OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Macon, MS, Noxubee County and Surrounding Areas.
Sandra Hudnall Bounds
Oct 8, 2020
Mrs. Sandra Hudnall Bounds, 77, of Macon, MS passed away on October 8, 2020 at Macon Elderly Care Center in Macon, MS. A private graveside service was held at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS on October 11, 2020 with Rev. Steve Galloway officiating. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 510, Macon, Mississippi. Cockrell Funeral Home...
Louise "Lucy" Lee Holcombe
Oct 7, 2020
Mrs. Louise “Lucy” Lee Holcombe, 79, of Macon, MS, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A graveside service is being held Monday, October 12, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Elon Baptist Church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Baptist Children’s Village, P.O. Box 27, Clinton, MS ...
Robert C Denny
Sep 23, 2020
Robert C. “Bob” Denny, 75, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at Baptist Hospital – Kosciusko on Thursday, September 24, 2020. His funeral service will be held at graveside at Mashulaville Cemetery near Macon, MS on Saturday, September 26 at 1:00 P.M. Bro. Walt Tessier will officiate the services. Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort...
Dorothy Featherston Wilkins
Sep 23, 2020
Mrs. Dorothy Featherston Wilkins, 96, of Brooksville, MS passed away Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at The Windsor Place in Columbus, MS. A private family graveside service was held Friday, September 25, 2020. Memorials may be made to Brooksville Cemetery Fund, c/o Melanie Hines, 586 Hines Rd., Brooksville, MS 39739. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements....
Bobbie Davis Woodfin
Sep 14, 2020
Mrs. Bobbie D. Woodfin, 82, of Corinth, MS. passed away at North Miss Medical Center in Tupelo, MS surrounded by her family on Monday, September 14, 2020. A private graveside service will be held at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS on Thursday, September 17, 2020 with Bro. Dennis Smith officiating. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society,...
Angie Kinard Disbrow
Sep 10, 2020
Angie Kinard Disbrow, 55, of Macon, MS passed away surrounded by her loving family at her residence on Thursday, September 10, 2020. A private graveside service was held Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Memorial Park in Louisville, MS with Bro. Steve Reynolds officiating. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123. ...
Elmer Duane Resh
Aug 8, 2020
Elmer D. Resh, 89, of Macon, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian. There are no plans for a service at this time.
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Aug 8, 2020
Mrs. Elizabeth Lipsey Wright, 92, of Brooksville, MS passed away at Trinity Healthcare on Saturday, August 8, 2020. A private graveside was held Monday, August 10, 2020 at Brooksville Cemetery with Pastor Kathy Brackett officiating. Memorials may be made to Brooksville Cemetery, 586 Hines Rd, Brooksville, MS 39739 or Trinity Healthcare, 230 Airline RD, Columbus, MS 39703. Cockrell Funeral...
Marion Daniels Farrar
Aug 7, 2020
Marion Daniels Farrar, 100, joined her heavenly Father, on Friday, August 7, 2020. Marion loved her family unconditionally just as our heavenly Father loves us. Funeral Marion, known as Babe to family and close friends, joined her husband of 59 years, Emmett W. Farrar, Sr., her son, Emmett W. Farrar, Jr., her parents, Orril and Alfreda Louise Carlson Daniels,...
Ernest Little Hill
Jul 31, 2020
The retired owner/manager of Macon MS Shell Food Mart, Ernest L. Hill, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020. A lifelong resident of Noxubee County, Ernest was 80 years old. He was devoted to his God, his family, to his beloved Brooksville United Methodist Church, and to his community and county.
His private memorial graveside service was held...
William "Bill" Ernest King
Jul 22, 2020
William “Bill” King of Brooksville, MS passed away at his residence on July 22, 2020 at the age of 78. A private graveside service was held at Deerbrook Cemetery where he was laid to rest beside his late wife, Myra and his grand-daughter Mackenzy Worthy. Bro. Glen Miller officiated at the service. A memorial visitation for all of Bill’s...
Mary Catherine "Katie" Huerkamp
Jul 19, 2020
Mary Catherine “Katie” Huerkamp, 90, of Macon, MS passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus, MS. A private graveside was held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Oddfellows Cemetery. The service was officiated by long time friend, Fr. Jeffrey Waldrep. Memorials may be made to Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 6357 Prairie Point Rd., Macon, MS 39341...
John "Johnny" Henry Heard
Jul 15, 2020
Longtime Noxubee County Supervisor and cattle and row-crop farmer John Henry “Johnny” Heard, Sr., of Brooksville, Miss., died July 15, 2020, in Macon. Johnny was 92 years old. He leaves behind a life of devotion to his family, community and Mississippi State Bulldog baseball.
A private graveside was held Friday, July 17, 2020 at Brooksville Cemetery in...
Levin "Bubba" Hailey
Jul 11, 2020
Levin “Bubba” Hailey went to Heaven on July 11, 2020. A private family graveside was held Monday, July 13, 2020 at Shuqualak Cemetery with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 105 Dent St., Macon, MS 39341. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
Bubba was born in Kemper...
Ernest Terry Mosley
Jul 9, 2020
Ernest Terry Mosley
Scooba MS
Ernest Terry Mosley, 79, of Scooba, MS passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 AT Anderson Hospital in Meridian, MS. A private funeral service was held on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Scooba Presbyterian Church with interment following in Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Scooba. Bro. Coy Miller officiated the services....
Kenny Aaron Miller
Jun 29, 2020
Kenny Miller, 61, passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS. A private graveside service was held Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Salem Cemetery near Macon, MS. Memorials may be made to Concord Baptist Church, 187 West St., Macon, MS 39341. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon, MS is honored to be entrusted...
Ronald Keith Franks
Jun 16, 2020
Ronald Keith “Dude” Franks July 7, 1944 – June 16, 2020
Ronald Keith Franks, 75, passed away Tuesday, June 16, after a four-and-a-half-year battle with acute sepsis infection. Ronald was born July 7, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee to Ronald Keith Franks, Sr. and Ruth Greer Franks. Shortly thereafter, the Franks family moved to the Rockhill Community east...
Marion Slocum Hummer
Jun 3, 2020
Marion Kate Slocum Hummer of Prairie Point and Macon, MS, died on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Atria Senior Living facility in Carrollton, TX. She was a person of uncommon kindness, intelligence, and gentle wit.
Marion was born September 30, 1923, in Springfield, LA, to the late Andrew Randolph Slocum and Josephine Settoon Slocum. Her beloved...
Michael Roy Peters
Jun 1, 2020
Michael Roy Peters, 64, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020 in Richmond Hill, GA.
Michael was born in Macon, MS to John Peters & Joy Hurt in 1955. He graduated from Central Academy in Macon, MS and continued his education at East Mississippi Community College and Mississippi State University. He worked as a General Manager...
Frances Lillian Koehn Johnson
May 16, 2020
Our dear mother and grandmother, Frances Lillian, was born to Fred P. and Sarah Smith Koehn on November 24, 1923 at Montezuma, Kansas. She passed to her eternal reward in the early morning hours of May 16, 2020 at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, Mississippi at the age of 96 years. A graveside service was held May 17, 2020 at...