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Local Obituaries for Macon, MS, Noxubee County and Surrounding Areas.
Andy Roy Cotton
Nov 16, 2024
Mr. Andy Roy Cotton, 90, of Macon, MS., passed away November 16, 2024, at Trinity Care Nursing Center in Columbus, MS after a brief illness. He had been declining in health for some time. A funeral service is planned for Monday, November 18, 2024, at First Baptist Church, Macon, MS at 12:00 p.m. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation...
Peggy Heflin Gentry
Nov 13, 2024
Mrs. Peggy Heflin Gentry, 83, of Starkville, MS passed away at her residence surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Funeral services are planned for Sunday, November 17, 2024 at Bethesda Baptist Church near Crawford, MS, at 3:00 p.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Sunday from 2-3 p.m....
Carol Johnson
Nov 11, 2024
Mrs. Carol Johnson, 85, of Macon, MS passed away at her residence surrounded by her family, on Monday, November 11, 2024. A funeral service is planned for Friday, November 15, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church, Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Cockrell...
Gary Lee Gaines
Nov 3, 2024
Gary L. Gaines, 73, of Brooksville, Mississippi, passed away suddenly at Methodist Olive Branch Hospital on November 3 surrounded by his loving family. Gary was born on January 17, 1951, in Clarksdale. Having spent his earliest days living on the King and Anderson plantation for which his father was a manager, Gary developed a deep love for the outdoors which...
Peggy Sue Higginbotham Jernigan
Oct 23, 2024
Mrs. Peggy Sue Higginbotham Jernigan, 71, of Millport, AL passed away peacefully at her residence Wednesday, October 23, 2024, surrounded by her family. A memorial service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home, Friday, October 25, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the funeral home....
Michael Dawkins
Oct 16, 2024
Michael Dawkins, 51, of Brooksville, MS passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, MS. A funeral service is planned for Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. at Kemper Academy Gymnasium, 149 Walnut Avenue, Dekalb, MS 39328. Bro. Chris Gully will be officiating the service. Visitation will be held prior to the service at the...
Gary Lee Hines
Oct 13, 2024
Gary Lee Hines, 67, of Macon, MS passed away at his residence, Sunday, October 13, 2024. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Independent Methodist Church, 1177 Washington St., Macon, MS 39341. Visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday from 9-11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to...
Carol J. Wright
Oct 10, 2024
Mrs. Carol J. Wright, 78, of Macon, MS, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A memorial service is planned for Monday, October 14, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Cooksville Methodist Church,1500 Cooksville Rd., Macon, MS 39341. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cooksville Cemetery Fund, 2356 Cooksville Rd., Macon, MS...
Randy G. Ewing
Oct 4, 2024
Randy Ewing, 67, of Macon, MS passed away Friday, October 4, 2024, at St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS. A funeral service will be held at the Life Center, 144 Hale St., Macon, MS Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 3 p.m. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the Life Center,Thursday from 1-3 p.m. Memorials may be...
Ann Griffin Baker
Sep 29, 2024
Ann Griffin Baker, 89, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2024. Funeral services will he held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 12, 2024, at Gambrell Street Baptist Church, 1616 W Gambrell Street, Fort Worth, TX. Interment will be after the service at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2301 North Sylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX.
Ann was born April 30, 1935, in Macon, Mississippi....
Allene S. Putnam
Sep 17, 2024
Mrs. Allene S. Putnam, 104, of Brooksville, MS passed away at her residence on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. A memorial service will be held Friday, September 20, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Macon Presbyterian Church in Macon, MS. Interment will be held at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Phillip Palmertree...
Patricia Wooten Strickland
Sep 14, 2024
Patricia Wooten Strickland, 67, of Hamilton, MS., passed away at her residence Saturday, September 14, 2024. A graveside service will be held at Soule Chapel Cemetery, near Macon, MS., Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. A visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday from 1-2 p.m. Memorials may be made to Soule Chapel Cemetery Fund, P.O....
Nellie Burton Thomas
Sep 9, 2024
Mrs. Nellie Burton Thomas, 86, of Shuqualak, MS, passed away Monday, September 9, 2024, at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon, MS. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Macedonia Community Church in Shuqualak, MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to...
Olin Taylor
Sep 7, 2024
Mr. Olin Taylor of Kemper County, MS passed away at his residence Saturday, September 7, 2024. A funeral service will be held at Vernon Baptist Church Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Military honors will be held in the Church cemetery following the funeral services. Visitation will be held Monday from 5-7:30 p.m.at the funeral home. Memorials may...
Mae B. White Higginbotham
Aug 13, 2024
Mae B. White Higginbotham was born on December 30, 1934, to the late Frank and Mamie Goodin White near the Winston County Line. She attended school in Lynnville, MS. She married George Higginbotham in October, 1952. They moved to Arkansas where she began working at the Singer Sewing Machine Plant. In 1963, Mae and her husband moved to Shuqualak,...
Dee Brown King
Aug 7, 2024
Daphne Dee King, 66, of Brooksville, MS passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m., August 10, 2024, at Crawford Methodist Church, Crawford, MS with Bro. Daniel Talley officiating. Interment will be held at Brooksville Cemetery, Brooksville MS. A visitation will be held at Cockrell...
Judy Sledge Gaither
Jul 22, 2024
Mrs. Julia Sledge Gaither, 84, formerly of Macon, MS passed away Monday, July 22, 2024, at Hospice of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 26, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Macon, MS with Rev. Steve Galloway officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary....
Jessie Pearl Freshour Gillis
Jul 5, 2024
Mrs. Jessie Pearl Freshour Gillis, 105, of Macon, MS entered into her heavenly home on Friday, July 5, 2024. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Concord Baptist Church, Macon, MS. Visitation will be held at the church from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. Memorials can be made to Concord Baptist Church, Kay Papas,...
Carolyn H Allsup
Jun 30, 2024
Carolyn H. Allsup, 87, of Macon, MS passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St....
Jami Marie Randall
Jun 29, 2024
Mrs. Jami M. Randall, 58, of Brooksville, MS passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at her residence surrounded by her family. There will not be a public service held. Family requests that memorials be made to Sweet Paws, P.O. Box 32, Macon, MS. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.
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