Obituaries

Ethel Joyce Cauley Bias

Ethel Joyce Cauley Bias

Sep 14, 2014

Ethel Joyce Cauley Bias, 81 of Columbus, GA and formally of Phenix City, AL passed away peacefully late Sunday evening at Gentiva Hospice in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am EDT Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Golden Acres Baptist Church in Phenix City with Dr. Ray Cummings and Rev. Rodney Porter officiating. A private interment will follow...

Arthur Leon Swanson

Arthur Leon Swanson

Sep 13, 2014

Arthur Leon Swanson, 72, of Phenix City, AL, passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held 3:00 pm EDT Monday, September 15, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Bob Hawkins officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service...

Minnie Louise Ferguson

Minnie Louise Ferguson

Sep 13, 2014

Minnie Louise Ferguson, 88 of Phenix City, AL passed away Saturday, September 13, 2014 surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held 12:00 pm EDT Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Gary Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery at 2:30 and the family will receive friends this evening...

Linda Diane Hudson

Linda Diane Hudson

Sep 13, 2014

Linda Diane Hudson, 67, of Phenix City, AL, passed away on Saturday, September 13, 2014, surrounded by her loving family.

Funeral services will be held at 3:30 pm EDT, on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at Vance Memorial Chapel with Reverend Rob Goodman and Reverend Mark Hudson officiating. Interment will be at Lakeview Memory Gardens and the family will receive friends...

Betty R. Johnson

Betty R. Johnson

Sep 12, 2014

Betty R. Johnson, 85 of Crawford, AL passed away Friday evening, on September 12, 2014 in Columbus, GA.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 am EDT Monday, September 15, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Steve Williamson and Jacob Johnson officiating. Private interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery and the family will receive friends this evening (Sunday)...

Frances Pauline Osborne

Frances Pauline Osborne

Sep 8, 2014

Frances Pauline Osborne, 77, of Columbus, GA, passed away September 8, 2014 at St. Frances Hospital. Funeral services will be held Friday, September 12, 2014 beginning at 11:00 A.M. EST. at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, 31907. Interment will conclude at Evergreen Memorial Gardens. Pastor John Sheely will be officiating services. The family will receive friends Thursday...

Dorothy Jean Hasson

Dorothy Jean Hasson

Sep 8, 2014

Dorothy Jean Hasson, known to many as “Mama Jean”, Age 72, resided in Columbus, Ga, passed away Monday, September 8, 2014 at Columbus Hospice House. A funeral service is scheduled for Thursday September 11, 2014, at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA. Reverend Travis Sheppard will be officiating services. The family will receive friends, Wednesday, September 10, 2014...

Mary Frances Phillips Hall

Mary Frances Phillips Hall

Sep 7, 2014

Mary Frances Phillips Hall, 92 of Phenix City, AL passed away early Sunday morning on September 7, 2014 in the comfort of her home in Phenix City. Funeral services will be held 1:00 pm EDT Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Marvin Minton officiating. Interment will follow at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery and...

Qumy Broadwater Taylor

Qumy Broadwater Taylor

Sep 6, 2014

Qumy Broadwater Taylor, 79 of Phenix City, AL passed away Saturday morning, September 6, 2014 in the comfort of her daughter's home in Phenix City, AL. Graveside services will held 3:00 pm EDT Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Salem with Chaplain Dean Knipe officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6:00 to...

Margaret Louise Caraway Smith

Margaret Louise Caraway Smith

Sep 6, 2014

Margaret Louise Caraway Smith, 88, of Phenix City, AL passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Gentiva Hospice in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM EDT Friday, September 12, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Dennis Lacy officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens and the family will receive friends...

Grace L. Mccoy

Grace L. Mccoy

Sep 4, 2014

Grace L. McCoy, 92 of Canton, GA, passed away September 4, 2014, peacefully in her home. A funeral service will be held, Sunday, September 7, 2014, beginning at 5:00 P.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA, 31907. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST. at the funeral home. Grace...

Jeremy Lee Godwin

Jeremy Lee Godwin

Sep 2, 2014

Jeremy Lee Godwin, 33, of Columbus, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am EDT Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Randy Comer officiating. A private interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens on Monday. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...

Hailey Starr Cambron

Hailey Starr Cambron

Sep 1, 2014

Hailey Starr Cambron

Dorothy Simons Mcelvey

Dorothy Simons Mcelvey

Aug 31, 2014

Dorothy Simons McElvey, 92, of Phenix City, AL passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Phenix City Health Care in Phenix City, AL. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am EDT Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Steve Williamson officiating. A private interment will follow at Riverdale Cemetery and the family will receive...

Leroy Irving Dixon

Leroy Irving Dixon

Aug 16, 2014

Leroy Irving Dixon, 79, of Columbus, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at Magnolia Manor in Columbus, Georgia. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 pm EDT on Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery according to Vance-Brooks Funeral Home 4048 Macon Road Columbus, GA. The family will receive friends at Vance-Brooks from 12:00...

Thomas Blair Estes

Thomas Blair Estes

Jul 30, 2014

Thomas Blair Estes, 82, was born on April 9, 1932 in Montgomery, AL, second son of the late John Roy Estes and Willene Alice Turner Estes, and died on July 30, 2014, in Columbus, GA. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Patrick's Church on August 2, 2014 at 11:00 am EDT, with Father Tom Weise presiding, with interment...

Sherry Roper Norris

Sherry Roper Norris

Jul 30, 2014

Sherry Roper Norris, 64, of Seale, AL, passed away on Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in her home. The family will hold a memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Norris was born on October 13, 1949, in Columbus, GA, the daughter of John and Ethelaine Roper. She worked at Ft. Benning for many years and taught at...

Walter Edward Gwara

Walter Edward Gwara

Jul 26, 2014

Walter Edward Gwara, 61, of Waverly Hall, Georgia passed away peacefully Saturday, July 26, 2014, surrounded by his loving family. A memorial celebration will be held August 31, 2014 beginning at 2:00 P.M.at Luke's in Ellerslie, GA. Reverend Lawanda Long will be officiating. Walter Edward Gwara was born November 30, 1952 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Raymond Alfred Gwara and Evelyn...

Yasuko Larrew

Yasuko Larrew

Jul 21, 2014

Yasuko Larrew, 87, of Columbus, GA. passed away peacefully at Columbus Hospice House. A memorial service will be held Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA. with Dr. Tommy A. Henschel officiating. A committal will follow on Friday at Fort Benning Main Post Cemetery beginning at 11:00 A.M; the family...

Donna Kay Savage

Donna Kay Savage

Jul 19, 2014

Donna Kay Savage was born in Columbus, GA on September 8, 1965 to Ralph Savage and Pansy Cotton Savage. She died Saturday, July 19, 2014 at her home in Slapout, AL. She was preceded in death by both of her parents. She is survived by her partner Laura B. McLeod, her sisters, Gina M. Savage of Birmingham, Amy Savage Sheppard...