Curtis James Hood, 87 of Columbus, GA passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at Magnolia Manor. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. EST Friday, September 3, 2010 at the Vance-Brooks Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Barry Danner and Rev. Bill Mayhew officiating. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery . His grandsons will be serving as active pallbearers. Rev. Berry Milam and the Alumni of Mountain Hill School House Foundation will...

Ret. SFC Wendell Lamar Rackley 76, of Columbus passed away Sunday, August 29, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital. Services for Mr. Rackley will be held on Wednesday, September 01, 2010 11:00A.M.EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Burnett Officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday, August 31, 2010 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. EST AT THE Funeral Home. Mr. Rackley is a Retired SFC from the U.S. Army after over twenty two years of...

Staff Sergeant Sean Steven Cook, 22 of Ft. Mitchell, AL passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Columbus Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held 12:00 noon Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Chattanooga National Cemetery with Rev. David Graves and Chaplain Major Derek Murray officiating. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon EST at Vance Memorial Chapel, 3738 Hwy 431N Phenix City, AL. Mr. Cook...

Thomas Nathaniel Turley Thomas Nathaniel Turley, 59 of Columbus, GA. died Saturday, July 24, 2010. Graveside services will be held at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Alabama on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 10 a.m. EST with Reverend Harry Carlsen officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home 4048 Macon Road. Mr. Turley was born on Aug. 7, 1950 in Juneau, Alaska. ...

Glenda Marie Baskin Ms. Glenda Marie Baskin, 63, of Columbus, GA went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at her residence, after a long illness. Funeral services for Ms. Baskin will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 24, 2010 at North Highland Assembly of God Church with Dr. Clyde Wasdin and Rev. Gene Forehand officiating. Visitation for Ms. Baskin will be held Friday, July 23, 2010 from 6-8:00 P.M. at Vance-Brooks Funeral...

Tommie W. Ledbetter Columbus, GA- Tommie W. Ledbetter, 71, of Columbus, GA, died July 17, 2010 at Columbus Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at Chapel of the Pines at Parkhill Cemetery on Monday, July 19, 2010 at 11 a.m. with Doug Boatner officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, July 18, 2010 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home 4048 Macon Road. Ms. Ledbetter was born April 10, 1939 in Allens, TN; the daughter of...

Michael Wayne Allen Michael Wayne Allen, age 50, of Pasadena, CA and Powder Springs, GA, died suddenly at his Powder Springs home on May 30,2010. Michael was born on July 24,1959 to F. Wayne and Peggy Pinkston Allen of Columbus, GA. He was the oldest of three children. Michael graduated with honors from Columbus High School in 1977, and for his entire Life "his blood ran orange and blue." He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics...

FUNERAL NOTICE FOR MONDAY, May 17, 2010 Robert Ernest Barnes Robert Ernest Barnes, 66, of Cusseta, AL passed away Friday, May 14, 2010 at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, AL. A memorial service will be held 10:15 a.m. CST Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Alabama National Cemetery. Mr. Barnes was born October 22, 1943 in Paterson, NJ, son of the late Harold and Dorothy Barnes. Robert proudly served our great nation in US...

Ret. SFC Paul Alphonza Brodie, 67, of Columbus, Georgia Passed away Friday, May 07, 2010 at St. Francis. Services for Mr. Brodie will be held Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:00 A.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home Chapel with the Chaplain Gene Cook officiating. The Family will receive friends Tuesday, May 11, 2010 from 6:00-8:00P.M. EST at Vance-Brooks Funeral Home. Paul Alphonza Brodie was born April 10, 1943 in Louisburg, NC to the late Jim...

FUNERAL NOTICE FOR MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010 Mary Ann Phillips Mary Ann Phillips, 72, passed away on May l, 2010 at Clay County Hospital and Nursing Facility, in Ashland, AL. Mrs. Phillips service will be Graveside at Parkhill Cemetery on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 3:00p.m. EST, with Rev. John Eldridge, Jr. officiating. She was born July 22, 1937 in Columbus, GA. to William Franklin Norris and Bertha Mae Adams. She was preceded in death by...