OBITUARY LISTINGS

Edna Byrd Phillips Jackson

Nov 16, 2019

Edna Byrd Phillips Jackson passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2019, at The Isle at Watercrest assisted living home in Bryan, Texas. Mrs. Jackson was born on August 21, 1934, in Shuqualak, Mississippi to Hazel Aurora and James Preston Phillips. She attended public schools in Liberty, Meridian, and Shuqualak, graduating from Shuqualak High School and then Mississippi State College...

William Michael Mcguire

Nov 16, 2019

William Michael “Mike” McGuire, 68, of Burleson, Texas  died November 16, 2019 at Community Hospice Center. He was born on March 20, 1951 in Macon, Mississippi to William F. McGuire and Virginia Morrison McGuire. Mike married Yunja Lee of Starkville, Mississippi on December 17, 1977. He graduated with a BS in Banking and Finance and earned a Master degree...

Doris Britt Moore

Nov 14, 2019

Doris Moore, 90, of Lucedale, MS passed away at George County  Regional Hospital, Lucedale, MS on Thursday, November 14, 2019. A funeral service is planned for 11:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. on Saturday, November 16, 2019.  Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery. There will be a visitation at the funeral home thirty minutes prior...

Barry Lee Unruh

Nov 2, 2019

Our husband, father, and grandfather, Barry Lee Unruh, was born to Melvin Louie and Norma Jean (Unruh) Unruh on October 14, 1951 at Newton, Kansas. He passed away at age 68 on November 2, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS.

His early years were spent in Halstead, Kansas. He grew up as a farm boy....

Levi Christian Good

Oct 31, 2019

Levi Christian Good, infant son of Christian and Laura Good, was born into heaven on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Sunday, November 3, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Cornerstone Community Church, Hwy 14 West in Macon, MS.  A private family graveside to follow.  Visitation will be held...

Roger W Johnson

Oct 30, 2019

Roger Lee Johnson was born to Orval and Ruth Wenger Johnson near Summerdale, Alabama on December 19, 1939. He peacefully passed away October 30 in Demopolis, Alabama at the age of 79 years. A funeral service is planned for Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 3 p.m. at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville, Mississippi.  Interment will follow in the church...

Linda Marie Mast

Sep 30, 2019

Miss Linda Marie Mast, 46, of Brooksville, MS passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at Baptist Memorial GT in Columbus, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Magnolia Mennonite Church in Macon, MS at 10:00 a.m.  Interment will follow in Faith Mennonite Church Cemetery in Crawford, MS. Visitation will be held Wednesday at Faith...

Travis Lindsey

Sep 15, 2019

Travis L. Lindsey, 80, of the Mashulaville community near Macon, MS, passed away at his residence on Sunday, September 15, 2019 after a brief illness. His funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 18, at 11:00 A.M. at Good Hope Baptist Church, 12956 Hwy 490,  Louisville, MS  39339.  Visitation will be held at the church Wednesday morning from...

Edith P. Lindley Snowden

Sep 9, 2019

Mrs. Edith P. Lindley Snowden, 91, of Macon, MS passed away on September 9, 2019 in Decatur, AL.  Funeral arrangements are pending at this time.

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Joyce Vernon Lindley

Sep 1, 2019

Mrs. Joyce Vernon Lindley, 84, of York, AL., passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Anderson Regional Hospital in Meridian.  A funeral service is planned for Saturday, September 7, 2019 at 4 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel, Macon, Mississippi.  Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  In lieu...

John Milton Crabtree

Aug 27, 2019

John Crabtree, age 90, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at NMMC, Tupelo, MS.

A funeral service is planned for Friday, August 30, 2019 at 11:00 .m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel, Macon, MS. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.  Interment will be in Salem Cemetery in Macon, MS.  Memorials may be made...

Nickey Dickson Stuart

Aug 25, 2019

Mrs. Nickey Dickson Stuart, 96, of Macon, MS passed away at her home on Sunday, August 26, 2019.  A graveside service is planned for Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Salem Cemetery.  There will not be a visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Salem Cemetery Fund, 23 Hunter St., Macon, MS  39341, Sweet...

Lucille Fair Boswell

Aug 24, 2019

Mrs. Lucille Fair Boswell, 96, of Macon, MS passed away Saturday, August 23, 2019 at Carrington Nursing Home in Starkville, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 3 P.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to  the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Oddfellows...

Jennice Edmonds Daley

Aug 7, 2019

A funeral service is planned for Sara Jennice Edmonds Daley on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 4 p.m.  A visitation will be held help from 2pm until service time at the funeral home.  Interment will be private and for the family only.  Memorials may be made to Metastatic Breast Cancer at www.metavivor.org or Beautiful...

Frances Bell

Aug 7, 2019

Sara Frances Abrams Bell, 86, of Macon, MS passed away peacefully at Noxubee County Nursing Home on    Wednesday, August 7, 2019. Mrs. Bell was the daughter of the late Joseph Jasper and Maggie Lee Bryant Abrams, born the fifth of ten siblings.  She was born and raised in the McLeod Chapel community of Noxubee County and was a graduate...

Carroll Wyatt Hailey

Jul 31, 2019

Carroll Wyatt Hailey, 56, of Meridian, MS passed away on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at Anderson Regional Medical Center, Meridian, MS.  A family graveside service was held on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at Hailey Richey Cemetery in Preston, MS. with Bro. Chris Gully officiating.  Memorials are requested to be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 3100 Samford  Ave.,...

Christine Banks

Jul 25, 2019

Christine Eskridge Banks, 92, of Macon, MS passed away at her residence on Thursday, July 25, 2019 surrounded by her family. Her funeral service will be held on Sunday, July 28, at 4:00 P.M. at First United Methodist Church in Macon with Bro. Bob Whiteside and Bro. Andy Pearson officiating. Interment will follow on the family lot at Oddfellows...

Patricia Maury

Jul 16, 2019

Patricia Ann Lenon Maury was born and raised in Kosciusko, MS on September 24, 1953 to Charles Elmer Lenon and Bessell Peeler Lenon. Patricia graduated from Kosciusko High School in 1971 and went on to graduate from Mississippi State University with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. Patricia married her college sweetheart, Thomas Edward Maury of Macon, MS in...

Gloria Luke Tubb

Jul 12, 2019

Mrs. Gloria Luke Tubb, 93, of Meridian, MS passed away at Brookdale Memory Care in Meridian, MS on Friday, July 12, 2019.  A memorial service is planned for Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. at Shuqualak United Methodist Church in Shuqualak, MS.  Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church from 11:00...

Walter "Pete" Herman Boykin

Jul 6, 2019

Walter H. “Pete” Boykin, 76, of Shuqualak, MS  passed  away Saturday, July 6, 2019 at Noxubee County Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held at Butler Pentecostal Church Monday, July 8, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.  Interment will follow in Butler Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 12 p.m. until service time at the church.  Memorials may be made...