MILLPORT, Ala. — Charles Christopher “Punkin” Mordecai, 52, died Jan. 3, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Poplar Springs Primitive ...

COLUMBUS — Mary Ellen Riordan, 91, died Jan. 3, 2026. Burial will be held at a later date at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of ...

COLUMBUS — Edwin Clanton “Eddie” Mauck, 76, died Jan. 6, 2026, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of Columbus.

Mary Jane “Janie” Yarbrough, age 75, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital—Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — John D. Allen, 87, died Jan. 5, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with David Sullivan ...

MSU receiver Jordan Mosley, left, celebrates a touchdown with Anthony Evans, right, against Alcorn State at Davis Wade Stadium. It was Mosley’s first score of the 2025 season, and the fifth touchdown ...

Margean Ashcraft, age 97, died Saturday January 3, 2026, at her residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Tuesday January 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with Bro. David ...

COLUMBUS — Selma Lash died Jan. 3, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hairston and Hairston Funeral Home of Columbus.

COLUMBUS — Ivy Bryant Coleman, 90, died Jan. 4, 2026, at Windsor Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be at 2 pm. Saturday, at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Egger ...

COLUMBUS — Shirley Nell Johnson, 74, died Jan. 3, 2026, at Trinity Place Retirement Community. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, at Lone Oak Church of Christ Cemetery in Steens. Memorial ...

COLUMBUS — Charles Daniel “Charlie” Moorehead, 35, died Jan. 3, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel, with Lynn Gibson and Trey Reece ...

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.