Obituaries

Loy Sinquefield

Loy Sinquefield

Jul 8, 2014

Loy Sinquefield, 79, Columbus, GA, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. A funeral service will be held Saturday, July 12, 2014 beginning at 11:00 A.M. EST at Britt David Baptist Church, 2801 West Britt David Road, Columbus, GA. Dr. Tim Jones and Reverend Clark Standard will be officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, July 11, 2014 from 5:00 until...

Reverend Warren Julius Owens

Reverend Warren Julius Owens

Jun 29, 2014

Reverend Warren Julius Owens, 90, of Columbus, GA, passed away peacefully June 29, 2014. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, July 2, 2014 beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST, at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd. Columbus, GA. 31907. Reverend David Howel will be officiating. The family will conclude with a private interment at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Christopher Adam Beckon

Christopher Adam Beckon

Jun 24, 2014

Christopher Adam Beckon, 29, of Hamilton, GA. passed away June 24, 2014. A memorial service will be held Friday, June 27, 2014, beginning at 12:00 P.M. EST, at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA. 31907. Pastor's Mike Beckon, Joe Beckon and Ryan Sanders will be officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 11:00...

Michael Frank “Mike” Cox

Michael Frank “Mike” Cox

Jun 24, 2014

Michael Frank “Mike” Cox, 53, of Smiths Station, AL, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, AL.

Visitation will begin at 11:00 with services at 12:00 noon EST, on Friday, June 27, 2014, at Vance Memorial Chapel. The family will have a private interment.

Mike was born on October 10, 1960, in Phenix...

Henry Allen Cannon

Henry Allen Cannon

Jun 17, 2014

Henry Allen Cannon, 81, of Columbus, Ga passed away June 17, 2014. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday June 20, 2014 beginning at 11:00 A.M. at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd. Columbus, GA 31907. Reverend Thomas Pope will be officiating. Interment will conclude at Parkhill Cemetery. Visitation was held Thursday June 19, 2014 from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at...

Gail Jessie Savage

Gail Jessie Savage

May 12, 2014

Gail Jessie Savage, 87, of Columbus, GA, passed away peacefully Monday, May 12, 2014 at Magnolia Manor. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, May 14, 2014 beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST, at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd. Columbus, GA. 31907. Chaplain Roy Isasi will be officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening May 13, 2014 from 6:00 until...

Michael “Mickey” Edward “Woodchopper” Dutton

Michael “Mickey” Edward “Woodchopper” Dutton

May 12, 2014

Michael “Mickey” Dutton, 71, of Phenix City, AL. passed away May 12, 2014 at Gentiva Hospice. Funeral Services are scheduled for Friday, May16, 2014 beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd. Columbus, GA. 31907. Reverend Elbert Ward and Reverend Ulus Luker will be officiating. The family welcomes friends to visitation Thursday evening from 6:00 until...

Eleanor Cox Daugherty

Eleanor Cox Daugherty

May 5, 2014

Eleanor Cox Daugherty, 78, Columbus, GA, passed away Monday, May 5, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital.

Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, May 9, 2014 beginning at 2:00P.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd, Columbus, GA. Internment to conclude at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. EST at the funeral home....

James “Jimmy” W. Ray, Jr

James “Jimmy” W. Ray, Jr

Apr 29, 2014

James “Jimmy” W. Ray Jr, 62, passed away April 29, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held, Friday, May 2, 2014 beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST at Lakewood Baptist Church, 4011 Lakewood Dr. Phenix City, AL 36867. Reverend M.R. Hamilton will be officiating services. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:30 P.M. EST...

Conner James Dean

Conner James Dean

Apr 27, 2014

Conner James Dean, of Columbus, GA passed away April 27, 2014 at Midtown Medical Center. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, April 30, 2014 beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home; 4048 Macon Rd. Columbus, GA. Reverend David Rathel and Reverend Mitchell Dean will be officiating.

Conner James Dean was born May 24, 2013 son of Darrell Dean and...

Rebeca Villanueva

Rebeca Villanueva

Apr 27, 2014

Abuelita “Rebeca” Villanueva, 87, of Columbus, GA, passed away April 27, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital. A memorial service is scheduled for Monday, May 5, 2014, beginning at 6:00 P.M. at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd, Columbus, GA, 31907.

Abuelita Rebeca Villanueva was born February 8, 1927 in Panama City, Panama, daughter of the late Toribio Villanueva and Epefanea Orgtega...

Louise Rogers Gage

Louise Rogers Gage

Apr 25, 2014

Louise R. Gage passed away on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the age of 85 at Columbus Hospice House. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd. Columbus, GA. Reverend Udell Addison will be officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 28, 2014 from 6:00 to...

James Alton Helms

James Alton Helms

Apr 15, 2014

James “Jim” Alton Helms, 77, Columbus, GA, Passed away peacefully, Tuesday, April 15, 2014.

Services will be held at a later date, according to Vance-Brooks Funeral Home.

James Alton Helms was born August 26, 1936 son of the late James Kyle Helms and Betty Lois Helms, in Clarksdale, MS. Jim’s parents were sharecroppers, from an early age Jim was picking cotton and...

Ila Mae Hall

Ila Mae Hall

Apr 10, 2014

Ila Mae Hall, 88, of Columbus, GA, passed away April 10, 2014, at Magnolia Manor. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, April 14, 2014, beginning at 2:00 P.M. EST at Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Rd, Columbus, GA. 31907. Bishop Ken Savage will be officiating services. Interment will conclude at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends, Sunday, April...

Leonhard Zurawskyj

Leonhard Zurawskyj

Apr 4, 2014

Graveside Service will be held Tuesday, April 8, 2014 11:00 AM EST at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. Rosary will be held Monday, April 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM EST Vance-Brooks Funeral Home. Visitation will follow Rosary from 6:00-8:00 PM EST.

Henry “Hank” Eddie Crawford

Henry “Hank” Eddie Crawford

Apr 4, 2014

Henry “Hank” Eddie Crawford, 73 of Phenix City, AL passed away Friday, April 4, 2014 at Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, GA.

Mr. Crawford was born November 14, 1940 in Bonneau, SC to the late Rudolph Crawford and Dora Barnette DuPree.  He was retired from United of America Insurance Company with 25 years of service and also was retired from the...

Katherine “Kathy” Cecilia Upton Duell

Katherine “Kathy” Cecilia Upton Duell

Mar 30, 2014

Katherine “Kathy” Cecilia Upton Duell, 52 of Phenix City, AL passed away Sunday afternoon at the Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, GA.

Memorial services will be held 11:00 am EDT Thursday, April 3, 2014 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with James Eiland officiating. A private interment will held by her family at a later date.

Kathy was born August...

Ruby Marie Owens Starling

Ruby Marie Owens Starling

Mar 19, 2014

Ruby Marie Owens Starling was a shining light to those around her, and now her light has ascended into heaven to bless us all.

 Ruby graduated to the next phase of her eternal life on March 19, 2014 due to complications of advanced age, but she left a legacy that will go on forever. She was preceded in death by...

Thomas Clark Hovatter

Thomas Clark Hovatter

Mar 18, 2014

Thomas “Clark” Hovatter, Sr. 83, of Columbus, GA passed away Thursday, March 18, 2014 in the comfort of his home.

Graveside services will be held, Friday, March 21, 2014 beginning at, 1:00 P.M. EST at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, according to Vance-Brooks Funeral Home.

Thomas “Clark” Hovatter, Sr. was born March 21, 1930 in Dianna, WV, son of the late Jesse Hovatter...

Claudia Lou Jones

Claudia Lou Jones

Mar 13, 2014

Claudia Lou Jones, 69, of Columbus, GA, passed away March 13, 2014, at Midtown Medical Center, Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 20, 2014 beginning at 11:00 A.M. EST, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 4400 Reese Rd. Columbus, GA. Bishop Aaron Starbuck will be officiating. Interment will conclude at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. The...