OBITUARIES

Oct 4, 2014

Albert Butler, age 80, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 4, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Gardner officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens with military honors. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 8, 2014, one hour prior to the...

Oct 4, 2014

Mrs. Jean R. Thompson, age 91, died Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Trinity Healthcare. Services will be Monday, October 6, 2014 at 10:00 AM in the chapel of Memorial Funeral Home. Dr. Shawn Parker will officiate, assisted by Rev. Curtis Bray. Interment will follow in Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, October 5, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM...

Oct 1, 2014

Jolanda L. De Gasperi Wheat, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 1, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be held Saturday, October 4, 2014, at 10:00 AM at Memorial Gardens of Columbus with Father Robert Dore officiating. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Wheat was born June 11, 1930, in Trieste,...

Oct 1, 2014

Mary Wells Graves, age 97, died Wednesday, October 01, 2014 at her residence in Columbus. Memorial services will be held Sunday, October 05, 2014 at 3:00 PM at Covenant United Methodist Church with Rev. Ron Thomas and Dr. Jonathan Speegle officiating. Mrs. Graves was born on Saturday, August 18, 1917 in Kilmichael, MS to the late Fred James Dunning, Sr....

Sep 29, 2014

Juliaette Wise Sharp April 5, 1940 - September 29, 2014

Juliaette Wise Sharp, age 74, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 29, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Graveside services will be Friday, October 3, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Friendship Cemetery with the Rev. Anne Harris officiating and the Rev. Raigan Miskelley assisting. Visitation with the family and a...

Sep 28, 2014

Donald Wade Burns, Sr. Donald Wade Burns, Sr. age 87, joined his one true love on the morning of Sunday, September 28, 2014, from The Windsor Place in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 6-8 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home, with...

Sep 25, 2014

Linda Duston, lifelong resident of Columbus, entered the Kingdom of Heaven at midday on Thursday, September 25, 2014. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Guntr & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Services will be Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Covenant...

Sep 23, 2014

MARGARET HUDSON Margaret Frazier Hudson, 88 years of age, died Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. She was born on August 13, 1926 in Columbus, MS to the late Sidney Frazier and Rosa Powell Frazier. Mrs. Hudson attended S.D. Lee High in Columbus and was a member of the class of 1944. She attended MSCW (now Mississippi...

Sep 21, 2014

William M. (Bill) Davis age 79, of Montgomery, Alabama, passed away peacefully at his home Sunday, September 21, 2014, surrounded by family and friends. Services will be held Wednesday September 24, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Steve Blaylock officiating, burial will follow at Rowan Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12:30 until service time...

Sep 21, 2014

Mrs. Ann Speed Atkins, age 84, died Sunday, September 21, 2014 at her home in Columbus. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Friends are invited to visit with the family Tuesday evening, September 23, 2014 from 6:00PM to 8:00 PM at the Atkins home. Services will be Wednesday, September 23, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Tabernacle United...

Sep 21, 2014

Edith Louise Sides Bowen, also known as "Mississippi", age 57, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 21, 2014, at her residence. Funeral services will be Friday, September 26, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Living Faith Tabernacle Church with Rev. Steve Joiner officiating. The interment will immediately follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, September 26, 2014, from 12:00...

Sep 19, 2014

Thomas T. "Tom" Roberts, age 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 19, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Monday, September 22, 2014, at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Roy Myers officiating and Rev. Jearl Hunley assisting. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be Sunday, September...

Sep 18, 2014

Charles Aron Aldridge, Sr., age 80, of Caledonia, MS, passed away September 18 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be Sunday, September 21, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Joe Nettles officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Egger Cemetery. Visitation was Saturday, September 20, 2014, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Gunter &...

Sep 17, 2014

Mrs. Mary Lee Thompson Harper, age 84, died Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home. Graveside services will be Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Rev. Ben Yarber officiating and Dave Harper assisting. Interment will immediately follow at the cemetery. The daughter of the...

Sep 16, 2014

KAY PORTER Letha K. Porter age 67 died Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. Services will be held Friday, September 19, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Little officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, Friday September 19, 2014 from noon until service...

Sep 12, 2014

Daniel Alexander Taylor, son of Julia and Benton Taylor of Columbus, passed away in Meridian on September 12, 2014 after a short illness. Memorial services will be held Friday October 10, 2014 at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Black officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Danny was born on February 21, 1956 in San Francisco California and...

Sep 9, 2014

LORENE COWART Lorene Nickoles Cowart, 86, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at The Windsor Place. Visitation will be Friday, September 12, 2014 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus, MS. A funeral service will follow at 12:00 PM with Bro. Steve Lammons officiating and Bro. George Collins assisting. Interment will follow at the Pleasant...

Sep 9, 2014

Dr. Harry Aucil Walker, age 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away September 9, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be Friday, September 12, 2014, at Covenant United Methodist Church with Dr. Jonathan Speegle officiating. Visitation will be Friday, September 12, 2014, from 9:30 AM until 11:00 AM at Covenant United Methodist Church. Gunter & Peel Funeral Home is in...

Sep 9, 2014

Dr. James Verner Gatewood passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at his home in Columbus, Mississippi. He was born August 21, 1942 in Forest, Mississippi to the late Lamar Wilson Gatewood and Marie Booth Gatewood. Dr. Gatewood was a graduate of Baylor University and Baylor School of Dentistry. He moved to Columbus, Mississippi in 1968 to practice general dentistry and...

Sep 7, 2014

John Dickinson Laws, Jr. passed away September 7, 2014, at his home in Columbus. He was the son of the late John D. and Loudelle Harper Laws. He leaves his wife, Verda, with whom he fell in love when he was in the eleventh grade and she in the tenth at Lee High School. He also leaves his daughters, Beth...