OBITUARY LISTINGS
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Macon, MS, Noxubee County and Surrounding Areas.
Ernest Eugene Mast
Nov 29, 2022
Ernest Eugene Mast, of Macon Mississippi, moved to his heavenly home on November 29, 2022, at the age of 65 years 6 months and 20 days. He fought a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by the family he loved. He was born in Goshen, Indiana, to his parents Ottis U. & Anna Mae (Troyer) Mast on May 9, 1957. ...
Doris Higginbotham Vernon
Nov 18, 2022
Mrs. Doris Vernon, 96, of Macon, MS passed away Friday, November 18, 2022, at Noxubee County Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Butler Cemetery, Shuqualak, MS. Memorials may be made to St Jude's Childrens Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be...
Rena Augustine Parker
Nov 17, 2022
Mrs. Rena A. Parker, 87, of Ethel, MS passed away at her residence Thursday, November 17, 2022. A funeral service will be held at Hope Alive Church, 2044 Attala Road #1211, Kosciusko, MS on Monday, November 21, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Bro. Glen Ellington will officiate at the service. Interment will be in Soule Chapel Cemetery near Macon, MS...
Clarence Koehn
Nov 16, 2022
Mr. Clarence Koehn, 96, of Brooksville, MS passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at Brooksville Mennonite Church Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church Saturday from 6-8 p.m. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be...
Robert Doyle Cummins
Nov 14, 2022
Robert Doyle Cummins, 77, of Macon, MS passed away Monday, November 14 ,2022 at Rush Hospital in Meridian, MS. A funeral service is planned for Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Philadelphia, MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wednesday...
Arnie (Sonny) Lawrence Miller Jr.
Nov 8, 2022
Mr. Arnie L. (Sonny) Miller, Jr., 74, of Duncanville, AL passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at his residence.
A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted...
Peggy Eleanor Mann
Oct 19, 2022
Mrs. Peggy Eleanor Mann, 73, Murfreesboro, TN. passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital. A funeral service is planned for Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at Calvary Baptist Church, Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in West Point, MS. Visitation will be held at the church one hour...
Eloise Card Goss
Oct 18, 2022
Mrs. Eloise Goss, 92, of Macon, MS passed away on Tuesday, October 18,2022 at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon. A funeral service is planned for Friday, October 21, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Cooksville Methodist Church near Macon, MS. with Rev. Glenn Miller officiating. A visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday from 5-7 p.m. and...
Edna Mcguire Gilliland
Oct 8, 2022
Mrs. Edna McGuire Gilliland, 96, of Macon passed away at the Beehive Home in Starkville, MS on October 8, 2022. A private family graveside service will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in West Point, MS. Memorials are requested to be made to First Baptist Church P.O. Box 510 Macon, MS 39361.
Edna McGuire was born in West...
Lawrence "Pete" Card
Oct 7, 2022
Lawrence (Pete) Card, 82, of Shuqualak, MS passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital. His funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 12 at Calvary Baptist Church at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. A private family interment service will follow at Mohegan Cemetery near Shuqualak. Visitation will be at the...
Fred White
Oct 7, 2022
Fred White, 85, of Shuqualak, MS passed away on Friday, October 7,2022 at Anderson Regional Hospital in Meridian, MS. His funeral service will be held on Monday, October 10, at 3:00 P.M. from Macedonia Methodist Church near Shuqualak with Bro. Sean Greer officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will follow in...
Rebecca Norman Pannell
Sep 27, 2022
Mrs. Rebecca J. (Becky Jane) Pannell, 82, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 12:00 P.M. (noon) at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jared Glover and Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS. Visitation will be from 10:00...
Becky Wilson Thomas
Sep 25, 2022
Rebecca Marie (Becky) Wilson Thomas, 65, of Wahalak, MS passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Anderson Hospital in Meridian, MS. Her funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Memorials are requested to be sent to St. Jude’s Children’s...
Garvin "Bubba" Fraley
Sep 22, 2022
Garvin “Bubba” Fraley passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS. A Graveside Service will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Yellow Creek Cemetery at 4:00 p.m. on Yellow Creek Road in Noxubee County with Bro. Zachary Eaves officiating. Visitation will be held Sunday at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon from 1:00 P.M....
Laura S Triplett
Sep 18, 2022
The funeral service for Mrs. Laura Triplett will be held on Wednesday, September 21, at 2:00 P.M. from Bethel Baptist Church located at 27253 MS-14 in Winston County, MS. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will follow the service in the Perkinsville Cemetery. Memorials are requested to be made to the Perkinsville Cemetery fund 769 Harold...
James C. Bentley
Sep 17, 2022
The graveside service for James C. (J.C.) Bentley of Brooksville, MS will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 at Forest Lawn Cemetery (10000 Celeste Road) in Saraland, Alabama. The family requests No Flowers but that memorials be made to St Jude Children's Hospital or your favorite charity. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be in charge...
Margaret Giesbrecht Classen
Sep 15, 2022
Margaret Giesbrecht Classen was born August 23, 1934, to George and Mary Voth Giesbrecht at Montezuma, Kansas. She quietly slipped away in the early morning hours of September 15, 2022, at Oakwood Manor, Brooksville, Mississippi, where she and her husband, Leo, had resided since 2017.
She grew up the eighth child in a large family of seventeen...
Elizabeth Inez Hines
Aug 28, 2022
Mrs. Elizabeth “Inez” Hines, 88, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022 at her son’s residence in Columbus, MS. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 3:OO p.m. at Brooksville Cemetery with Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Wednesday from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to Brooksville...
Clemmie Henry Magruder
Aug 28, 2022
Clemmie Henry Magruder died Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Windsor Place
in Columbus, Mississippi. She was born on July 7, 1933, in Starkville,
Mississippi, to Augustin Freeland Magruder and Helena Ingram Magruder.
Clemmie graduated from Starkville High School and attended Mississippi State
University. She received her RN degree from Druid City...
Jean Eaves Parker
Aug 18, 2022
Mrs. Jean Eaves Parker, 79, of Jackson, MS passed away on August 18,2022 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. A graveside service will be held at Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS on Sunday August 21 at 2:30 P.M. A public visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Cockrell Funeral Home (2478 Jefferson Street) in Macon,...