Obituaries

Jan 10, 2021

SSG (Ret) Chad DeFrates, age 42, resident of Fort Mitchell, Alabama, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2021. Funeral services are scheduled at the Fort Church at Eastern Heights, 1342 17th Street, Columbus, Georgia, on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 1 pm, with Reverend Matt Stephens officiating. Interment will follow with military honors being rendered at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. The...

Jan 10, 2021

Verlon Crenshaw Hurst of Chelsea, Alabama, went home to be with the Lord on January 10, 2021 following a long battle with dementia. Graveside services will be held at Lakeview Memory Gardens, 3800 US Hwy 431N, Phenix City, Alabama, on Thursday, January 14, 2021, 1 p.m. with Reverend Wayne Honeycutt officiating, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 3738 US Hwy...

Jan 10, 2021

Jan 9, 2021

Patricia Jean Dirke, 67, formerly of Columbus, GA passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Hillcrest Hospital South in Tulsa, OK. Final arrangements are being handled by Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Columbus, GA.

Patricia was born on September 25, 1953 in Newnan, GA to the late Andrew Swanger and Mary Tarvin Swanger. Other than her parents, Patricia is preceded...

Jan 9, 2021

Mr. William H. Lance, 77, of Valley, AL passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021 at his home.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am EST Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Phenix City, AL with Rev. Ricky Ward officiating.  Interment with military honors will follow at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery.  The family will receive friends...

Jan 8, 2021

Jan 8, 2021

Mrs. Mary B. Threlkeld, 82, of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 at her home.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm (EST) on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Lakeview Memory Gardens with Rev. Woody Brown officiating.  The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 am, one hour prior to the service, at Vance Brooks Funeral...

Jan 7, 2021

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Jan 5, 2021

Patricia Evelyn Cromer, a resident of Columbus, GA since 1991, was born in Starke, FL, August 16, 1940. She died on January 5, 2021 at the age of 80. Patricia had degrees from The University of Florida and Technologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She spent most of her life as an elementary teacher and was briefly a manager of a Savings...

Jan 5, 2021

Eddie B. Ezell 88, of Phenix City, Alabama died at home on January 5, 2021.  Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church of Columbus, GA, 212 Twelfth Street, Columbus, Georgia on Friday, January 8, 11:00 am EST with Dr. James C. Elder officiating. Burial will follow at Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon Road, Columbus, GA according to Vance Brooks...

Jan 5, 2021

Mrs. Victoria Fishburn Holmes, 55, of Phenix City, AL passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Piedmont Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, GA.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM (EST) on Monday, January 11, 2021 in the Chapel of Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City, AL with Rev. Tim Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The...

Jan 4, 2021

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Jan 2, 2021

SFC (ret.) Ethan Robbins, 92, of Phenix City, AL passed away Saturday, January 2, 2021 at Jack Hughston Hospital in Phenix City, AL.

A funeral service will be held 11:00 am Tuesday, January 5, 2020 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Phenix City, AL with Rev. Andrew Stinson officiating.  Interment with military honors will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens.  The family...

Jan 2, 2021

James Earnest Johnston, Sr., age 85, resident of Hatchechubbee, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 2, 2021.  Graveside services are scheduled at Hatchechubbee United Methodist Church Cemetery on Saturday, January 9, 2021, 1 p.m. with Reverend Jessie Powell officiating, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 3738 US Hwy 431N, Phenix City, Alabama.  The family will receive friends at the...

Dec 31, 2020

Gertrud Rosa Lancaster, age 90, resident of Seale, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2020 at The Landings in Columbus, Georgia.  Private graveside services are being held at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery.

Mrs. Lancaster, daughter of the late Rupert Fallwickl and Hermine Fallwickl, was born December 25, 1930 in Salzburg, Austria.  She was a homemaker, Catholic by faith, and had...