Robert Latham
Posted: September 17, 2014
COLUMBUS — Robert Latham, 76, died Sept. 10, 2014, in Jackson. Services are noon Thursday at Stephen Chapel MB Church with the Rev. Joe Lee Peoples officiating. Burial will follow at Springhill Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-6 p.m. and one hour before service time at Century Hairston Funeral Home. Mr. Latham was born in Columbus on Feb. 12, 1938, to the late J. D. Latham and Josephine Washington Latham. He was a member of Stephen Chapel MB Church and formerly employed as a forklift operator at Gencorp. He is survived by daughters, Ruth Bradley of Caledonia, Cassandra Wright and Ashanti Cowson, both of Columbus, Renita Smith of Orlanda, Florida and Tanesha Jennings of Ridgeland; sons, Robert Locke of Pickensville, Alabama, Stephen Latham of Starkville, Michael Douglas and Robert Latham, both of Columbus; sister, Shirley Garman of Trenton, New Jersey; brothers, Wilbert Latham of Carrollton, Alabama, Oniter Latham and Billy Latham, both of Columbus; 15 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are Leon Bradley, John Jennings, Donald Ray Latham, Tommy Prude, Anthony Smith and John Smith.