Obituaries

May 27, 2022

Betty Phelps, age 94, resident of Opelika, Alabama, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022 at her residence.  Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 1:30 p.m. (EST) at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, 4827 Lee Road 401, Salem, Alabama with Reverend Jordan Hoge and Reverend Ritchie Ashburn officiating, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City,...

May 27, 2022

Mrs. Evelyn Christene Gallman Pitts, 80, of Smiths Station, AL passed away Friday, May 27, 2022 at her home.

A funeral service will be held 11:00 am Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Phenix City, AL with Pastor Clay Duck officiating.  Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens in Phenix City, AL.  The family will receive friends...

May 26, 2022

Mr. Robert “Bob” W. Crowley, 91, of Phenix City, AL, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022, at his home.

A private Graveside service was held at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery Tuesday morning, May 31, 2022.

Mr. Crowley was born May 22, 1931 in Phenix City, AL, the son of the late George D. Crowley, Sr. and Lillian Johnson Crowley.  He proudly served...

May 22, 2022

Yvonne R. Finan, 32, of Columbus, GA passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Funeral services will be held in Virginia through Tibbs Funeral Home, according to Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Columbus.

Yvonne was born on August 1, 1989 in Kampala, Uganda to Justus and Violet Rwerinyange. She proudly served our country as a Specialist in the United States Army,...

May 22, 2022

Mary Rose Tebo, 72, of Valley, Alabama, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at her residence in Valley, Alabama.

Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 pm (EST), Friday, May 27, 2022 at New Hope Revival Ministries, with Pastor Steven Shelley officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Thursday, May 26, 2022 from 6:00...

May 18, 2022

May 17, 2022

Marie McFay Hall, 96, of Phenix City, AL passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown. Funeral services will be held at Vance Brooks Funeral Home, 4048 Macon Road, Columbus, GA on Friday, May 20, 2022 beginning at 12:00 PM with Rev. Tracy Sanders and Rev. Ken Savage officiating. The interment will conclude at the Chapel...

May 17, 2022

Orell Russell Smart, Jr., 78, of Valley, Al went to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 17, at Columbus Hospice in Columbus, GA.

The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 24, 2022 from 3:00 until 5:00 pm (est) at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Phenix City, AL.

Russell loved his life in the Chattahoochee Valley area.  He especially enjoyed the decades he...

May 15, 2022

May 12, 2022

Barbara B. Kokowicz, 85, of Smiths Station, Alabama, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Bethany House in Auburn, Alabama.

Memorial Services with interment will be held at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 2:00 pm (EST), with Tawana Trawick officiating.

Barbara was born on October 22, 1936, in Altoona PA, the daughter of the late Michael J....

May 11, 2022

Mr. Robert H. Brown, 80, of Smiths Station, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown in Columbus, GA.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, May 16, 2022 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home 3738 Highway 431 North Phenix City, AL, with Rev. Mike Turner officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The...

May 11, 2022

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May 7, 2022

Christina Toole, age 44, resident of Salem, Alabama, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 7, 2022.  A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be at The Summit Church – Valley, 103 Church Street, Valley, Alabama on Thursday, May 12, 2022, 4 p.m. EST with Pastor Rick McCormick, Pastor Mark Messer, and Brother Chris Thompkins...

May 4, 2022

Columbus GA – Mrs. Hersh was born in Franklin Tennessee, May 19, 1948, daughter of the late Robert Z. and Ava Duffield Marlin. She passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital.

The memorial service will be held at 4:00 pm at Temple Israel Tuesday May 10, 2022.

She received her Bachelor in Education from Vanderbilt-Peabody and later,...

May 4, 2022

Gerald L. Storey, Sr., 84, of Columbus, GA passed away while at Emory Healthcare, Midtown, Atlanta, GA on Wednesday, May 04, 2022, with family by his side.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM EST on Saturday, May 7, 2022, in the Chapel of Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City, AL with Rev. Dr. Thom Peavey officiating. The family will...

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Apr 27, 2022

MSG (Ret) Jack Emil Yeomans, age 74 of Columbus, Georgia went home to be with his Lord & Savior on April 27, 2022, surrounded by his family. The family will receive friends Sunday, May 1, 2022 at Vance Brooks Funeral Home in Columbus from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Monday,...

Apr 25, 2022