OBITUARY LISTINGS

Feb 25, 2024

Funeral services for Thomas Joseph Coleman will be held Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Soul Harbor Pentecostal Church in Shuqualak, MS. Internment will follow in Pinetucky Cemetery with Bro. Jared Glover and Bro Danny Ray Coleman officiating. Visitation will take place Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, at the church from 6-8 p.m. Mr. Coleman, 66, of Shuqualak,...

Feb 20, 2024

Bro. Gerald D Butler, Sr. was born September 17, 1941, to Emmett and Irene Higginbotham Butler. He passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, surrounded by his family. A funeral service is planned for Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. at Soul Harbor Pentecostal Church in Shuqualak, MS with Bro. Jared Glover and Bro. Byron Foster officiating....

Feb 5, 2024

James C. Mapp, Sr., 80, of Brooksville, MS passed away Monday, February 5, 2024, at Garden Hill Assisted Living in Columbus, MS. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel, Macon, MS.  Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Graveside service will...

Jan 22, 2024

Mark Stephen McLaughlin

Macon, MS formerly of Atlanta, GA.

Mark Stephen McLaughlin, 69, passed away on his birthday, Monday, January 22, 2024, at Noxubee General Hospital Emergency Room. A funeral service will be held Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Shuqualak Baptist Church, Shuqualak MS with Bro. David Allen officiating. Visitation will be...

Jan 16, 2024

Levi Lee, 84, of Macon, MS passed away early Tuesday morning, January 16, 2024 while visiting in Sarasota, Florida.

Visitation will be Sunday, January 21, 2024 from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Magnolia Mennonite Church in Macon, MS. Funeral Service will be at the church Monday, January 22, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Service will be conducted...

Jan 12, 2024

Ottis U. Mast, 95, passed away at his daughter, Cheryl Mullet’s, home, Friday, January 12, 2024 surrounded by his loving family. Funeral service will be conducted by Ben Fleagle, Willard Petre, and Philip Knepp, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. at Magnolia Mennonite Church on Magnolia Drive, Macon, MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Marv...

Jan 7, 2024

Douglas Jones, 75, of Shuqualak, MS passed away, Sunday, January 7, 2024 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.  A graveside service is planned for Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Butler Cemetery near Shuqualak, MS. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN  ...

Dec 31, 2023

Katherine Wilhelmina Toews Leatherman was born January 19, 1943, to Peter and Hattie Peters Toews at North Star, Michigan. She passed away in the early morning hours December 31, 2023, at Oakwood Retirement Center, Brooksville, Mississippi, at the age of 80 years. Funeral services are planned for Friday, January 5, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. at  Delta Mennonite Church in...

Dec 11, 2023

Mr. Jerry Wayne Britt, 68, of Macon, MS passed away Monday, December 11, 2023, at Vineyard Court Nursing Home. A memorial service is planned for Monday, December 18, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.  Memorials may be given to your favorite charity. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored...

Dec 8, 2023

Mildred Louise Hines King, 92, passed away peacefully at her residence on Friday, December 08, 2023. Graveside services will be held Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL OF BROOKSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH. 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...

Dec 8, 2023

Norma Bradshaw Flora Bowen passed away on December 8th, 2023, at the age of ninety. She died from complications resulting from a series of strokes over the past several years. Norma was born on April 23,1933 to the late Norma and Olin Link Bradshaw of Jackson, Mississippi. She grew up in the Belhaven neighborhood where she began many relationships...

Dec 6, 2023

Mrs.  Ernestine McBride Lindley, 88, of Macon, MS passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at Elderly Care Center in Macon, MS. A funeral service is planned for Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, Macon. Interment will be in the Salem Cemetery.  Visitation will be at the church from 2-3 p.m.  Memorials may be...

Nov 28, 2023

Mrs. Marianna King Todd, 93, of Macon, MS passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at Elderly Care Center in Macon, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, December 5, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel.  Visitation will be held Monday, December 4, 2023, at the funeral home from 5-6:30 p.m. Interment will follow in Oddfellows...

Nov 26, 2023

Aliene Poag, 62, of Sturgis, MS. passed away Sunday, November 26, 2023, at her residence.  The funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS on Friday, December 1, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Memorials may...

Nov 26, 2023

Miss Alice “Pete” Skinner, 68, of Macon, MS passed away Sunday, November 26, 2023, at her residence.

A graveside service is planned for Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS. at 11:30 a.m. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Wednesday, from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.  Memorials may be made to Ronald...

Nov 23, 2023

Mrs. Janice Lynn (Jan) Cotton, 58, of Macon, MS passed away at her residence on Thursday, November 23, 2023.

A memorial service will be held at the Life Center, 144 Hale St., Macon, MS at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 2, 2023. Visitation will be held at the Life Center from 2:00 p.m. until service time Saturday. In...

Nov 15, 2023

Tina Boykin Hunter, 55, of Gulf Shores, AL passed away of a brain aneurysm on Wednesday,

November 15, 2023, South Baldwin County Regional Medical Center, Foley, AL.

Tina was born August 16, 1968, in Columbus, MS, as the only daughter of Kenny and Patricia Boykin.

She graduated in 1986 from Central Academy in...

Nov 6, 2023

Maralyn Waid (Melly) Moore passed away peacefully on November 6, 2023 at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, November 9 at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon. Burial will follow in Soule Chapel Cemetery near Macon. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is honored to be...

Nov 1, 2023

Gloria Viola Foster Gregg, 79, of Louisville, MS passed away peacefully on Wednesday November 1, 2023 at her daughter’s residence in Guntown, MS. A private service for immediate family was held at Murphy Creek Baptist Church near Louisville. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is honored to have been in charge of arrangements.

Gloria Viola Foster was born...

Oct 13, 2023

Mrs. Opal Taylor Gill, 88, passed away at Neshoba County Nursing Home in Philadelphia, MS on Friday, October 13, 2023. A graveside service is planned for Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Pinetucky Cemetery, Pinetucky Rd., Shuqualak, MS 39361. Memorials may be made Pinetucky Cemetery Fund, c/o Gayle Persons, 2386 MS Hwy 39, Shuqualak, MS  39361. Cockrell...