Obituary Listing

Oct 7, 2016

Penny Joanne Burchfield, 47 of Columbus, MS passed away Friday, October 7, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be Monday, October 10, 2016, from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM at Fairview Baptist Church, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will follow at 2:00 PM with Dr. Alan Burchfield, Bro. Sammy Crawford, Bro....

Oct 7, 2016

Thomas "Possum" Holliday, Sr., 69, passed away Friday, October 7, 2016, at Waverly Care Home, West Point, MS.

Visitation will be Sunday, October 9, 2016 from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will be Monday, October 10, 2015 at 11:00 AM  in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro....

Oct 5, 2016

Deborah Shaw Flora, 59, of Columbus, MS passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT, Columbus, MS. Visitation will be held Saturday, October 8, 2016, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Shaeffer's Chapel United Methodist Church, Columbus, MS. A Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 AM at Shaeffer's Chapel United Methodist Church with Bro. Curtis Bray...

Oct 4, 2016

After a lifetime of service to others, pure faithfulness, love and total commitment to God and her family and friends, as well as an overwhelming devotion to the under-served and neglected, Retha Celeste Rogers Knight was called by name to go home to her Lord and Savior Tuesday, October 4, 2016.  Matthew 25:23 Her master replied, "Well done, good...

Oct 1, 2016

Patricia H. Hamby, 71 of Millport, AL passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016, at Shelby Baptist Medical Center, Alabaster, AL.

Visitation will be Tuesday, October 4, 2016 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.    A funeral service will follow at 7:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home chapel with Bro. Kenny Gardner...

Sep 30, 2016

Minnie Mae Ponder, 76, of Columbus, MS passed away Friday, September 30, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be held Sunday, October 2, 2016 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS A Funeral Service will follow Sunday, October 2, 2016, at 4:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel,...

Sep 29, 2016

Nancy Carol Swanberg (Turan), 74 of Clinton, MS passed away Thursday, September 29, 2016 at her residence.

Visitation will be held Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 12:30-1:00PM at Lowndes Funeral Home. A Memorial Service will follow at 1:00PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel. Arrangements are entrusted with Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.

Ms Swanberg...

Sep 22, 2016

Kayla Nicole Carter, 25, of Caledonia, MS passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2016, at her residence.

A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 10:00 AM with Bro. Grant Mitchell officiating at Vaughn Cemetery, Steens, MS and Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS directing.

Miss Carter was born September 7, 1991, to Reid...

Sep 19, 2016

Bobby Joe Weeks, 75, of Columbus, MS passed away Monday, September 19, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT, Columbus, MS.

A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, September 25, 2016, with Bro. Ed Nix officiating and Mr. Randy Weeks assisting at New Covenant Baptist Church, Columbus, MS. Lowndes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mr....

Sep 19, 2016

Mary Ann Ponds, 73, of Ethelsville, AL passed away Monday, September 19, 2016, at her residence.

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 2:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Kenny Gardner officiating and Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mrs. Ponds was born March 3, 1943, to the late...

Sep 15, 2016

Myrtle Elizabeth Kimbell Ballenger, 94, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016, at Trinity Healthcare, Columbus, MS.

Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.

Myrtle  was born on August 4, 1922, to the late Gordon Blackmon Kimbell and Elsie Earle Self Kimbell, in the Oktoc...

Sep 13, 2016

John W. (J. W.) Richardson, 96, of Columbus, MS, passed away Tuesday, September 13, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT, Columbus, MS.

Graveside Services will be held Friday, September 16, 2016, at 10:00 AM at Pine Grove Cemetery, Ethelsville, AL with Bro. Russell Brown officiating and Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Richardson was born January 14,...

Sep 8, 2016

Paris Earl Tilghman, Jr., 73, of Atlanta, GA, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016 at Pruitt Health-Brookhaven in Atlanta, GA. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home in Columbus, MS. A Funeral Service will be Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with...

Sep 7, 2016

Savitaben Bhailalbhai Patel, 71, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at her residence.

A Service will be held Saturday, September 10, 2016, from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel, Columbus, MS with Lowndes Funeral Home directing.

Mrs. Patel was born August 15, 1945, to the late Mohanbhai and Santohben Patel...

Sep 5, 2016

Sarah Mildred Gay, 65, of Columbus, MS passed away Monday, September 5, 2016, at University Medical Center, Jackson, MS.

Visitation will be Wednesday, September 7, 2016, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Living Faith Tabernacle Church, Columbus, MS.  A Memorial Service will follow at 12:00 PM with Bro. James Gardner officiating at Living Faith Tabernacle Church,...

Sep 1, 2016

Richard Fredrick "Rich" Alster, 81 of Columbus, MS passed away, Thursday, September 1, 2016 at his residence.

Mr. Alster was born September 13, 1935 to Frederick and Hattie Hirschmann Alster in Brooklyn, NY and moved to Columbus, MS, 10 years ago from Florida.  He was retired from being self-employed, where he...

Aug 27, 2016

Doris Morgan Long, 84, passed away with her family by her side, on Saturday, August 27, 2016, in her home in Columbus, MS. She was born November 15, 1931, in Meridian, MS, at The Anderson Infirmary, and was delivered by her great uncle Dr. Jeff Anderson. She was born to Frank E. and Maggie Mable Morgan. Her father was a...

Aug 27, 2016

Edith B. Cooper, 89, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 27, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital. A memorial visitation celebrating her life will be held from 6PM- 8PM Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS. Mrs. Cooper was born on September 27, 1926 in Birmingham, AL to the late Limus & Ruth Bryant. Mrs. Cooper...

Aug 25, 2016

Myra Lois Grant Schamel, 84, of Caledonia, MS passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. Visitation was held Saturday, August 27, 2016 from 1:30 PM-3:00 PM at Caledonia United Pentecostal Church. The funeral service followed at 3:00 PM with Bro. Grant Mitchell and Bro. Don Harding officiating. Interment followed in Egger Cemetery, Caledonia, MS...

Aug 20, 2016

Carolyn Agnes Johnson, 78 of Columbus, MS passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Golden Triangle, Columbus, MS.

Visitation will be Thursday, August 25, 2016 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS.  A funeral service will be Friday, August 26, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Lowndes...