OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Macon, MS, Noxubee County and Surrounding Areas.
Christine C. Heath
Oct 20, 2014
Mrs. Christine C. Heath, 88, of Macon passed away at Elderly Care Center of Macon on Monday, October 20, 2014. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon. Bro. Jim Garner will officiate at the services. Interment will immediately follow in the family plot at Brooksville Cemetery....
Troy Clyde Eaves
Oct 12, 2014
Clyde Eaves Macon, MS Mr. Troy Clyde Eaves, 90, passed away peacefully at his residence on Sunday, October 12, 2014, surrounded by his loving family and many friends. Mr. Clyde, as he was known far and wide, was the son of the late Samuel Thomas and Annie Bell Holdiness Eaves and was a native son and lifetime resident of...
Prentis Wayne Bolin, Sr.
Oct 3, 2014
Prentiss Wayne Bolin, Sr. passed away on Friday October 3, 2014 at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, Ms. at the age of 75. Services are on Monday October 6 at 2:00 pm at Brooksville Baptist Church in Brooksville, Ms. with Rev. Jay Spiller and Rev. Payton Myers presiding. Burial will follow at Brooksville Cemetery. Visitation is from 12:00 to...
Betty M. Cotton
Oct 2, 2014
Mrs. Betty M. Cotton Macon, MS Mrs. Betty M. Cotton, 83, of Macon, MS passed away Thursday, October 2, 2014 at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, MS. Funeral services are planned for Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery near Macon, MS. Visitation will be...
Mary Adams Land
Aug 24, 2014
Mrs. Mary Adams Land, 86, of Macon, MS passed away at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon on Sunday, August 24, 2014. Her funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 26 at 2:15 p.m. at graveside in Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon with Dr. Andy Pearson officiating. A period of visitation will take place at Cockrell Funeral Home in...
Syble White Coker
Aug 19, 2014
Mrs. Syble W. Coker, 89, of Macon, MS passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon after a brief illness. Her funeral service will be held at Shuqualak Baptist Church on Thursday, August 21 at 11:00 A.M. with Bro. Gerald Butler and Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery. Visitation...
Betty M Palmer
Jul 22, 2014
Mrs. Betty M. Palmer, 87, of Brandon, MS (formerly of Macon, MS) passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Brandon Nursing and Rehab Center in Brandon. Her funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 24, at 2:00 P.M. from Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. Rev. Ricky Glenn will officiate at the service. Visitation will be from...
John L. Dugan, Sr.
Jul 16, 2014
John L. Dugan, Sr., 95, passed away at his residence in Hernando, MS on July 16, 2014. A graveside service will be held at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS on Saturday, July 19 at 2:30 P.M. with Mr. Dugan’s nephew, Roy Lanier, Jr., officiating. Visitation will be at Cockrell Funeral Home on Saturday from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. The...
Betty Jean Cooper
Jul 15, 2014
Mrs. Betty Jean Cooper, 77, of Macon, MS passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 after a long illness. Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 19, from Calvary Baptist Church in Macon at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Soule Chapel Cemetery near Macon. Visitation will be Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral...
James Cody Avery
Jul 14, 2014
James Cody Avery Macon, MS Funeral services for James Cody Avery will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Steve Galloway officiating. Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Palmer Home for...
Walter Beal Moore
Jul 14, 2014
Walter Beal Moore Macon, MS Walter Beal Moore, 87, of Macon, MS passed away at his home on Monday, July 14, 2014. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 17, at 10:30 A.M. from Noxubee Christian Center in Macon with Bro Jimmy Hunter officiating. Interment will follow at Soule Chapel Cemetery near Macon. Public visitation will be...
Terry Jo Straley
Jul 11, 2014
Terry Jo Straley Macon, MS Mrs. Terry Jo Straley, 53, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 11, 2014 at her residence near Macon. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Wednesday, July 16 at 4:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon. Bro. Kendall Yost will officiate at the service. A time of visitation for...
Debra Lindley Daniel
Jul 8, 2014
Debra Lindley Daniel Meridian, MS Debra Lindley Daniel, 62, passed away at her residence on July 8, 2014. A memorial service is will be held at a later time. Cockrell Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements. You may sign online condolences at www.cockrellfuneralhome.com. Ms. Daniel was born on December 8, 1951 to the late Howard and Mildred Battle Lindley....
David Boyd Thomas
Jul 6, 2014
David Boyd Thomas Preston, MS David Boyd Thomas, 90, of Preston, MS. passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Mississippi Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery near Preston, MS. Visitation will...
Constance Phillips
Jul 5, 2014
Ann Constance “Connie” Phillips Oxford, MS Ann Constance “Connie” Phillips, 97, of Oxford, MS died Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford, MS, after a brief illness. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Macon, MS at 11 a.m. with interment at Oddfellows Cemetery with Father Joe Tonos officiating....
Charles Alan Good
Jun 18, 2014
Charles Alan Good, 61, of Macon, MS. passed away at Oasis Health and Rehab in Yazoo City, MS on June 18, 2014. Graveside services were held Friday, June 20, 2014 in Oddfellows Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Cornerstone Community AWANA program, P.O. Box 728, Macon, MS 39341. Cockrell Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements. You may sign condolences...
Reuben Austin Triplett
Jun 12, 2014
Reuben Austin Triplett, 79, of Montevallo, Al. passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at his residence. A funeral service will be held Monday, June 16, 2014 at 3 p.m. at St. David’s Anglican Catholic Church, Mayhew, Mississippi. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS. There will be no public visitation. Memorials may be made to St....
Louise M. Schimmel
Jun 12, 2014
Louise Meriwether Schimmel, 98, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Elderly Care Center in Macon. Her funeral service will be held on Sunday, June 15 from Macon Presbyterian Church at 3:00 P.M. with Rev. Mike Howell and Rev. Ricky Glenn officiating. Interment will immediately follow in the family lot at Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon. A time of...
Beulah Morris King
Jun 2, 2014
Beulah Morris King Brooksville, MS Mrs. Beulah Morris King, 96, of Brooksville, Ms passed away on June 2, 2014 in Corinth, MS. She was born in Mississippi on August 8, 1917 to the late Mabry Milton and Maybell Upton Morris. She was married to the late M.M. “Bud” King and lived in the Cliftonville community of Noxubee County all...
Allen A. Hunter
May 29, 2014
Allen Adams Hunter Macon, MS Allen Adams Hunter, a longtime former mayor of the City of Macon, passed away at Noxubee General Hospital on Thursday, May 29, 2014. He was 78 years of age. Mr. Hunter was a native of Macon and was a graduate of Macon High School and also Mississippi State University, Class of 1961. On June...