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Death Notices, Columbus Leader-Enquirer, Columbus, Georgia
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Oct. 12, 2002
BAKER, Ethel Johnson, 89, Valley, Ala., died Friday. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley.
BENHAM, Karyn Chapman, 47, Lake Park, Fla., died Monday. Edwards Funeral Home, Butler, Ga.
BOWERS, Officer Ronnie M., 40, Seale, Ala., died Thursday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
GRIFFIN, Karen McKay, 45, 5009 22nd Ave., Phenix City, died Friday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
GROSS, Myra Koehne, 94, Pleasant Lake, Mich., formerly of Columbus, died Thursday. Robertson Funeral Home, Springport, Mich.
HARRIS, Irene, 85, Butler, Ga., died Friday. Edwards Funeral Home, Butler.
JONES, Willard Herman, 70, Hatchechubbee, Ala., died Thursday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
NORDWALL, Ricky William, 47, Phenix City, died Thursday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City.
STOKES, Polly Fleming, 68, 21 Lee Road 516, Phenix City, died Friday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City.
Oct. 13, 2002
ALLEN, William Michael "Mike," 46, Mauk, Ga., died Saturday. Tante Funeral Home, Buena Vista, Ga.
BORDERS, James B. Sr., 73, Columbus, died Thursday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
BROWN, Dr. Jimmy R., 63, Hogansville, Ga., died Friday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville.
BURT, Helen, 90, Atlanta, died Saturday. People's Funeral Service of Columbus.
CATER, Sandra Kay, 48, Montgomery, Ala., formerly of Columbus, died Friday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
DAUGHTRY, Shirley Brock, 67, Waverly Hall, Ga., died Saturday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
GAMBLE, Belle Kelley, 90, Columbus, died Friday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
GARCIA, Gerado Vasquez, Columbus, died Friday. Kimbrough's Funeral Home, Columbus.
HAINES, Harry Bize, 63, West Point, Ga., died Saturday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
JENKINS, Arthur, 70, Columbus, died Saturday. J.W. Jones Funeral Home, Columbus.
KING, Jessie Pittman, 88, Seale, Ala., died Friday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
PEREZ-MARTINEZ, Juanita, Smiths, Ala., died Thursday. Taylor Funeral Home, Phenix City.
November 18, 2002
BASS, Tamara, 26, Shiloh, Ga., died Saturday. People's Funeral Service of Columbus.
November 19, 2002
ARROWOOD, retired Sgt. 1st Class William Lawson Sr., 78, Columbus, died Monday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
November 20, 2002
BARBER, Mary Ella Adams, 54, 786 Dogwood Drive, Apt. 1-B, Columbus, died Friday. Sconiers Funeral Home, Columbus.
November 22, 2002
BANKHEAD, Sara, 68, Valley Mills, Texas , formerly of Columbus, died Tuesday. Fess Funeral Home, Valley Mills.
Nov. 25, 2002
ANDREWS, Cenora, Columbus, died Friday. Taylor Funeral Home, Phenix City.
BOWLING, Laura Buradell, 79, Phenix City, died Saturday. Colonial Funeral Home, Phenix City.
BROWN, Jimmy, Phenix City, Ala., died Sunday. Taylor Funeral Home, Phenix City.
CULPEPPER, Mary M., 82, Lanett, Ala., died Sunday. McCarthy Funeral Home, West Point, Ga.
EARLEY, Ina Ruth, 83, Columbus, died Saturday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
EPPS, Carrie, 64, 2415 Sixth St., Columbus, died Saturday. Kimbrough's Funeral Home, Columbus.
FISHER, Hedwig, 87, Columbus, died Saturday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
HENDLEY, Martha F., 82, Shiloh, Ga., died Sunday. Cox Funeral Home, Manchester, Ga.
JOHNSON, Emma Della, 80, Phenix City, died Sunday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
JONES, Frances, 78, 4506 Mill Place Court, Columbus, died Saturday. People's Funeral Service of Columbus.
KOART, Raymond H., 55, Columbus, died Sunday. Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, Columbus.
MARLER, Valmer L., 79, Salem, Ala., died Saturday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
MAZZALO, Gwendolyn G., 52, West Point, Ga., died Saturday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
MURPHY, George Washington III, 88, Columbus, died Sunday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus.
PASSMORE, Willie, 76, 2734 Mimosa St., Columbus, died Saturday. Kimbrough's Funeral Home, Columbus.
PROTHO, Vera M. Josey, 87, Richland, Ga., died Saturday. T.V. Williams Funeral Home, Richland.
WALLACE, Kenneth L., 75, Columbus, died Saturday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
YATES, James Timothy "Tim", 65, Valley, Ala., died Sunday. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley.
Nov. 26, 2002
BOOTH, Annie Ruth, 79, Phenix City, died Monday. Colonial Funeral Home, Phenix City.
BURNS, Eva Gray, 90, Columbus, died Monday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus.
CHAMPION, John E., 80, Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Chipley, Ga., now Pine Mountain, Ga., died Friday. Culley's Meadow Wood Funeral Home, Tallahassee.
COLQUITT, Ocie, Columbus, died Sunday. William T. Ford Mortuary, Columbus.
GARDNER, Vernie Marie, 78, Columbus, died Sunday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
HUDSON, Heyward D. Sr., 83, Lumpkin, Ga., died Saturday. Young's Funeral Home, Gainesville, Ga.
JOHNSON, Curtis T., 53, Snellville, Ga.., died Sunday. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, Snellville.
JOHNSON, Michael, 235 Collins Drive, Columbus, died Saturday. William T. Ford Mortuary, Columbus.
NOLES, Frank "Chip" Jr., 67, LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange.
REARDON, Louise P., 85, Luthersville, Ga., died Sunday. Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home, Woodbury, Ga.
REID, Murray A., 86, Luthersville, Ga., died Sunday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville.
SMITH, Willie Paul, 39, 2233 Martin Luther King Blvd., Columbus, died Saturday. J.W. Jones Funeral Home, Columbus.
WETHERINGTON, Carolyn Weaver, 72, Columbus, died Sunday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus.
Nov. 27, 2002
BONDS, IRENE M., 46, Columbus, died Monday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
BUSH, Lucille Crowell, 71, 2610-B Colorado St., Columbus, died Saturday. Charles E. Huff's International Funeral Home, Columbus.
BUTTS, Charlie, Columbus, died Monday. Kimbrough's Funeral Home, Columbus.
ELLIOTT, Wilma C. Stone, 94, Columbia, Ala., died Tuesday. Holman-Headland Mortuary, Headland, Ala.
FINCHER, Judson, 92, Valley, Ala, died Monday. Johnson-Brown Service Funeral Homes, Valley.
FRANKLIN, Mabel Evelyn, 89, Phenix City, died Tuesday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
GREER, Verlie Unell, 74, Salem, Ala., died Monday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City.
LEWIS, Linda Ann, 46, Chamblee, Ga., died Monday. Tante Funeral Home, Buena Vista, Ga.
MCDONALD, Desmond "Dee," 58, Valley, Ala., died Thursday. Johnson-Brown Service Funeral Home, Valley.
MURPHY, Danny Eugene, 62, Columbus, died Monday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
NORRELL, Vera Pate, 78, Columbus, died Tuesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
PHILLIPS, Wilhelmine Marie, 84, Columbus, died Tuesday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
RAGAN, Pamala Kay, 37, Columbus, died Tuesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
SYLVESTER, Athol Rembert, 84, Auburn, Ala., died Monday. Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home, Opelika, Ala.
TAYLOR, James, Phenix City, died Monday. Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home, Phenix City.
Nov. 28, 2002
ACKER, Gary William, 48, 2005 46th St., Phenix City, died Wednesday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
COULTER, Charles Michael "Mike," 55, Hartwell, Ga., formerly of Columbus, died Wednesday. Joseph A. Strickland Funeral Home, Hartwell.
DUBOSE, Jean, 70, Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Phenix City, died Monday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
EAST, Charlie, 76, LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange.
HANCOCK, Willard Ashby Sr., 85, 1715 Sandfort Road, Phenix City, died Tuesday. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Greenville, S.C.
JONES, J. Livingston, Manassas, Va., formerly of Columbus, died Friday. Advent Funeral Home, Falls Church, Va.
JONES, P.J. Sr., 71, Waverly Hall, Ga., died Tuesday. J.W. Jones Funeral Home, Columbus.
JONES, Robert Lee, 33, Louvale, Ga., died Tuesday. T.V. Williams Funeral Home, Richland, Ga.
JORDAN, Effie C., 70, Richland, Ga., died Tuesday. T.V. Williams Funeral Home, Richland.
LEE, Joseph Shannon, 23, Talbotton, Ga., died Tuesday. Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, Columbus.
LLOYD, retired Lt. Col. Roy Lee, 85, Columbus, died Wednesday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
MORRIS, Betty Jean, 72, Columbus, died Tuesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
PORTILLA, Dorothy Faye, 57, Columbus, died Tuesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
ROYAL, Betty P., 53, Columbus, died Wednesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
RUSH, Eddie, 84, Fort Mitchell, Ala., died Friday. Sumbry Mortuary, Phenix City.
Nov. 29, 2002
ALLEN, George "Bubba", Smiths, Ala., died Wednesday. Taylor Funeral Home, Phenix City.
FULLER, Edna L., 90, LaFayette, Ala., died Wednesday. Johnson-Brown Service Funeral Homes, Valley, Ala.
HAYS, Emma, 97, LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange.
HEMBY, Viola V., 76, Phenix City, died Thursday. Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City.
HERRINGTON, Jim R., 84, Columbus, died Wednesday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
MILLER, William Thomas, 87, Columbus, died Thursday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
PERKINS, Elsie, 76, Columbus, died Wednesday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
RICHARDS, Margaret, 83, 1054 Lawyers Lane, Columbus, died Thursday. Charles E. Huff's International Funeral Home, Columbus.
VANNOY, Edna Senn, 81, Smiths Station, Ala., died Wednesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Phenix City.
WHISNANT, retired Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Eli, 72, Columbus, died Thursday. McMullen Funeral Home, Columbus.
Nov. 30, 2002
BARRON, Jennifer Ashlyn, infant, Beulah, Ala., died Tuesday. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley, Ala.
BRADSHAW, Charlie W., 86, Lanett, Ala., died Thursday. McCarthy Funeral Home, West Point, Ga.
CALDWELL, Jeanette, 93, Columbus, died Wednesday. Sconiers Funeral Home, Columbus.
CLAY, Jackie Coe, 44, Hogansville, Ga., died Thursday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville.
CYMBAL, Mae Franklin, Columbus, died Friday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus.
HUBBARD, Milford "Bud," 81, Valley, Ala., died Friday. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley.
HYATT, Constance Jean, 69, Columbus, died Friday. Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, Columbus.
JOHNSON, L.C., 77, Columbus, died Friday. Sconiers Funeral Home, Columbus.
JONES, Charlie Sr., 82, 901 28th Ave., Phenix City, died Friday. J.W. Jones Funeral Home, Columbus.
MAYHAND, Ronald, 62, Columbus, died Wednesday. Jones Funeral Home, Newnan, Ga.
OSBORNE, Alice, Columbus, died Friday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus.
PASCHAL, Lola Mae, 71, Franklin, Ga., died Wednesday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home, Hogansville, Ga.
PRICE, Roy B., Cataula, Ga., died Wednesday. Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, Columbus.
SMITH, Charles Arthur, 80, LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange.
TYNER, Wynell, 76, Decatur, Ga., formerly of Columbus, died Wednesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus.
WILLIAMS, Sandy Tillman, 41, Albany, Ga., died Friday. Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors, Albany.
WRIGHT, Bertha, 88, Lanett, Ala., died Thursday. Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley, Ala.
