OBITUARIES

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Dec 30, 2014

Mrs. Nora Virginia Higdon, age 83, died Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at The Windsor Place. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday, January 2, 2015 at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home from 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM. The service, officiated by Rev. David Long, will follow at 2:00 PM in the Chapel...

Dec 29, 2014

MURLA RICHARDS Murla Estelle Richards age 95 died Monday, December 29, 2014 at Trinity Healthcare Center. Services will be held Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Luke Lawson and Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating, burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home two hours prior to service....

Dec 22, 2014

Sanford Marion Pullen, Jr. May 8, 1940 - December 22, 2014

Sanford Marion "Bubba" Pullen, Jr., age 74, died Monday, December 22, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter& Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 23, 2014 beginning at 2:30 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. The service...

Dec 22, 2014

C.V. NORTHINGTON C.V. Northington, age 80 died Sunday, December 21, 2014 at his residence in Caledonia. Services will be held Tuesday, December 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jamie Turner and Bro. Armon McDill officiating, burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, Monday December 22, 2014...

Dec 21, 2014

Mrs. Gloria E. Newman Forbes, age 83, died December 21, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital/GT. Funeral services have been entrusted to Gunter and Peel Funeral Home. A graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at Memorial Gardens of Columbus, MS with Jody Gurley officiating. Mrs. Forbes was born February 13, 1931 in Lynchburg, VA to the late...

Dec 20, 2014

Geneva Alpharetta Hurt Cunningham, age 94, of Columbus, MS, died December 20, 2014 at her daughter's home in Olive Branch, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday December 23, 2014, from 1:00 until 2:00 PM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home; a graveside service will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mrs. Cunningham was born on September 2, 1920, in Ripley, MS to...

Dec 19, 2014

Louise Williams Pack, age 87, died Friday, December 19, 2014 at Windsor Place Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday, December 22, 2014 beginning at 10:00 AM at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home. The service will follow at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Gunter & Peel Funeral Home, with...

Dec 17, 2014

Helen Jane Dawson Fry, 94, of Columbus, MS passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Transitional Care Unit, GT, Columbus, MS. Services will be held at Wesley United Methodist Church, Columbus, MS at 4:00 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2014 with Reverend Diane Lemmon officiating, assisted by Reverend Curtis Bray. Visitation will be at the church at 2:30...

Dec 17, 2014

Robert S. "Bobby" Brewer, age 89, died Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Noland Hospital, Tuscaloosa, AL. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Gunter& Peel Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday, December 19, 2014 at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The funeral service will be Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel...

Dec 17, 2014

"Well done, good and faithful servant. .. Come and share in your master's happiness." Matthew 25:23. Those who knew Dr. Walter L. Porter will agree that he heard those words from his Lord Jesus when he met him face to face. Dr. Walt Porter died at his home the evening of December 17, 2014 at the age of 77. Funeral...

Dec 15, 2014

LEON GORDON Leon Frederick Gordon age 84 died Monday, December 15, 2014.. Services will be held Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Temple B'nai Israel with Rabbi Seth Oppenheimer officiating; burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon until service time at the Temple. Mr. Gordon was born on Friday, June 13, 1930 to...

Dec 13, 2014

BILLY FURR James William "Billy" Furr, age 96, of Columbus, MS, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday, December 13, 2014, at his residence. He is now happily reunited with the love of his life, his wife, Dorothy. Funeral services will be Friday, December 19, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel...

Dec 12, 2014

Joe Steven Combest, age 53, of Columbus, MS, passed away December 12, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. There will be no services at this time. Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Combest was born in IL, to the late Ivan Russell and Louise Wells Combest. He worked for a number of years as a computer programmer. Mr....

Dec 6, 2014

REV. CHARLES R. DAMPEER Rev. Charles Ray Dampeer, age 78, died Saturday, December 06, 2014 at Southern Magnolia Assisted Living in Iuka, MS. Services will be held Tuesday, December 09, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Shawn Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...

Dec 6, 2014

Jeff Wade Byrd, 80, passed away December 6, 2014 at St. Andre Health Care in Biddeford, Maine. Jeff was born on August 30, 1934 in Gloster, MS, son of Cletus and Tennie Mae Berryhill Byrd. Jeff was educated in Gloster and joined the Air Force in July of 1958, receiving an associate's degree in electrical technology. He was honorably discharged...