OBITUARY LISTINGS

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Aug 10, 2022

Graveside services for Mrs. Doris E. McCollum will begin at 1:00 P.M. Monday, August 15, 2022 at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS with the Reverend Corbin Kill officiating. Interment will follow graveside rites. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

Mrs. McCollum, 84, passed away peacefully after an extended illness Wednesday, August 10,...

Aug 5, 2022

Bobby Ray Hadaway, 83, of Macon, MS., went to be with his Lord and Savior on his 60th wedding anniversary, August 5, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. A Funeral service is planned for Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. There will not be any public visitation. Memorials...

Aug 5, 2022

Bobby Ray Hadaway, Sr., 83, of Macon, MS., went to be with his Lord and Savior on his 60th wedding anniversary, August 5, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. A funeral service is planned for Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. There will not be any public...

Jul 13, 2022

Grace Astin Mann, 103, of Macon, MS passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon, MS.  A service is planned for Sunday, July 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS. with Bill Ross and Ronald Simpson officiating. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the service...

Jul 10, 2022

Our mother, Ethel Florine Unruh Koehn, was born on October 21, 1935 to Joel and Lydia Koehn Unruh near Roxbury, Kansas. She quietly left us on Sunday morning, July 10, 2022, at Noxubee County Nursing Home. She was 86 years old.

She enjoyed her childhood as the youngest of a large family. She loved her daddy. She...

Jul 8, 2022

Ronald Sciple, 87, of Shuqualak, MS passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, at Rush Hospital in Meridian, MS.

A graveside service is planned for Thursday, July 14, 2022, at Chamberlain Cemetery on Kellis Store Rd, Lynville, MS. at 10:00 a.m. Memorials may be made to Chamberlain Cemetery Fund, c/o Linda Merle, 579 Weaver Sciple Mill Rd, DeKalb,...

Jul 2, 2022

Nita Faye Butler Ferris September 3, 1938 – July 2, 2022

Nita Faye Butler Ferris died on July 2, 2022, at Trezevant Manor in Memphis TN due to complications from Parkinson's Disease. She was 83 years old. Nita Faye was born in Huntingdon, Carroll County TN to E. Gail Butler and Lucretia Dill Butler on September 3,...

Jun 12, 2022

Jerry Wayne Lunsford, 72, of Scooba, MS passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022, at UAB surrounded by his family. A graveside service will be held Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Scooba, MS. A visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 5-7 p.m. Memorials...

Jun 7, 2022

Laura Persons Thomas, 72, passed away on June 7, 2022, at Anderson Hospital in Meridian, MS after a long illness. A graveside service will be held at the Lynville Methodist Cemetery in Kemper County on Monday, June 13, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS from 9:00 A.M. until 10:00 A.M....

Jun 3, 2022

Clyde Oren Lindley, 89, of Columbus, MS formerly of Mt. View Arkansas, passed away Friday, June 3, 2022 at The Arrington in Columbus, MS. A funeral service is planned for Sunday June 5, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home, Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. ...

May 31, 2022

Amanda H. Gates, 95, of Macon, MS passed away on May 31, 2022 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS. A private service was held later. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon was in charge of the service arrangements.

Amanda Hudnall Gates was born on April 5, 1927, to the late Homer and Lucille Adams in Livingston, Alabama....

May 21, 2022

Frances S. Flora a long-time resident of Macon, MS went to be with her Lord Saturday, May 21, 2022 surrounded by her loving family at home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Concord Baptist Church in Macon, MS. Interment at Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior...