Gunter& Peel Funeral Home

William Deelane Bray Jr., 73, resident of Saucier, MS passed away at home, January, 5th, 2022. He was born August 29, 1948, in Columbus, MS to William Deelane Bray Sr. & Laura Alice (Smith) Bray. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Deelane & Laura Alice Bray along with his first wife, Donna Lucille Bray. He is survived by his wife Wilma Cardona Bray, brothers: Rev. Curtis (Pam) Bray, Garry (Pam) Bray and Mickey (Carol) Bray, children: Joe Travis Griffin Jr., Michael (Jill) Bray, Clinton (Allison) Bray, Tamika (David) Curry, Louis (Pushpa) Hernandez, Chamila (Brian) Brown, Stacy Stewart, Wendy Stewart, Sarah (Jason) Albritton, Leah (Christopher) Riordan, Matthew...

Harold Franklin "Hal" Smith, Jr, passed into Glory on Sunday, December 5, 2021. A worship service celebrating his life will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at 1:30 PM at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Tony Proctor, Rev. Jimmy Criddle, Rev. Anne-Russell Bradley, and Rev. Aislinn Kopp officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from 5:00-7:00 PM downstairs at First United Methodist Church. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home and Crematory 903 College Street location is in charge of arrangements. Hal was born in Columbus, MS, on June 16, 1958, to the late Harold Franklin and Laurice Ferguson Smith....

STEVE WHITAKER Stephan Michael Whitaker, 65, of Calera, Alabama departed this life for his Heavenly home on February 17, 2020. Steve was born on September 5, 1954, to the late Chalma Neill and late Dorothy Sistrunk Whitaker of Columbus, MS. He graduated from Lee High School in 1972 and attended East Mississippi Community College from 1972-1974 and Mississippi State University from 1974-1977. He began his career in the insurance business after attending Mississippi State University. He was quite successful, often winning the Presidents' Award for his district among other honors. He married Janice Clemmons in 2007 in a beautiful beachside ceremony in Cancun, Mexico. They lived...

Mary Ann Jones, 79, passed away November 12th, 2019 at Monroe Regional Hospital, in Aberdeen, Mississippi. Services will be held on Saturday, November 16th at the 903 College Street Chapel of Memorial Gunter and Peel Funeral home. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and the funeral service at 2 p.m. with Don Both and Mel Howton officiating. Burial will follow at Vaughn Cemetery in Caledonia. Mary Ann was born on January 18, 1940 in Sulligent, Alabama, to the late Archie Marion Johnson and Sylvia Johnson Oliver. She was a member of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church where she served as an Elder and Treasurer for many years. She was a retired seamstress and worked for the Lowndes...