Lois Bandy
Posted: January 31, 2010
Lois T. Bandy, 83 of Columbus, MS passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010 at Aurora Australis Lodge, Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held Sunday, January 31, 2010 from 12 to 2 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 2 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Walter Butler officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Gardens, Columbus, MS with Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS directing. Mrs. Bandy was born June 15, 1926 in Pontotoc, MS to the late Owen and Tisha Turner Tutor and was a resident of Columbus, MS for the past 70 years having moved from Pontotoc, MS. She was a homemaker and loved to read, especially the Bible. Mrs. Bandy was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Columbus, MS. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roscoe B. Bandy, Sr. Mrs. Bandy is survived by her daughters – Rosemary (Thomas) Hill, Ruth (Dave W.) Basinger; sons – William O. Bandy and Roscoe B. Bandy, Jr. all of Columbus, MS; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Thomas W. Hill, Dave W. Basinger, Davey W. Basinger, Ellis Atkins, Heath Hill and Rex Mooney. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Adelaide Henderson, staff of Aurora Australis Lodge, William A. and Elizabeth A. Bandy, Dr. Robert P. Myers and staff; Peggy Glover and family, Kenneth and Lois Hood, the staff of Trustmark Bank, Wesley United Methodist Church Women’s Group, Dea Anne Hill, Walter Perrigin family, Erin Y. Basinger, Hasting Pope family, Leroy Scoggin family, J.R. Sloan family and Rosemary Crowe. Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38101 or The Gideons International, P.O. Box 2174, Columbus, MS 39704.