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 21, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 3:00 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Anne Russell Bradley officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, April 23, 2015, one hour prior to the service at the church. Memorial Funeral Home...

Apr 20, 2015

JOHN ROSS CHISM John Ross Chism passed away Sunday, April 20, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. John was born June 5, 1981 in Columbus and lived most of his life in Lowndes County. He was a graduate of New Hope High School and Mississippi University for Women and was employed as a graphic designer by the T...

Apr 18, 2015

Raymond D. Mullins, age 77, of Columbus, MS, passed awayApril 18, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be Monday, April 20, 2015, at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. A private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, April 20, 2015, one hour prior to the service at the...

Apr 16, 2015

Albert Wayne Eaves, Jr., age 81, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Sunday, April 19, 2015 at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 PM with Revs. Eric Davis and Allen Dees, officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 6:00...

Apr 12, 2015

IRMA LATHAM Irma Johnson Latham, age 88, of Ethelsville, AL, passed away April 12, 2015, at Community Hospice Darlington Oaks of Verona, MS. Funeral services will be Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Bro. Redus Hall officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Shiloh Cemetery near Gordo, AL. Visitation will be Tuesday, April...

Apr 7, 2015

BARBARA HUMBERS Barbara Anita Humbers age 79 died Tuesday, April 07, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Don Harding and Rev. Milton Spotts officiating, burial will follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Saturday from noon until service time. Barbara...

Apr 3, 2015

Mack Winston Edwards, age 53, of Caledonia, MS, passed away April 3,2015, at his residence. A graveside memorial service will be held Sunday, April 12, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Egger Cemetery with Bro. Joe Oswalt officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Edwards was born October 31, 1961, in Aberdeen, MS, to the late...

Mar 31, 2015

REVIS SHELTON Revis Shelton age 82 died Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Thursday, April 02, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Michael Shelton and Bro. Robert Gillis officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until service time Thursday at the funeral...

Mar 30, 2015

Bryan Wilson Speed, son of John Luke and Nolie Speed, was born in Pickens County, Alabama, on November 13, 1925. He died in West Memphis, Arkansas, on March 30, 2015. Speed, a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War II having served in the Philippines and in Japan. He was a graduate of The University...

Mar 29, 2015

ALICE NICKOLES Alice Ludene Austin Nickoles, age 86, of Columbus, MS, died March 29, 2015, at her residence. She was surrounded by her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, her brother and sister. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at 12:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Bill Hurt, Rev. Steve Lammons, and Rev. David Honeycutt officiating. The...

Mar 27, 2015

ROY V. GUYTON, JR. Roy Vardaman Guyton Jr., 80 years old, passed from this life on March 27, 2015 at Pioneer Community Hospital of Aberdeen. A resident of Columbus, MS, Roy was born in the Toccopola community in Pontotoc County, MS, October 15, 1934. The oldest son of Roy V. Guyton, Sr. (Vernon, AL),a preacher and a saw mill worker,...

Mar 23, 2015

Surrounded by her family, Sarah McDonald Hardin was called home to her Father on Monday, March 23, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. She was 85. Sarah was born in Neshoba County to Herman Bryan McDonald and Lillian Richardson McDonald on December 31, 1929. She and her older brother Basil McDonald were both valedictorians of their senior classes at Laurel...

Mar 21, 2015

Zula Mae Cross Whitlock, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 21, 2015, at Trinity Independent Living. Graveside services will be Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Whitlock was born October 28, 1919, in Kilmichael, MS, to the late...

Mar 19, 2015

Walton Pannell, age 88, died peacefully Thursday, March 19, 2015 at his home in Columbus, surrounded by his family. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Sunday, March 22, 2015 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Services will be Monday, March 23, 2015 at 1:00 PM in the chapel of Memorial...

Mar 18, 2015

Mrs. Jean Brenda Vaughan, age 93, of Eupora, MS, passed away March 18, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center Nursing Home of Eupora. There will be no memorial service. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of her arrangements. Jean was born February 28, 1922, in Manchester, England to the late Sidney and Dorothy Gray of Prestwich...

Mar 18, 2015

Lutie Harrington Black, age 88, of Brandon, MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away March 18, 2015, at Brandon Nursing & Rehab. Funeral Services will be Sunday, March 22, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Gillon officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be one hour prior to...

Mar 18, 2015

Betty Jean Cook York, age 69, of Columbus died Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at her home. Services will be Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home with Rev.Grant Mitchell, officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 12:00 Noon at Memorial Funeral Home. The daughter of the late Enoch and Ruby Kimbrell Cook,...