OBITUARIES PUBLISHED 1/15/2021
Brenda Banks-Rice
COLUMBUS Brenda Banks-Rice, 63, died Jan. 5, 2021, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Stallion Cemetery of Columbus, with the Rev. Gilbert Anderson officiating. Visitation is from 2-6... read more
Bobbie Douglas
COLUMBUS Bobbie Jean Douglas, 75, died Jan. 6, 2021, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Zion Hill M.B. Church, Hwy 69 South, with Bobby Lee Sanders officiating. Burial... read more
Lashala Coleman
COLUMBUS Lashala Renay Coleman, 30, died Jan. 8, 2021, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at The World Church International, with the Rev. Bobby L. Sanders officiating. Burial will... read more
Annie Cunningham
HAMILTON Annie Queen Cunningham, 83, died Jan. 9, 2021, at her residence. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Memorial Gardens, with Will David Hill Jr. officiating. Visitation will be from noon-5 p.m.... read more
Nina Southerland
COLUMBUS Nina Jean Southerland, 80, died Jan. 12, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services will be announced at a later date. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory, Second Avenue North location is... read more
Bobby Garner
COLUMBUS Robert John Bobby Garner III, 75, died Jan. 12, 2021, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Friendship Cemetery, with Jason Shelby officiating. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home... read more
Douglas Adams
COLUMBUS Douglas Adams, 72, died Jan. 13, 2021. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus. read more
Nan Nance
COLUMBUS Nan Geneva Nance, 78, died Jan. 7, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Brick M.B. Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Everette Little officiating. Visitation... read more
Byron Petty
COLUMBUS Byron DeJuan Petty, 22, died Jan. 7, 2021. Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be from noon-5 p.m. Saturday, at the funeral home. Lee-Sykes Funeral... read more
Otha Shurden
STARKVILLE Otha Lee Buddy Shurden, 77, died Jan. 13, 2021, at North MS Medical Center of Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at Life Church GTR, with Jody Andrews officiating. Burial... read more
Tammy White
WEST POINT Tammy Jo Ott White, 57, died Jan. 12, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. A private, family memorial service will be held at a later date. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point... read more
Abraham Shelton
LOWNDES COUNTY Abraham Lincoln Shelton, 78, passed away. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Sturdivant Cemetery. Visitation is from 2-5 p.m. today, at Lee-Sykes Chapel. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus is... read more
George Miller Jr.
STARKVILLE George Donald Miller Jr., 64, died Jan. 8, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Miller... read more
Donnie Clark
MACON Donnie Lamont Clark, 56, died Jan. 9, 2021. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, at New Hope Cemetery. Visitation is from 1-5 p.m. today, at Lee-Sykes Chapel. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of... read more
Henry Moore
MACON Henry M. Jack Moore, 73, passed away. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Ivy Grove Baptist Church of Shuqualak, with Constan Scott officiating. Visitation is from 1-5 p.m. today,... read more
Derek Bland
BROOKSVILLE Derek Devett Bland, 40, passed away. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Toliver Chapel Church Cemetery, with James Rupert officiating. There will be a family only visitation. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home... read more
Robert Herd
MABEN Robert Lee Herd, 86, died Jan. 7, 2021, in Eupora. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Spring Valley Cemetery of Mathiston. Visitation is from 2-6 p.m. today, at West Memorial... read more
Kathy Barnett
MABEN Kathy Anne Rush Barnett, 41, died Dec. 28, 2020, in Tupelo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Chapel Hill Cemetery of Starkville. Visitation is from noon-6 p.m. today, at West... read more
Jaderrian Bush
STARKVILLE Jaderrian Malik Lucky Bush, 22, died Dec. 27, 2020. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at St. Matthew Cemetery of Artesia. Visitation will be from 1-6 p.m. Saturday, at West Memorial... read more
Ann Allen
COLUMBUS Ann Elizabeth Allen, 82, died Jan. 14, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory, College Street location. read more
LOCAL OBITUARIES
Stephen Flood
Published: 1/14/2021
Stephen William Flood, 35, of Columbus, MS, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle, Colum- bus, MS. A graveside service will be Thursday, January 14,... read more
Linda Egger
Published: 1/14/2021
Linda Egger, 78, of Caledonia, MS passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at West Point Community Living Center in West Point, MS. Graveside services will be held at Egger Cemetery... read more
Theron McGee
Published: 1/14/2021
COLUMBUS Theron A. McGee, 84, died Jan. 13, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory, Second... read more
Tyrone Davis
Published: 1/14/2021
WEST POINT Tyrone DeShaun Davis, 40, died Dec. 23, 2020, at North Mississippi Medical Center of Tupelo. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Union Star Memorial... read more
Johnny Bush
Published: 1/14/2021
COLUMBUS Johnny B. Bush, 79, died Jan. 12, 2021. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hairston and Hairston Funeral Home of Columbus. read more
Donald O'Brian
Published: 1/14/2021
STARKVILLE Donald Lee OBrian, 76, died Jan. 12, 2021. A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, at Maben Memorial Gardens. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in... read more
James Meade Jr.
Published: 1/14/2021
STARKVILLE James Jimmy Horace Meade Jr., 88, died Jan. 12, 2021. A family service will be held Friday. Welch Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements. ... read more
William Bowen
Published: 1/14/2021
VERNON, Ala. William Titus Bowen, 77, died Jan. 12, 2021. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Furnace Hill Cemetery, with Tim Gentle officiating. Chandler Funeral Home... read more
Billy Carr
Published: 1/14/2021
VERNON, Ala. Billy Lamar Carr, 92, died Jan. 11, 2021, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, in the chapel of Chandler Funeral Home, with... read more
David Free Sr.
Published: 1/14/2021
MABEN David Lee Free Sr., 78, died Jan. 10, 2021, in Eupora. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Spring Valley Cemetery of Mathiston. Visitation is from... read more
Jonathan Edward Rousset
Published: 1/13/2021
Jonathan Edward Rousset died January 8, 2021, in New Orleans, Louisiana, from injuries sustained in a fall. He was born April 4, 1980, in New Orleans, and grew up in... read more
Lester Hyver Sr.
Published: 1/13/2021
Lester E. Hyver Sr. passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle, Columbus, MS. No services are planned at this time. Lowndes Funeral Home in... read more
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