OBITUARIES

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Columbus, Lowndes County & Surrounding Areas

Maudelle Honey Curry

Maudelle Honey Curry

Mar 15, 2015

MAUDELLE CURRY Maudelle Honey Curry age 101 died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Services will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Gillion officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 17, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the funeral home,...

Mary Lee Hall

Mary Lee Hall

Mar 12, 2015

Mary Lee Hall Mary Lee Hall age 90 died Thursday, March 12, 2015 at Windsor Place Nursing & Rehab Center in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Saturday March 14, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday on hour prior to service at Memorial Funeral Home Mrs. Hall was born on Monday, April 07, 1924...

Anna Nicole Odom

Anna Nicole Odom

Mar 12, 2015

Anna Nicole Odom, age 32, of Charleston, SC, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away March 12, 2015, in Trussville, AL. Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Pastor Steve Blaylock officiating and Pastor Andy Skelton assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 18,...

Erika Maria Chobotor

Erika Maria Chobotor

Mar 9, 2015

ERIKA CHOBOTOR Erika Maria Chobotor age 88 died Monday, March 09, 2015 at her residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Friday, March 13, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Father Robert Dore officiating. Visitation will be held at Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. Chobotor was...

Conner Hudson Campassi

Conner Hudson Campassi

Mar 7, 2015

Conner Hudson Campassi passed away on March 7, 2015 in Columbus, Ohio at the age of 26. Conner is survived by his parents, Drs. Robin and Helen Campassi of Columbus, Mississippi and his sister, Claire Campassi Herndon of Memphis, Tennessee. Conner was born on January 5, 1989 in Amory, Mississippi to Drs. Robin and Helen Campassi. He graduated magna cum...

Donald Earl Randall

Donald Earl Randall

Mar 7, 2015

Donald Earl "Don" Randall, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 7, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, March 9, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor David Hartung officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be Monday, March 9, 2015, one hour prior to...

George Lee Dyson

George Lee Dyson

Mar 7, 2015

My little brother, George Lee Dyson, went to meet and rest in the comfort of the arms of his Lord and Savior shortly before 5:00 AM this morning. He was 68-years old. It was George's wishes that he be cremated and his ashes scattered on a favorite place of his childhood, an island in the lake here on our ancestral...

Eva Lee Farmer

Eva Lee Farmer

Mar 4, 2015

Eva Lee Farmer, 84, of Columbus, MS, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday morning, March 4, 2015 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus. Services will be held at Memorial Funeral Home on Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 2:00 PM with Rev. James Gardner, officiating. Visitation will be on Monday March 9, 2015 from 5:00 PM until 7:00...

Melton Lawrence Mccarty, Jr.

Melton Lawrence Mccarty, Jr.

Mar 3, 2015

Melton Lawrence "Mel" McCarty, Jr., age 51, of Columbus, MS, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 3, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. A private family interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery....

Joseph Marion Vaughn

Joseph Marion Vaughn

Mar 2, 2015

Joseph Marion "Joe" Vaughn, age 50, died Monday, March 2, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. According to his wishes, his ashes will be scattered in a favorite area by his family. The son of the late Curtis J. and Betty Holcomb Vaughn, Joe was born September 13, 1964...

Francis Dianne Jerome

Francis Dianne Jerome

Mar 2, 2015

Francis Dianne Jerome, age 65, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015, peacefully in her home. Mrs. Jerome had requested no memorial service. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Jerome was born December 7, 1949, in Jasper, AL, to the late Tony and Vera Mae Hill Norris. She was preceded in death by...

Sonny Kesler

Sonny Kesler

Feb 28, 2015

SONNY KESLER Luther Franklin "Sonny" Kesler, Jr. passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at The Lodge at Natchez Trace in Nashville, TN at the age of 84. He was a retired cattle rancher and row-crop farmer of 44 years. He was born on February 5, 1931 in Blytheville, AR to the late Luther "Frank" and Agnes Gaines Kesler. After...

Ed Phillips

Ed Phillips

Feb 28, 2015

ED PHILLIPS Edward (Ed) Louis Phillips, age 80, passed away on February 28, 2015. Ed was born in LeRoy, Illinois on December 27, 1934 and was preceded in death by his father and mother, Jo Francis (Bud) and Helen McDonough Phillips. As a young boy, Ed moved with his parents and his sisters to Artesia, Mississippi where the family continued...

Wayne Crowson

Wayne Crowson

Feb 26, 2015

WAYNE CROWSON Wayne B. Crowson age 70 died Thursday, February 26, 2015 at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa AL. Services will be held Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Westminster Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Ripley MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, Friday February 27, 2015 from 5:00...

Glenda Clardy

Glenda Clardy

Feb 20, 2015

Glenda Winter Clardy, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 20, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Eupora, MS. Funeral services will be Monday, February 23, 2015, at 11:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel. The interment will immediately follow at Andrews Chapel Cemetery in Pickens County, AL. Visitation will be Monday, February 23, 2015, from 10:00 AM...

Sarah Green Younger

Sarah Green Younger

Feb 20, 2015

Mrs. Sarah Ellen Green Younger, age 93, died Friday, February 20, 2015 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday, February 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 12:00 PM, with The Rev. Father Robert Dore, celebrant. Interment will immediately follow in Piney Grove...

John Howard Odom

John Howard Odom

Feb 19, 2015

John "Howard" Odom, age 75, was called home by his Lord and Savior, February 19, 2015. He passed away peacefully, in the comfort of his home, surrounded by family. A long time resident of Columbus, MS, he was currently living in the Longview Community of Starkville, MS where he was born, November 1, 1939. A hard working man all of...

Billy Gene Fuller

Billy Gene Fuller

Feb 17, 2015

Billy Gene Fuller, age 75, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 17,2015, at Regency Hospital in Meridian, MS. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Fuller was born January 29, 1940, in Oxford, MS, to the late Edwin Pinson and Mattie Mae Jones Fuller. He worked for many...

Richard Wayne Robinson

Richard Wayne Robinson

Feb 17, 2015

Richard Wayne Robinson, age 68, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 17, 2015, at his residence. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Jammie Turner officiating. Mr. Robinson was born October 18, 1946, in Meridian, MS, to the late Raymond Ray and Berta Mae Williams Robinson....

Mitchell Scofield

Mitchell Scofield

Feb 16, 2015

MITCHELL SCOFIELD John Mitchell Scofield age 94, died Monday February 16, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Saturday February 21, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the funeral home. Mr. Scofield was...