Columbia High School Alabama Alumni Obituaries

Lakeland John Wesley Best 92 of Lakeland Florida passed away of natural causes on Wednesday January 21 2026 at Breezy Hills Rehab Center in Lakeland. John was born February 27 1933 in Greenfront Alabama on a farm. His parents were James Roy and Emma Jane Messer Best. He was baptized at Liberty Bapti...

Elizabeth Schell Colyer, born January 11, 1920, in Jacksonville, Florida, to the late Wilkie Jay and Florine Powell Schell, died December 5, 2025, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, after a brief illness.  Elizabeth spent most her childhood in Jacksonville.  After the death of her father, her ...

Judy was born and raised in Denver Colorado to Richard and Alice Kuntze on July 8 1955. She graduated from George Washington High School in 1973. She was employed as a Home Health Aide for 20 years. She loved riding motorcycles and supported MDA on many rides with clubs. She also loved country music...

Richard J. Summers who reached the venerable age of 90 departed from this life on February 1 2026 in Keyser West Virginia. He was previously a resident of Columbia Maryland. On March 17 1935 Richard was born in New York New York to his late parents Charles and Nan Summers of Falls Church Virginia. A...

Donald Burge was born on October 14 1937 in Nanafalia Alabama and passed away at home in Grant after a long illness on February 2 2026. After graduating from high school Don enlisted in the US Air Force. He soon was sent to Germany where he met the love of his life and wife of 66 years Marga. Upon h...

Ronald Eugene Shepherd 95 of Kirksville Missouri passed away on Saturday January 31 2026 at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia Missouri. The son of Eugene Early Shepherd Jr. and Velma Ruth Gingerich Shepherd he was born on December 11 1930 in Kirksville Missouri. He was a graduate of th...

Shirley Ann Clarke Wantland departed this earthly existence on November 14, 2025, after a long battle with gastric cancer. We feel quite sure that the first thing she did was check in over the Rainbow Bridge to reunite with her beloved fur babies that meant so much to her. Every stray that came to h...

Funeral services for Kristy R. Big Eagle 46 of Fort Thompson SD will be 100 p.m. Saturday November 29 2025 at the Diamond Willow Ministries in Fort Thompson SD with burial in the Lakeview Cemetery at Fort Thompson SD. Wake services will be 700 p.m. Friday at Diamond Willow Ministries in Fort Thompso...

Dexter Pierre Parks 55 also known as DP departed this earthly life on Wednesday November 5 2025. He was born in Lincolnton GA to Eloise Clark Ferguson and the late Michael Parks. Dexter was a 1989 graduate of Lincoln County High School. After high school he was employed at Mayfair Mill in Lincolnton...

Bethlyn Norsworthy age 61 passed away on Thursday December 18 2025 at her residence in Cochran Georgia. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Born in Waycross Georgia Bethlyn spent most of her life in Bleckley County. She was the daughter of the late Robert Andrew Belflower of Coc...