OBITUARY LISTINGS

Hardy Roberts Stennis

May 6, 2021

Colonel Stennis grew up in Macon, MS and finished high school there in 1952. He majored in English and minored in history at the University of Mississippi where he earned his B.A. degree and his Juris Doctorate Degree in Law.

He began his twenty-four-year career in the Marine Corps by completing the NavCad program, receiving his wings...

Beverly Simmonds

May 5, 2021

Beverly Simmonds, 88, of Madison, MS formerly of Macon, MS passed away on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at St. Catherine’s Village in Madison, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Monday, May 10, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. at Independent Methodist Church in Macon, MS with Bro. Doug Pierce officiating.  Interment will be in Mashulaville Cemetery.  A visitation will be...

Merl Clark Higginbotham

May 5, 2021

Merl Clark Higginbotham, 54, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at her residence Wednesday, May 5, 2021.

There will be a private service held at a later time.

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Robert (Bobby Jack) Jackson Hunter, Sr.

Apr 21, 2021

Robert Jackson Hunter, Sr. passed away at Winston Medical Center Nursing Home in Louisville, MS on April 21, 2021. His funeral service is planned for Friday, April 23, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS.  Interment will be in Salem Cemetery near Macon, MS.  A visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour...

Larry Wesley Haggard

Apr 15, 2021

Larry W. Haggard-Pittsboro, MS

Larry W. Haggard, 68, of Pittsboro, Mississippi   passed away at his home on Thursday, April 15, 2021.  A funeral service is planned for Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at Brooksville Baptist Church in Brooksville, MS. Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. until service time in the church sanctuary.  In lieu...

Kyrle Keith Spell Jr.

Apr 3, 2021

Keith Spell, Jr-Macon, MS

Keith Spell, Jr., 76 of Macon, MS passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 2 p.m. at Cooksville United Methodist Church near Macon, MS.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be held at...

Noble "Wally" Watkins Fennell, Jr.

Mar 28, 2021

Noble Watkins (Wally) Fennell, Jr. 79 of Crawford, MS passed away on Sunday, March 28, 2021 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle.  A graveside service is planned for Monday April 5, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. at Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS with Bro. Bill Ross officiating.  A visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home, Macon, MS from 1-2...

James Edward Robbins Iii

Mar 26, 2021

James Edward Robbins, III, 75, of Macon, MS passed away at Elderly Care Center on Friday, March 26, 2021.  A public visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2021. The graveside service is private and for the family only.  In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the donor’s choice. Cockrell...

Ernest Luther Brown Jr

Mar 20, 2021

Ernest L. Brown, Jr., 79, of Grand Bay Al passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at his residence. A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 26, 2021 at 2 p.m. at Brooksville Baptist Church in Brooksville, MS. A visitation will be held at the church Friday from 12:30 p.m. until service time. Interment is private and...

Stanley R. Gray

Mar 12, 2021

Stanley R. Gray passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021, at the age of 88.  Stanley passed peacefully with his beloved wife of 65 years, Margaret, and his children and other loved ones by his side.  Stanley was born March 8, 1933 and was the youngest of the ten children born to Thomas Carroll Gray and Fannie Dell Gray,...

Peggy Eaves Patterson

Mar 9, 2021

Mrs. Peggy Eaves Patterson, 91, of Macon slipped peacefully into eternity on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Trinity Nursing Home in Columbus. Her graveside service will be held on Sunday, March 14 at 1:00 P.M. at Ellison Ridge Cemetery in Winston County with Bro. David Keen officiating. Memorials are requested to First Baptist Church P.O. Box 510 Macon, MS...

Sharon Taylor Cooper

Mar 8, 2021

Mrs. Sharon Taylor Cooper, 79, of Macon, MS passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021 at Noxubee County Nursing Home. A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Oddfellows Cemetery with Dr. Andy Pearson officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box...

Twila Mae Schmidt

Feb 27, 2021

Mrs. Twila Mae Jantz Schmidt, 79, of Macon, MS  passed away on Friday, February 27, 2021 at her residence.  A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville, MS at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church Tuesday from 6:30 p.m. until...

Sandra Kay Jantz Schmidt

Feb 17, 2021

Funeral services for Sandra Kay Jantz Schmidt were held Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at Southern Star Mennonite Church in Geiger, AL. Ministers Alan Nichols, Derek Koehn and Charles Schmidt officiated the services. Burial was held in Souls Chapel Cemetery in Geiger, AL.  Memorials may be made to Southern Star Mennonite Church, c/o Dalen Holdeman, 43361 Hwy 17, Emelle,  AL ...

Steven Watt Turner Sr

Feb 14, 2021

Steven Watt Turner, Sr., 69, of Macon, MS passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at St.

Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, MS.  A graveside services is planned for Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Salem Cemetery at 2 p.m. in Macon, MS. Memorials may be made to

Autism Speaks, 1060 State Road, Second Floor, Princeton, NJ ...

Dorothy Ann Taylor

Feb 9, 2021

Mrs. Dorothy Ann Taylor, 82, of Macon, MS passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Louisville Healthcare in Louisville, Graveside service, with Bro. Bill Ross officiating, will be on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 2pm at Salem Cemetery. Any memorials are requested to be made to the Salem Cemetery Fund % Mrs. Charlene Jourdan, 23 Hunter Street, Macon,...

Waldean Keith Peaster

Feb 1, 2021

Our dear husband and father, Waldean Keith Peaster, was born on December 22, 1952, in Turlock, California, to Marvin and Elda (Voth) Peaster. He passed away at home on February 1, 2021, after a valiant 2-year battle with cancer.

Waldean’s childhood was spent in Merced County, California. He grew up running around on the canal banks and...

Garry Kevin Russell

Jan 23, 2021

Garry Kevin Russell, loving husband, father of two, and humble servant of God, passed away on January 23, 2021, in Corpus Christi, Texas at the age of 63. He was born June 21, 1957, in West Point, Mississippi, to Helen Buchanan and Marion Donald Russell.

Garry married his high school sweetheart, Paula Gayle Anderson, in 1976, the...

John "Jack" M. Ledbetter

Jan 17, 2021

John M. Ledbetter, known to one and all as “Jack”, passed away on January 17, 2021 at his residence in Columbus after a short Illness. He was 90. A graveside service was held at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 with Bro. Ron Delgado officiating.  Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O....

Jean Stuart Williams

Jan 15, 2021

Jean Stuart Williams passed away on January 15, 2021, at her home in Flowood, Mississippi, with family by her side.  A graveside service was held on January 19 at Salem Cemetery in Macon, Mississippi, with Reverend Pamela Cameron officiating. Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church, 511 Airline Road, Columbus, MS, 39702, St. Marks UMC, 400 Grants...