Obituaries

Solon "Samuel" Morris, Jr.

Solon "Samuel" Morris, Jr.

Jan 7, 2018

 

Solon “Samuel” Morris, Jr., 86, of Smiths Station, AL passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018 at the Columbus Hospice House in Columbus, GA.

Funeral services will be held 3:00 pm EST Thursday, January 11, 2018 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City.  Interment with Military Honors will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens.  The family will receive friends on Thursday one hour...

Maurice Douglas Sanders

Maurice Douglas Sanders

Jan 7, 2018

Maurice Douglas Sanders, 86, of Phenix City, AL passed peacefully early Sunday morning at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA while surrounded by his loving family.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 am EST Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Pastor Randy Comer officiating.  Interment with Military Honors will follow at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery. ...

Eunice Valentini

Eunice Valentini

Jan 6, 2018

Irma “Eunice” Valentini, 88, of Columbus, GA passed away peacefully Saturday, January 6, 2018 at her home.

Mrs. Valentini was born May 14, 1929 in Grady County to the late Jesse Lee Harrison and Bessie Irene Harrison. She was raised in Climax, GA, attended Bell Dixon Grammer School and graduated from Climax High School. Following graduation, Mrs. Valentini moved to Columbus...

Frances Enloe

Frances Enloe

Jan 4, 2018

Mrs. Enloe will be taken to Greenville, SC for services and burial. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home will be assisting the family with arrangements.

Richard John Barbay

Richard John Barbay

Jan 3, 2018

Richard John Barbay, 71, of Columbus, GA passed away Wednesday, January 03, 2018 at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus.  A funeral service will be held at Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd, Columbus, GA 31909, on Saturday, January 6, 2018 beginning at 1 P.M. EST.  The interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery.  The family will receive friends Friday, January...

Mrs. Joe Mavis Ezell

Mrs. Joe Mavis Ezell

Jan 3, 2018

Mrs. Joe Mavis Ezell, 80, of Seale, AL passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2018 in the comfort of her home while surrounded by her loving family.

Funeral services will be held 3:00 pm EST Friday, January 5, 2018 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Barry Fleming officiating.  Interment will follow at Seale United Methodist Church Cemetery.  The family...

James Erving Rodgers

James Erving Rodgers

Jan 2, 2018

James Erving Rodgers, 88, of Phenix City, AL passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at his home.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 pm EDT Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Vance Memorial Chapel with Rev. Grant Parker officiating.  Interment with military honors will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens.  The family will receive friends Saturday from 1:00 to 2:00 pm EDT,...

Willie "Bascum" Dykes

Willie "Bascum" Dykes

Jan 2, 2018

Willie “Bascum” Dykes, 84, of Smiths Station, AL passed away peacefully on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 in the comfort of his home.

A celebration of life funeral service will be held 11:00 am EST Friday, January 5, 2018 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Justin Abercrombie officiating.  A private interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens.  The family...

Carolyn Owen Howard

Carolyn Owen Howard

Jan 2, 2018

Carolyn Owen Mitchell Howard, of Fort Mitchell, Alabama passed away peacefully on New Year‘s Day at the age of 108 at Kindred Hospice in Columbus, Georgia.

Mrs. Howard was born on July 28, 1909, in Columbus, GA to John Mitchell and Sarah Stripling Mitchell.

 She was a lady full of grace who was blessed to contribute most of her life to...

Ladon Clark

Ladon Clark

Jan 1, 2018

Ladon Clark, 78, of Phenix City, AL, passed away Monday morning at Kindred Hospice IPU, in Columbus, GA.

 

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm EST, on Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Vance Memorial Chapel, with Reverend Emory Evans officiating. Interment will be held at Lakeview Memory Gardens and the family will receive friends one hour before the service,...

Florence A. Manring

Florence A. Manring

Dec 31, 2017

Florence Howell Manring, 93, of Phenix City, AL passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017 at the Columbus Hospice House.

A memorial service, honoring the lives of both Florence and Edward Manring, will be held at 3pm EST at Rocky Mount Baptist Church, Sunday, January 14, 2018. Pastor Ben Hewitt will officiate.

Florence was born May 8, 1924 in Fayette, FL to the...

Charles Gene Corbitt

Charles Gene Corbitt

Dec 30, 2017

Charles Eugene “Gene” Corbitt, 72, of Phenix City, Alabama, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, December 30, 2017, while surrounded by his loving family.

Funeral Services for Mr. Corbitt will be held on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City, AL, with Bro. David Wilson and Bro. Jimmy Symons officiating. The family will...

Curtis Horne

Curtis Horne

Dec 30, 2017

Curtis Horne, 84, of Phenix City, AL passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Jack Hughston Hospital in Phenix City, AL.

A funeral service will be held 1:00 pm EDT Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Vance Memorial Chapel with Rev. Ray Cummings officiating.  Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens.  The family will receive friends Tuesday from 12:00 until 1:00 pm...

Olga Fanni Hobbs

Olga Fanni Hobbs

Dec 29, 2017

Olga Hobbs, 84, of Columbus, GA. passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at Columbus Hospice House.  A memorial service will be held at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd., Columbus, GA. 31907 on Sunday, December 31, 2017 beginning at 2:00 PM EST, with Pastor Billy Duncan  officiating.  

Olga was born May 17, 1933 in Nuremberg, Germany to the parents of...

Olga Hobbs

Olga Hobbs

Dec 29, 2017

Olga Hobbs

May 17, 1933 – December 29, 2017

 

 

Olga Hobbs, 84, of Columbus, GA. passed away Friday, December 29, 2017 at Columbus Hospice House.  A memorial service will be held at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd., Columbus, GA. 31907 on Sunday, December 31, 2017 beginning at 2:00 PM EST, with Pastor Billy Duncan  officiating.   

Olga was born May...

Billy Wayne Cobb Cw3(Ret)

Billy Wayne Cobb Cw3(Ret)

Dec 25, 2017

Chief Warrant Officer 3(Ret) Billy Wayne Cobb, 78, of Phenix City, AL, passed away on Monday, December 25, 2017, at his home.

Funeral services will be held 2:00pm, on Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Ft Mitchell National Cemetery with procession from Vance Memorial Chapel at 1:30. The family will receive friends from 12:30-1:30 before the service at Vance Memorial Chapel in...

Marilyn "Jo" Railey

Marilyn "Jo" Railey

Dec 24, 2017

On Christmas Eve, 12-24-17, Marilyn Railey, known to family and friends as “Jo,” died peacefully in her sleep in her home in Phenix City, Alabama.  Jo had the joy of seeing Jesus face-to-face and celebrating Christmas in Heaven with her husband, Herman, and her daughter, Penny, along with many other family and friends.  “For the King himself…is taking her hand,...

Vivian Thomas

Vivian Thomas

Dec 22, 2017

Vivian Thomas, passed away December 22, 2017. Vivian was loved by many and loved many things, but her life can be summed up by this: Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such, there is no law.” Those who knew her, either by kinship or friendship, saw those...

Sarah Ellen Hudson

Sarah Ellen Hudson

Dec 21, 2017

Sarah Ellen Hudson, 81, of Columbus, GA passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 at her residence in Columbus, GA.  A funeral service will be held at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA on Saturday, December 23, 2017 beginning at 3:00 P.M. EST, with Dr. Marty O. Wynn and Pastor Dennis Jones officiating.  The interment will conclude the service...

Danny Eugene Singletary Sr.

Danny Eugene Singletary Sr.

Dec 17, 2017

PO1 (Ret.) Danny Eugene Singletary Sr., 60, of Columbus, GA passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA on Friday, December 22, 2017 at 3:00 P.M with Pastor Paul Parker officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 21, 2017 at ...