OBITUARY LISTINGS

Nov 27, 2021

Early in the morning on Saturday, November 27, 2021, Erma Lou Sumrall Penick passed away peacefully into the arms of Jesus at the age of 101.

Erma Lou was born on December 29, 1919 to Mitchell Vernon “Dut” Sumrall and Lillie Mollie Rayborn Sumrall of Sumrall, MS. After finishing high school, she moved to Macon, MS and...

Nov 21, 2021

Thomas B. “Bruce” Barnett, Jr, son of the late Thomas B. and Hazel Parkes Barnett of Macon, MS, passed away at age 75 at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital on Sunday, November 21, 2021. He was born on July 24, 1946 and reared in Macon. He graduated from Macon High School in 1964 and then served his country in...

Nov 18, 2021

Pete Unruh was born to Peter J. and Katie Irene Smith Unruh in Montezuma, Kansas on July 29, 1931. He peacefully passed away at the age of ninety on November 18, 1921, at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, Mississippi.  In our dad’s early childhood, he with his parents, moved from Montezuma, Kansas to Galva, Kansas also living a brief time...

Nov 1, 2021

Mrs. Betty S Aaron, 70, passed away at Windsor Place Retirement Home in Columbus, MS on Monday, Nov.1, 2021.Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 3, at 3:00 P.M. from Soul Harbor Pentecostal Church in Shuqualak, MS. Bro. Jared Glover and Bro. Gerald Butler will officiate. Visitation is from 2:00 P.M. until service time. Interment will follow...

Nov 1, 2021

Sandra Heiser (better known as Sandy), passed away Monday, November 1, 2021, in Anderson Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi. She was born in Lafayette, Indiana on February 22, 1948 to Katheryn Jackson. Sandy had no siblings.

When Sandy was a young girl, her mother needed institutional help, leaving her in the care of her grandmother, Clara Jackson. Sandy grew...

Oct 28, 2021

Mrs. Maxine Carter, 77, of Brooksville, MS passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS on Thursday October 28, 2021.  Funeral services will be held at Brooksville Baptist Church Monday November 1, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Sunday, October 31,2021 from 5-8 p.m.  Memorials may be...

Oct 21, 2021

Thadis Leon “Bo Diddly” Misso, 60, passed away at Forest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, MS on October 21, 2021. His graveside service will be held on Thursday, October 28 at 2:00 P.M. at Mohegan Cemetery (1273 Card Cemetery Rd

Shuqualak, MS 39361) with Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of...

Sep 27, 2021

Bradley Lamar “Brad” Lackey, 30, passed away at his residence on September 27, 2021. Born on May 2, 1991, he was the son of Rodney C. Lackey and the late Wanda Williams Lackey. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 1:00 P.M at Soule Chapel Cemetery (1035 Soule Chapel Rd Macon, MS 39341). Cockrell...

Sep 27, 2021

Silva was born on May 19, 1936 in Kokomo, IN. to the late Ezra and Tillie (Gingerich) Miller. She married Benjamin Graber of Loogootee, IN. on October 18,1953.  She was a dedicated and loyal wife and mother to her husband and children. She and her husband operated the Golden Age Care Home for twenty-five years. Silva’s caring heart was...

Sep 26, 2021

Dr. Larry B Morris, 87, of Macon, MS passed away at Elderly Care Center, Macon MS on September 26, 2021.

His funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church of Macon at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 3 with Pastor Steve Galloway officiating. Visitation at the church will follow the funeral service.

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Sep 25, 2021

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann “Liz” Hill Hankins, 79, of Starkville, MS passed away on September 25, 2021, at the Diversicare Nursing Home in Eupora, MS. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 10:00 A.M. at Brooksville Cemetery at 10:00 in Brooksville, MS. The family requests that memorials please made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Cockrell Funeral...

Sep 18, 2021

Mrs. Peggy Hoffman Heard, 91, of Brooksville, MS passed away peacefully at home in Brooksville MS on Saturday, September 18, 2021. She was born in Choctaw County, MS on June 8,1930 to the late James Kenneth Hoffman and Lucille McMinn Hoffman. A graveside service at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 21 at Brooksville Cemetery will be held to honor...

Sep 12, 2021

Elizabeth A.  (Sister)  Downer  passed away Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Trinity Healthcare Center. A service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel, Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Curtis Bray officiating. There will be a one-hour visitation before the service at the funeral home. FACE MASKS ARE PREFERRED. Memorials may made to Schaeffer’s Chapel...

Sep 9, 2021

Roger A Koehn, 62, 0f Macon, MS passed away Thursday, September 9, 2021, at his home surrounded by his loving family.  A funeral service will be held Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville, MS . Visitation will be held Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 5:30:8:00.m. at the church. Cockrell Funeral Home is...

Sep 6, 2021

Complete arrangements for Mrs. Martin  will be announced on Wednesday Sept. 8, 2021 at 12:00 Noon

Betty M. Giffin Martin, 88 of Macon, Mississippi passed away in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 6, 2021.  A funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, Mississippi at 12:00 noon on Thursday, September 9 th . ...

Sep 6, 2021

Betty M. Giffin Martin, 88 of Macon, Mississippi passed away in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 6, 2021.  A funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, Mississippi at 12:00 noon on Thursday, September 9 th .  Visitation will precede the funeral beginning at 11:00 am.  Burial will be at Oddfellows Cemetery following the service. The family...

Aug 30, 2021

Scotty Reed, 58, of Shuqualak, MS passed away in Tupelo, MS on August 30, 2021. A graveside service will be held at Butler Cemetery (4338 Butler Road Shuqualak MS) at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 2, 2021. There will be no visitation. The family requests no flowers; please send memorials to the American Cancer Society. Cockrell Funeral Home is...

Aug 22, 2021

Mrs. Barbara Faye Lockley Evans, 84, of Diamondhead, MS, formerly of Shuqualak, MS, passed away at Ochsner’s Clinic North Shore on August 22, 2021. A graveside service will be held Thursday August 26, 2021,at 11:00 a.m. at  Eaves Cemetery near the Calyx Community with Dr. Fred Womack officiating. Visitation will be held one hour to prior to the service...

Aug 15, 2021

The graveside service for Mr. Bobby Sciple of Scooba, MS will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 20, 2021, at Cedar Lawn Cemetery, located off Jackson Highway in Scooba. Reverend Wilson Kendrick will officiate at the service. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral Home 3478 Jefferson Street Macon, MS 39341. (...

Aug 14, 2021

Larry Gene Giesbrecht was born on February 16, 1949, at Montezuma, Kansas, to Tobias and Elda Jantz Giesbrecht. In the early morning hours of Aug 14, 2021, he quietly went to his eternal reward with his wife, son, and a son-in-law by his side.

His early childhood years were spent on the home farm east of Montezuma,...