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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.
Marilyn Johnson
MACON — Marilyn E Johnson, 83, died Aug 12, 2025, at Oakwood Retirement Community in Brooksville Funeral services are at 10:30 am Friday at Brooksville... more
Major Long
COLUMBUS — Major Leon Long, 15, died July 31, 2025, in Columbus Funeral services will be at 2 pm Saturday, at New Hope High School, with the Rev James... more
Isaiah Wilson
MADISON — Isaiah Nathaniel Wilson, 21, died Aug 4, 2025, in Madison Funeral services will be at 11 am Saturday, at New Baptist Temple MB Church, with... more
Virginia Peoples
COLUMBUS — Virginia “Feen” Jackson Peoples, 92, died Aug 7, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee Funeral services will be at 2 pm... more
Marilyn Johnson
MACON — Marilyn E Johnson, 83, died Aug 12, 2025, at Oakwood Retirement Community in Brooksville Funeral services will be at 10:30 am Friday, at... more
Anthony Jones
Anthony Bryan Jones, 50, of Caledonia, MS, passed away Friday, August 8, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital- GT in Columbus, MS Visitation will be... more
Elizabeth Rice
Elizabeth Teunisson Rice of Columbus, MS, passed away on August 1, 2025, surrounded by loved ones after a life marked by devotion to family, education,... more
Donehue Ponds
COLUMBUS — Donehue “Donnie” Ponds, 60, died Aug 10, 2025 A celebration of life will be at 11 am Saturday, at 605 Robert Butler Drive Lowndes Funeral... more
Dr. Ralph Johnson
COLUMBUS — Dr Ralph Frederick Johnson, 83, died Aug 12, 2025, at his residence Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral... more
Geraldine Lee
WEST POINT — Geraldine Hutchins Lee, 69, died Aug 9, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point Funeral services will be at 11 am Saturday, at... more
Jackie Bryant Sr.
WEST POINT — Jackie Bryant Sr, 70, died Aug 11, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Funeral services are at 2 pm Thursday, at Calvert... more
Anthony Jones
CALEDONIA — Anthony Bryan Jones, 50, died Aug 8, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle No services will be held at this time Visitation is... more
James Nabors
COLUMBUS — Jamse Krew Nabors died Aug 13, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes... more
Michael Wood
WEST BLOCTON, Ala — Michael Joseph Wood, 42, died Aug 6, 2025, in Jasper, Alabama There will be no services at this time Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent,... more
Melanie Snow Decker
Melanie Snow Decker passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025, at her residence in Columbus Melanie was born on February 20, 1955, in Philadelphia, to... more
Shanquina Henderson
STARKVILLE — Shanquina Lavell Henderson, 45, died Aug 5, 2025, in Columbus Funeral services will be at 11 am Thursday, at Spring Hill MB Church Burial... more
Johnny Egger
SULLIGENT, Ala — Johnny Lee Egger, 85, died Aug 11, 2025, at DCH in Northport, Alabama Funeral services will be at noon Wednesday, at Union Chapel... more
Elizabeth Payne
MILLPORT, Ala — Elizabeth Ann Payne, 76, died Aug 10, 2025, at her residence Memorial services will be at 11 am Saturday, at Lowndes Funeral Home... more
Lawyer Howlett Jr.
MACON — Lawyer Howlett Jr, 70, died Aug 9, 2025, in Jackson Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of... more
Joe Washington
VERNON, Ala — Joe Washington, 88, died Aug 5, 2025 Funeral services were at 1 pm Saturday, at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel, with Willie Nell... more