Obituaries

Nov 13, 2020

Mr. Mike Ward, 74, of Smiths Station, AL passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at Piedmont Columbus Regional Medical Center.

A graveside service will be held at 3:00 pm EST on Monday, November 16, 2020 at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family does request that everyone wear a mask and practice social distancing.

Mike was born May 17, 1946 in Columbus, GA, son...

Nov 13, 2020

Mrs. Julia B. Rinehart, 91, of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday, November 13, 2020 at her home.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon EST on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at Ladonia Baptist Church in Phenix City with Rev. Greg Hyche officiating.  Interment will follow at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery.  The family will receive friends Tuesday from 11:00 to...

Nov 11, 2020

James Wayne Stevens, Sr., age 83, resident of Phenix City, Alabama, went to be with his Lord and Savior on November 11, 2020.  Funeral services are scheduled at Ladonia Baptist Church, 3789 US Hwy 80, Phenix City, Alabama on Saturday, November 14, 2020, 4 p.m. with Reverend Rodney Mitchell officiating, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City.  The family...

Nov 10, 2020

Nov 9, 2020

Harry “Jigger” Mitchum, Sr., age 86, resident of Seale, Alabama, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2020 at Columbus Hospice House.  Private services are being held with interment following at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery.

Mr. Mitchum, son of the late Nathan Nathaniel Mitchum and Melissa Holsclaw Mitchum, was born May 17, 1934 in Hudson, North Carolina.  He was Baptist by faith;...

Nov 9, 2020

Larry Hightower, age 65, resident of Smiths Station, Alabama, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, November 9, 2020.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, private graveside services will be held at Lakeview Memory Gardens. Mr. Hightower, son of Joyce Marie Saggus Hightower and the late Albert Edward Hightower, was born on December 6, 1954 in Phenix City,...

Nov 9, 2020

Nov 9, 2020

Nov 8, 2020

Betty Sue Galbraith, 70, of Columbus, GA passed away on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at her residence. A graveside service will be held at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery on Friday, November 13, 2020 beginning at 10:30 am with Rev. Valerie Thompson officiating. Final arrangements are being taken care of by Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Columbus, GA.

Betty was born on...

Nov 8, 2020

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Nov 6, 2020

Darlene P. Wilson, age 66, resident of Columbus, Georgia, passed away on Friday, November 6, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital.  Private services are being held by the family.

Mrs. Wilson, daughter of the late Dominic J. Picciano and Pearl Joan Curtis Picciano, was born May 14, 1954 in Baraga County, Michigan.  Born of an Italian immigrate and raised on Keweenaw Bay...

Nov 5, 2020

Glenda was born on June 10, 1938, to the late Ellis W. Pritchett and Cora L. Michell in Finley, TN.  She attended Dyersburg High School in Dyersburg, TN and afterwards, attended The University of Tennessee, Martin Branch, majoring in business and working for the U.S. Engineers.  She married C.W. (Sonny) Galbreath in 1958 as he was at the University of...

Nov 5, 2020

Nov 5, 2020

Karen Sue Barefoot, 63, of Smiths Station, AL died at her home on Thursday, November 05, 2020.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City, AL.

Mrs. Barefoot was born November 16, 1956 in Monterey, CA daughter of the late Ivy Lee Henderson and Linnie Pauline Strange Henderson. She worked as...

Nov 5, 2020

Annie Marie Jenkins, 94, passed into the presence of Jesus on Thursday, November 5th at her home in Athens, AL. A graveside service will be held at Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City, AL on Monday, November 9th at 12:00 pm.

Marie was born on January 18th, 1926 in Uttlau, Germany to Ludwig and Berta Anthofer.  She was the oldest of...

Nov 5, 2020

SrA (USAF) Joshua Ryan Sanes, age 32, resident of Salem, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2020.  Graveside services are scheduled at Parkhill Cemetery, 4161 Macon Road, Columbus, Georgia on Tuesday, November 10, 2020, 3 p.m. with Reverend David Wilson officiating, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 3738 US Hwy 431N, Phenix City, Alabama.  The family will receive friends...

Nov 4, 2020

Duke Arthur Darrah, 69, of Waverly Hall, GA passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at Oakview Nursing Home. A graveside service will be held at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery on Monday, November 9, 2020 beginning at 1:30 pm. The family will receive friends Monday, November 9, 2020 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA from 11:30...

Nov 4, 2020