OBITUARY LISTINGS

Aug 7, 2020

Marion Daniels Farrar, 100, joined her heavenly Father, on Friday, August 7, 2020.  Marion loved her family unconditionally just as our heavenly Father loves us.   Funeral Marion, known as Babe to family and close friends, joined her husband of 59 years, Emmett W. Farrar, Sr., her son, Emmett W. Farrar, Jr., her parents, Orril and Alfreda Louise Carlson Daniels,...

Jul 31, 2020

The retired owner/manager of Macon MS Shell Food Mart, Ernest L. Hill, passed away Friday, July 31, 2020.  A lifelong resident of Noxubee County, Ernest was 80 years old.  He was devoted to his God, his family, to his beloved Brooksville United Methodist Church, and to his community and county.

His private memorial graveside service was held...

Jul 22, 2020

William “Bill” King of Brooksville, MS passed away at his residence on July 22, 2020 at the age of 78. A private graveside service was held at Deerbrook Cemetery where he was laid to rest beside his late wife, Myra and his grand-daughter Mackenzy Worthy. Bro. Glen Miller officiated at the service. A memorial visitation for all of Bill’s...

Jul 19, 2020

Mary Catherine “Katie” Huerkamp, 90, of Macon, MS passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus, MS. A private graveside was held Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Oddfellows Cemetery. The service was officiated by long time friend, Fr. Jeffrey Waldrep.  Memorials may be made to Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 6357 Prairie Point Rd., Macon, MS  39341...

Jul 15, 2020

Longtime Noxubee County Supervisor and cattle and row-crop farmer John Henry “Johnny” Heard, Sr., of Brooksville, Miss., died July 15, 2020, in Macon. Johnny was 92 years old. He leaves behind a life of devotion to his family, community and Mississippi State Bulldog baseball.

A private graveside was held Friday, July 17, 2020 at Brooksville Cemetery in...

Jul 11, 2020

Levin “Bubba” Hailey went to Heaven on July 11, 2020. A private family graveside was held Monday, July 13, 2020 at Shuqualak Cemetery with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 105 Dent St., Macon, MS  39341.  Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.

Bubba was born in Kemper...

Jul 9, 2020

Ernest Terry Mosley

Scooba MS

Ernest Terry Mosley, 79, of Scooba, MS passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 AT Anderson Hospital in Meridian, MS. A private funeral service was held on Sunday, July 12, 2020 at Scooba Presbyterian Church with interment following in Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Scooba. Bro. Coy Miller officiated the services....

Jun 29, 2020

Kenny Miller, 61, passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Golden Triangle in Columbus, MS.  A private graveside service was held Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Salem Cemetery near Macon, MS.    Memorials may be made to Concord Baptist Church,  187 West St., Macon, MS  39341. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon, MS is honored to be entrusted...

Jun 16, 2020

Ronald Keith “Dude” Franks July 7, 1944 – June 16, 2020

Ronald Keith Franks, 75, passed away Tuesday, June 16, after a four-and-a-half-year battle with acute sepsis infection.  Ronald was born July 7, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee to Ronald Keith Franks, Sr. and Ruth Greer Franks.  Shortly thereafter, the Franks family moved to the Rockhill Community east...

Jun 3, 2020

Marion Kate Slocum Hummer of Prairie Point and Macon, MS, died on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at the Atria Senior Living facility in Carrollton, TX. She was a person of uncommon kindness, intelligence, and gentle wit.

Marion was born September 30, 1923, in Springfield, LA, to the late Andrew Randolph Slocum and Josephine Settoon Slocum. Her beloved...

Jun 1, 2020

Michael Roy Peters, 64, passed away on Monday, June 1, 2020 in Richmond Hill, GA.

Michael was born in Macon, MS to John Peters & Joy Hurt in 1955. He graduated from Central Academy in Macon, MS and continued his education at East Mississippi Community College and Mississippi State University. He worked as a General Manager...

May 16, 2020

Our precious mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Elizabeth Becker Koehn, departed this earthly life for her eternal reward on May 16, 2020, at Oakwood Manor, Brooksville, Mississippi, due to complications of  Addison’s Disease. She reached the ripe old age of 96. A graveside service was held on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at South Haven Mennonite Cemetery in Macon, MS. ...

May 16, 2020

Our dear mother and grandmother, Frances Lillian, was born to Fred P. and Sarah Smith Koehn on November 24, 1923 at Montezuma, Kansas. She passed to her eternal reward in the early morning hours of May 16, 2020 at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, Mississippi at the age of 96 years. A graveside service was held May 17, 2020 at...

May 15, 2020

A funeral service for Ricky Vernon, 64, of Shuqualak, MS  is planned for  Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Butler Pentecostal Church with a parking lot service style. A Visitation will be held on the side  porch from 10 until 11 a.m. The funeral  home and family requests that everyone observe social distancing. We will have markers...

May 6, 2020

Charlie Brooks Higginbotham, Jr., 72, passed away May 6, 2020, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.  Charlie Brooks, as he was affectionately called, was born October 9, 1947, in the Gholson Community of Noxubee County near Shuqualak, the son of the late Charlie Brooks, Sr. and Earnestine Coleman Higginbotham.  He was a 1965 graduate of Noxubee...

May 4, 2020

James Joseph Morris, 81, formerly of Monticello, IL. passed away Monday, May 4, 2020 at 12:22 p.m. with his family by his side at the Claiborne in Starkville, MS.  A memorial service is planned for a later date in St. Joseph Cemetery, Ivesdale, IL.  Memorials may be made to Piatt County Mental Health Center, 1921 N. Market St., Monticello, ...

May 3, 2020

Mrs. Patricia “ Mollye” Crabtree Estes, 88, of  Louisville, MS passed  away Sunday, May 3, 3020 at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, MS.  A private graveside service was held Friday, May 8, 2020 at Salem Cemetery near Macon, MS.  Memorials may be made to Salem Cemetery Fund, 23 Hunter St., Macon,  MS  39341 or Noxubee County Nursing Home Activities...

Apr 30, 2020

Mark Edward Hunter, 51, formerly of Macon, MS, passed away at his residence in Mobile, AL on  Thursday, April 30, 2020.  A memorial service was held Saturday, May 9, 2020 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bill Ross and Bro. Steve Galloway officiating.  Memorials may be made to Canopy Children  Solutions (formerly MS Children Home), P.O. Box 1078,...

Apr 30, 2020

Richard Adams, 85, longtime Police Chief of the city of Macon, passed away suddenly at his residence on April 30, 2020. A private graveside service was  held  at Shuqualak Cemetery Sunday, May 3, 2020 with Rev. Steve Galloway officiating. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 510, Macon, MS  39341. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to...

Apr 29, 2020

Rubye Rigdon Hailey, 77, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at her residence on Wednesday April 29, 2020.

A private family graveside service was held Saturday, May 2, 2020 at Hailey- Richey Cemetery in Preston, MS with Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. The family requests that memorials be made to St. Jude Children Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl,...