Columbia High School Alumni Obituaries

Wilma was born in Maury County Tennessee to the late Milton Elvin and Edna Andrews Hardison. At a young age the family moved to Lewisburg where she lived and attended Marshall County High School. She later attended Columbia State Junior College. Wilma was the oldest of 7 children and began working a...

On Wednesday January 21 2026 God called home one of his most prized possessions. Jessie Lee Coleman Munk" as he was so affectionately known was born in Waverly Virginia on May 11 1952. Jessie was the 3rd child born to the late Arthur Coleman and Hattie Coleman Gwaltney. He fought until the very end ...

Mary Nell Roos, née Young, passed peacefully from this life into the loving arms of Christ on January 8, 2026, at the age of 93. She was born November 4, 1932, to Nellie Vivian Young and Joe W. Young in McAlester, Oklahoma and named for her Mother and the Mother of Christ. She was the oldest child...

Theodore James Widgeon quietly answered the Masters call on November 30 2025 with his beloved daughter by his side. He was born to Victoria and William Widgeon in 1929 at the beginning of the Great Depression. As a toddler his Aunt LenaWidgeon Brokenborough became his guardianmother until adulthood ...

Dr. Donald Peter Dallas lived an amazing life. The son of immigrants from Scotland and Germany, he always aimed high. He attended public schools in Queens, NY, was the first in his family to go to high school, and then went on to Columbia College (class of 1950), where he was, in his words, a “subwa...

In Loving Memory of Mrs. Earnestine GrayNovember 14, 1947 – July 23,2025With deep love and heavy hearts, the family of Mrs. Earnestine Gray announces her peaceful transition from this life. Born on November 14, 1947, in Stringtown, Mississippi to the late Joseph Wright Sr. and Lillie Mae (Wigfield) ...

Funeral services will be held at 200 p.m. on Sunday January 18 2026 at First Baptist Church in Dean. Interment will follow at Dean Cemetery under the direction of Owens and Brumley of Henrietta. Bob was born on January 31 1934 to the late Paul W. and Zedda Butler Reece in Marshalltown Iowa. He gradu...

Graveside services for Joe Eddie Brunt 86 of College Station TX will be held at 1000 AM on Saturday January 10 2026 at Weaver Cemetery with John Grigsby officiating. Visitation will be held the evening prior Friday January 9 2026 from 500 PM until 700 PM at Taylor Funeral Home. He was born September...

Sherry McMinn Hawkins age 90 of Indianola Mississippi passed away February 3 2026 at The Grove Nursing Home in Columbia Mississippi. She was born on October 23 1935 in Courtland Mississippi to Glynn B. McMinn and Miriam Paris McMinn. Sherry was raised in Indianola where she graduated from high schoo...

Doris Smith a beloved mother grandmother and friend passed away peacefully on January 24 2026 at Elk River Health and Rehab at the age of 98. A lifelong resident of Lincoln County Doris was born on September 30 1927 to the late Roy and Velma Ray Gatlin. A graduate of Elkton High School Doris dedicat...

Funeral service for Linda Thorpe Spray age 89 of Fayetteville TN will be held at 1 PM on Friday January 30 2026 at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Tim Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Wrights Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 12 PM to 1 PM on Friday at Higgins. Linda was born ...

Robert Bob Kent Koelle age 79 of Murfreesboro TN passed away on January 4 2026 at Alive Hospice in Murfreesboro TN. A native of Columbia Maryland Bob was born on August 1 1946 in Philadelphia PA to the late Richard Carl Koelle and Evelyn Newbold Smith Lee Koelle. A skilled tradesman Bob was known fo...

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...

A Homegoing Celebration will be held for Sheila at DraegerLangendorf Funeral Home on Monday February 2 2026 at 1100AM. Visitation will be in the funeral home on Monday from 1000AM until the time of service. Sheila R. Turner a woman of profound faith boundless love and a nurturing spirit peacefully t...

Marilyn Yvonne Fox passed away peacefully in her sleep the morning of December 29th 2023. She was 89 years old. She was born in Tacoma Washington May 11th 1934 to John and Ann Cross joining her brother Jack and sister JoAnne. Marilyn grew up in Tacoma and Graduated from Stadium High School in 1951. ...

At the age of four Adrienne with her parents moved to Sunnyside Washington where her dad was manager of Lee Semon Mens Wear. She received her early education in Sunnyside and graduated from Sunnyside High School in 1951. She attended Stephens College in Columbia Missouri and then Central Washington ...

Funeral services will be held at 200 p.m. on Sunday January 18 2026 at First Baptist Church in Dean. Interment will follow at Dean Cemetery under the direction of Owens and Brumley of Henrietta. Bob was born on January 31 1934 to the late Paul W. and Zedda Butler Reece in Marshalltown Iowa. He gradu...

Russell Rusty Keith Linhart 68 of Boonville passed away on Friday January 30 2026 at the University of Missouri Hospital just 5 days before his 69th birthday. A visitation will be held from 1000 a.m. to 1100 a.m. on Monday February 9 2026 at HowardMillard Funeral Home with a funeral service to follo...

Donna Pauline Sampson age 88 a lifetime resident of Cedonia WA passed away on January 20 2026 in Colville WA. Donna was born at home on November 15 1937 in Cedonia WA. She was the daughter of Robert Loren and Mildred Pauline Timken Dashiell. She was a farmgirl through and through raised on the famil...

Curt Johnson 55 of Anacortes went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on January 9 2026. He was born on November 11 1970 in Anacortes to parents Iver and Cheryl Johnson. Born with a seizure disorder Curt lived at home with family his whole life facing often limited activities and outing...

Toni Lee Tollett 64 of Brazoria passed away unexpectedly on Saturday January 17 2026 following a sudden illness. Toni was born on March 25 1961 in Freeport Texas to Glenn and Kay Simms Tollett. She was raised in Brazoria Texas graduated from Columbia High School in 1979 and attended Brazosport Colle...

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 ...

On January 25th 2026 five days after his 96th birthday William Ray Bill Harris rounded third base and crossed home plate completing his mortal stewardship. He spent the day with his family until it was his appointed time. His loving devoted wife of 71 years Frances sat by his side holding his hand u...

Robert Lambton Farnsworth died at his home in Greene ME on the evening of November 11th in the company of loved ones. Born in Boston MA on April 8th 1954 the son of Jean G. and William B. Farnsworth and brother of Elizabeth Farnsworth Rob grew up in Wellesley Massachusetts and spent summers and holi...

Auburn Allie Marie Boyer 89 of Lewiston passed away on Friday Nov. 15 2019 at the Androscoggin Hospice House in Auburn. She was born in Sumter S.C. on Sept. 4 1930 to Frank and Lois Strange and was the oldest of seven children. She graduated from Edmunds High School and then worked as a dental assis...

Lois F. Boutilier 84 of Lewiston passed away at Marshwood Center on June1 2016. She was born on March 23 1932 in Blackwood NJ the daughter of the late William and olive Murphy Rudderow. Lois graduated from Garden City High School in garden city NY in 1950 a graduate of Norwalk Hospital School of Nur...

John Vincent Mahoney of Wayne Maine passed away on July 21 2014 after a valiant struggle with pneumonia and heart disease. In his final days he was visited by close friends and family who gathered by his bedside. Jack as he was lovingly known was born on October 16 1923 in Everett Massachusetts to M...

LEWISTON Eric G. Holmes 48 of Auburn slipped away on Wednesday June 18 at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He gained his education from various schools in the Central Valley receiving his GED and a trade in welding through the Job Corps in Wolf Creek Ore. Later he pursued a career in lathin...

Freeport Maine Gar Roper 76 died Monday March 9 2020 at home after four years of living with colon cancer. When Gar passed his family was at his side John Denvers Leaving on a Jet Plane was playing and Casco Bay shimmered outside the windows of his waterfront home. Gar leaves his wife of 53 years B...