OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Macon, MS, Noxubee County and Surrounding Areas.
Betty Faye Sansing
Feb 12, 2018
Mrs. Betty Faye Sansing, 81, of Macon, Mississippi passed away at her residence in Macon on Monday, February 12, 2018. A funeral service is planned for Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bill Duncan officiating. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. The interment will be PRIVATE...
Ira (Ikey) G. Guy
Feb 11, 2018
Mr. Ira G. “Ikey” Guy, 86, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, MS. A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Salem Memorial Church near Macon with Bro. Glenn Miller officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Monday evening...
Inez Koehn Nightingale
Feb 6, 2018
Inez Mae Koehn Nightingale was born to Fred B. and Sara Smith Koehn on June 13, 1925, at Ingalls, Kansas. She was happy to depart this life for her eternal home on February 6, 2018 at the age of ninety-two at Oakwood Manor, Brooksville, Mississippi. She leaves to mourn, her children: Keith and Dianne, Macon, Mississippi; Myron and Effie, Jonesboro,...
Larry Bailey Cooper
Feb 5, 2018
Larry Bailey Cooper, 78, Of Macon, MS passed away Monday, February 5, 2018 at Louisville Health Care Center in Louisville, MS. A funeral service is planned for Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Macon, MS with Dr. Andy Pearson officiating. Visitation will be held in the church sanctuary Thursday from 1:30 until 3 p.m....
Wayne D Joyner
Jan 22, 2018
Wayne D. Joyner, 83, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at his residence on Monday, January 22. The funeral service will be held Thursday, January 25, 2018 at Macedonia United Methodist Church, near Shuqualak, MS. at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Ray Luke and Bro. Dewayne Warren officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Interment will be...
Dorothy R Moore
Jan 22, 2018
Mrs. Dorothy R. Moore, 83, of Macon, MS passed away Monday, January 22, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Wayne Studdard officiating. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...
Virginia C Mapp
Jan 13, 2018
Mrs. Virginia C. Mapp, 73, of Brooksville, MS passed away at her residence in Brooksville, MS on Saturday, Jan. 13. Her funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at Brooksville Baptist Church at 11:00 A.M. Bro. Jay Spiller will officiate at the service. Graveside service will be held Saturday, January 20, 2018 at 12 p.m. at Memorial...
Pennsylvania Vandevender Clark
Jan 10, 2018
Mrs. Pennsylvania Vandevender Clark, 97, of Macon, MS passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2018 at the home of her daughter in Sturgis, MS. Her funeral service will be held at Butler Pentecostal Church near Shuqualak, MS on Saturday, January 13 at 2 p.m. with Bro. Allen Eaves officiating. Interment will follow on the family lot in Butler Cemetery....
John Harold Wheeless
Jan 8, 2018
John Harold Wheeless, 62, of Shuqualak, MS passed away on Monday, January 8, 2018 at Noxubee County Nursing Home. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, Jan. 11, at 3:00 P.M. from Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS with Bro. Salone Green and Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. A private interment will follow later in Shuqualak Cemetery. Visitation...
Robert L. Taylor
Jan 6, 2018
Mr. Robert L. Taylor, 78, of Macon, MS passed away on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 11 at 11:00 A.M. at Salem Memorial Church near Macon with Bro. Barry Hathcock officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the...
Ruby Graves Hummer
Jan 4, 2018
Ruby Graves Hummer was born in Bijou Hills, South Dakota, January 23, 1921 to Earl and Mable Lloyd Graves. She married Glenn Edwin Hummer, Jr. in Sioux City, Iowa on July 12, 1941, while he was working with George A. Hummer & Sons in the family bee business. She and Glenn made their home at Prairie Point, MS and...
Jack L Patterson
Dec 31, 2017
Jack L. Patterson Macon, MS Jack L. Patterson, 83, of Macon, MS passed away Sunday, December 31, 2017 at Baptist Medical Center-Attala in Kosciusko, MS. His funeral service is planned for Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 12:00 noon at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the...
Grace Kitchens Taylor
Dec 26, 2017
Mrs. Grace Kitchens Taylor, 97, of Macon, MS passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at her daughter’s residence in Shuqualak, Mississippi. Her funeral service is planned for Friday, December 29, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Salem Memorial Church near Macon, MS with Bro. Barry Hathcock officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service....
Bill Butler
Dec 14, 2017
William “Bill” Butler, 65, of Brooksville, MS passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Regency Hospital in Meridian, MS. His funeral service will be held on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Brooksville United Methodist Church with Bro Curtis Bray officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Memorials may be...
Elmer "Doc" Green Taylor
Dec 6, 2017
Mr. Elmer G. “Doc” Taylor, 81, of Brooksville, MS passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 06, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his family. A service is planned Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Soule Chapel Church near Macon, MS with Bro. Wayne Studdard officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the...
Nancy Lynn Martin Bell
Dec 5, 2017
Nancy Lynn Martin Bell, age 83, of Macon, MS, and Lebanon, TN, passed away on Tuesday December 5, 2017, at the Pavilion Senior Living Rehabilitation & Long Term Care Center in Lebanon, TN. Nancy was born on October 2, 1934, in Macon, MS, to the late Leonard and Ethel Mae Martin. On December 17, 1960, she married William Dudley...
Jim L Elkins
Dec 2, 2017
Jim Elkins Macon, MS Mr. Jim Elkins, 79, of Macon, MS passed away at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon, MS on Saturday, December 2, 2017. A visitation is planned for Friday, December 8, 2017 at Cockrell Funeral Home from 4-6 p.m. Memorials may be made to Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, P.O. Box 82, Bluewater, NM 87005. Cockrell Funeral Home,...
Ina Mckelvaine Hatcher
Nov 14, 2017
Mrs. Ina Hatcher, 91, of Douglasville, GA formerly of Macon, MS passed away at her residence on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. A graveside service is planned for Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Enondale Cemtery in Kemper County, MS at 10:00 a.m. with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon, MS is entrusted with arrangements. Mrs. Ina McKelvaine...
Ronnie "Bud" Bouknight
Nov 9, 2017
Ronnie “Bud” Bouknight Lauderdale Ronnie Maurice “Bud” Bouknight, 45, of Lauderdale, passed away at his residence on Thursday; November 09, 2017. Visitation will be Friday; November 10, 2017 from 5:00-6:00pm at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS. Funeral services will be held on Friday; November 10, 2017 at 6:00pm from the Funeral Home Chapel, with Bro Sean Greer officiating....
James Hunter Boswell
Oct 22, 2017
Mr. James Hunter Boswell, 89, formerly of Macon, MS passed away on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at The Carrington Nursing Center in Starkville, MS. His funeral service is set for Friday, October 27th at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon at 11:00 A.M. with Bro. Steve Galloway officiating. A one hour visitation will follow the funeral service and a...