OBITUARY LISTINGS

Apr 14, 2023

James White “Jimmy” Adams, 72, of Columbus, Mississippi passed away at his residence on Friday, April 14, 2023. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Salem Memorial Cemetery, 613 Salem Rd., in Macon, MS at 2:00 p.m.  Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time. Memorials may be...

Mar 31, 2023

Carrie Franks, 43 of Macon, MS passed unexpectedly on March 31 st 2023. A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at Cooksville Methodist Church, 1500 Cooksville Rd., Macon, MS 39341 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Tuesday from 12-2 p.m. Memorials may be made to...

Mar 23, 2023

Ernest Nowell Flake, 76, of Shuqualak, MS passed away 3/23/2023 at UMMC, Jackson, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Monday, March 27, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.at Butler Pentecostal Church, 4338 Butler Rd  in Shuqualak MS with Bro. Jimbo Flake officiating. Interment will follow in the Butler Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church from 12:30 until...

Mar 23, 2023

Linda Michelle Hargett,57, passed away at her residence in Macon, MS on March 23, 2023. She was born to James Clyde “Bud” Blaine and the late Linda Jeanette Thompson on January 25,1966 in Greenwood, MS. She was a graduate of the Ackerman High School Class of 1984. For the past ten years she had worked at Mississippi State University...

Mar 20, 2023

Monday, March 20th, Pastor Michael John Butterfield entered his eternal rest with his Redeemer. A worship service of praise to God will be held Thursday. Visitation will be at 10 am at Macon Presbyterian Church with a worship service to follow at 11am. May God be glorified in life and in death.

Michael John Butterfield was born...

Mar 13, 2023

Johnny Black, 69, of Macon, MS passed away Monday, March 23, 2023 at Noxubee General Hospital. A funeral service is planned for Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. at Macedonia Community Church in Shuqualak, MS. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church from 2:30 until service time, Thursday. Memorials may be...

Mar 12, 2023

Mrs. Vivian Koehn, 97, of Alabama passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023 at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, MS. A funeral service is planned for Thursday, March 16, 2023 at Southern Star Mennonite Church in Geiger, AL at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the Souls Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. at the church on Wednesday. Cockrell...

Mar 6, 2023

Montezuma - Floyd Koehn was born to Cornelius H. and Lena (Becker) on May 14, 1929 on a farm near Halstead, Kansas. He quietly passed away on March 6, 2023 at Minneola Long Term Care Unit in Minneola, Kansas, reaching the age of 93 years.

His childhood years were spent in several central Kansas locations with the...

Feb 22, 2023

Yvonne Strong, 77, a long-time educator in Schools in Noxubee County, passed away on Wednesday, February 22,2023 at Elderly Care Center in Macon, MS. A graveside service will be held at Shuqualak Cemetery on Friday, February 24,2023 at 11:00 AM. Pastor Sandra Brown will officiate at the service. No flowers, please, but please make all memorials to Sweet Paws...

Feb 20, 2023

Kathryn Hurt, 72, of Macon, MS passed away on Monday, February 20, 2023 at Louisville Healthcare in Louisville, MS. Her funeral service will be held at 11:30 AM on Thursday, Feb. 23, at Cockrell Funeral Home, Macon. Bro. Bill Ross will officiate at the service. Interment will follow in the Soule Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:30 AM...

Feb 18, 2023

Thomas “Tommy” McGee

Macon, MS

Tommy McGee, 73, of Macon, MS passed away on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home in Aliceville, Ala. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Cooksville United Methodist Church near Macon. Bro. Glen Miller will officiate at the service. Interment...

Feb 6, 2023

Larry Gene Gregg, 73, of Macon, MS passed away on February 6, 2023 at his residence. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 2:00 PM at Cockrell Funeral Home chapel in Macon. Bro. Ronnie Cartwright and Bro. Allen Eaves will officiate the services. Interment will follow in Butler Cemetery.

Visitation will be held...

Feb 3, 2023

Mark A. Marro, 66, a five year resident of Starkville, MS but formerly of Shuqualak, MS, passed away on Friday, February 3, 2023, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. A graveside service with full military honors will be held on Tuesday, Feb 7, at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Derrick Wilson officiating. There...

Feb 1, 2023

Davis Warren Cotton

Macon, MS

David Warren Cotton, 86, of Macon, MS passed away at Anderson Hospital in Meridian on February 1, 2023. His funeral service will be held on Monday, February 6, at Salem Memorial Church at 1:30 PM. Interment will follow in the Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 until 1:30 PM...

Jan 25, 2023

Mrs. Ormah J. Giesbrecht, 93, of Brooksville, MS passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. A funeral service is planned for Friday, January 27, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville, MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Friday, January 27, 2023. at the church.

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Jan 20, 2023

Margaret Ewing Gray passed away on Friday, January 20, 2023, at the age of 85. Margaret’s beloved

husband of 65 years, Stanley, passed away almost two years before on March 12, 2021. Margaret was

born February 23, 1937 and was the youngest of the three children born to Charles Ruel Ewing, Sr.,

and...

Jan 17, 2023

Emily Wilkins Mancill

Celebration of Life

Dorothy Emily (Wilkins) Mancill went to be with our Lord and Savior on January 17, 2023.  She was proceeded in death by her husband, George Jefferson Mancill, Jr. and by her mother and father, Velma (Fondren) Wilkins and Thomas Walker Wilkins.

She is survived by...

Jan 12, 2023

Earline Ray Rogers Howard, age 80, was born at home in the Macedonia community of Noxubee County on the 27 th of April, 1942.  She lived her whole life in the Macedonia community, except for a short time in Winston County and as a resident at Atwood in Neshoba County.  She was a homemaker and a stay-at-home mom, and...

Jan 10, 2023

Arnold Willis Giesbrecht was the second child of George and Marie Voth Giesbrecht. Born November 4, 1931 on the family farm near Montezuma, Kansas, he grew up there and was educated at Montezuma Grade School. He died peacefully at Oakwood Manor, January10, 2023, as the day was dawning.

He was converted in his youth and baptized May...

Jan 8, 2023

Carol Persons Floore of Shuqualak, Mississippi passed away suddenly on January 8, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. She was 79. Even though a failing heart took her away from this world, she left a beacon of light for all in her community.

The family is hosting a visitation Saturday, January 14 from 2-3PM CST...