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Mr. Buddy: The empty chair at Pheba’s Diner: Remembering the town’s ‘true historian’
Whenever you walked through the wooden front door to Pheba’s Diner off Highway 50, there was always one thing that remained constant.
Jean DuBose
VERNON, Ala — Jean Elizabeth DuBose, 94, died Feb 9, 2026 Funeral services will be at 3 pm Friday, at First Free Will Baptist Church, with Joe Beckon... more
Fannie Stephenson
COLUMBUS — Fannie Stephenson, 88, died Feb 5, 2026, at her residence Funeral services will be at 11 am Friday at the Seventh Street Centre Burial will... more
Lewis Britt
ETHELSVILLE, Ala — Lewis Verrille Britt, 77, died Feb 5, 2026, at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, at... more
Samuel Paige
STARKVILLE — Samuel Robert “Sinbad” Paige, 68, died Feb 6, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Graveside services will be at 11 am... more
Reece Williams
STARKVILLE — Reece Williams, 80, died Feb 5, 2026, at Dugan Memorial Home in West Point Funeral services will be at 11 am Friday, at Welch Funeral Home,... more
Johnnie Atkins
STARKVILLE — Johnnie Norris Akins, 64, Feb 3, 2026, in Starkville Graveside services will be at 11 am Thursday at Chapel Hill Cemetery Burial will follow... more
Johnie Jenkins
Johnie Norton Jenkins was born November 3, 1934, in Phillips County Arkansas, and died February 9, 2026 He was valedictorian of his high school class,... more
James Robinson
James Ralph Robinson passed away Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Windsor Nursing Home in Columbus, MS Ralph was born in Columbus, MS, on October 31,... more
Jo Ferguson
Jo Ann Walk Ferguson, age 89, died Monday February 2, 2026, in Mesa, Arizona A Mass of Resurrection will be held Saturday February 14, 2026, at 11:00... more
Larry Baswell
COLUMBUS — Larry Dale Baswell, 76, died at his residence Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus Mr... more
Sue Thompson
Sue Wilburn Thompson, age 81, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2026, in her daughter’s home Born April 7, 1944, in... more
Tramaine Pruitt
PANOLA, Ala — Tramaine Quintell Pruitt, 45, died Feb 2, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama Funeral services will be at noon Friday, at Zion Valley MB Church,... more
Jarad Pruitt
PANOLA, Ala — Jarad Jawan Pruitt, 29, died Feb 2, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama Funeral services will be at noon Friday, at Zion Valley MB Church, with the... more
Timothy Wordlaw
KENYON, Minn — Timothy Ray Wordlaw, 61, died Jan 16, 2026, in Stillwater, Minnesota Funeral services will be at 11 am Saturday at St Stephen UM Church in... more
Alvin Jackson
STARKVILLE — Alvin Jackson, 93, died Jan 31, 2026, in Starkville Funeral services will be at 2 pm Saturday at First Baptist Longview Church Burial will... more
Bobbie Parson
WEST POINT — Bobbie Ann Parson, 74, died Jan 30, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Funeral services will be at 2 pm Sunday, at Mt Pisgah... more
Ruby Boman
VERNON, Ala — Ruby Lee Boman, 83, died Feb 5, 2026, at her residence Memorial services will be at 2 pm Sunday, at Liberty Free Will Baptist Church... more
Debra Walden
GREENWOOD SPRINGS — Debra Sue Walden, 70, died Feb 2, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory Funeral services were at 1 pm Thursday,... more
Eleanor Comeau
Eleanor G Comeau, 77, of Homosassa, FL, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away January 22, 2026, at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville,... more
Donald Johnson
Donald Ellis Johnson, 87 of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday, February 2, 2026, in Sylacauga, AL Visitation will be Sunday, February 15, 2026, from... more
