OBITUARY LISTINGS

Jun 20, 2019

Funeral services for Richard “Rick” Simmonds of Macon, MS will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at Calvary Baptist Church in Macon, MS at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the church. Interment will immediately follow at Mashulaville Cemetery. Memorials are requested to be made to the...

Jun 5, 2019

Mr. Elzie “Bob” Vandevender, 91, passed away on June 5, 2019 at his residence near Macon. His funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at 12:00 Noon at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon with Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. Interment will be in the Jackson Field Cemetery near Preston, MS. Visitation will be held from 11:00...

Jun 3, 2019

Jose Francisco Lugo Callejas, 48, passed away on June 3, 2019 in a motor vehicle accident in Kemper County, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Thursday, June 6, 2019 at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS at 2:00 p.m.  Interment will be in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the chapel from 1-2 p.m. prior to  the...

Jun 1, 2019

Gordon Norris Banks, 72, passed away on Saturday, June 01, 2019, at his residence. Visitation will be Monday, June 03, 2019 from 5:00-7:00pm at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 04, 2019 at 10:00am from the Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Shawn Dickey officiating and Bro. Tommy Johnson assisting. Burial with military...

May 23, 2019

Mrs. Ruth VanDevender Haggard 83, of Preston, MS passed away at her home on Thursday, May 23, 2019. A funeral service is planned for Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Vernon Baptist Church near Preston, MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Memorials...

May 21, 2019

Anita Marie Boeckner Penner was born on April 15, 1928 to Aaron and Gertrude Holdeman Boeckner at Moundridge, KS.  She went beyond these hills to her heavenly home on May 20, 2019, at the age of 91.

Anita was the second of 13 children and grew up on the family farm in the Moundridge area, receiving her...

May 8, 2019

Tressie Schrock Knepp, 88, died at the home of her son, Phillip Knepp, at Macon, MS, on May 8, 2019. She was born on November 25,1930 at Goshen, Indiana to Ezra and Clara Schrock. She married Edwin Jay Knepp on May 6, 1951 and they had a family of seven children. She accepted Jesus Christ at a young age and...

Apr 21, 2019

Mike Butler, 66, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, MS on Sunday, April 21, 2019. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 25, at Butler Pentecostal Church near Shuqualak at 11:00 A.M. Bro. Gerald Butler will officiate. Interment will follow at Butler Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6:00 until 8:00...

Apr 20, 2019

Mary (Schwartz) Borntrager, 86,  of Macon, MS entered heaven’s gates on April 20, 2019. She closed her eyes for the last time in the early morning hours at the Noxubee County Nursing Home. Complications from diabetes contributed to her death. Memorial services will be held at Cornerstone Community Church on Hwy 14 West of Macon, MS at 11:30 a.m.Wednesday,...

Apr 17, 2019

Annie Ernestine Higginbotham, age 92, passed quietly at her home Wednesday morning surrounded by her loving husband of 76 years and her children.  She entered through Heaven’s Gates on April 17, 2019! A funeral service is planned for Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 2 p.m. at Butler Pentecostal Church near Shuqualak, MS with Bro. Gerald Butler and Bro. Jared...

Apr 12, 2019

Mr. William O. “Bill” Todd passed away peacefully at his home near Macon, MS on the evening of April 12, 2019. Mr. Bill, a native of Brooksville, MS and a son of the “late” Archie and Nellie Triplett Todd, had lived in Macon since 1996.  His funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 16 at 10:00 A.M. from...

Apr 7, 2019

W. F. “Phil” McGuire, Jr, age 95, of Macon, Mississippi, died on April 7, 2019 at the Martha Jo Leslie State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, Mississippi. He was born on August 27, 1923 in West Point, Mississippi to William F. McGuire, Sr. and Edna Holley McGuire. He served in WW II as a Ball Turret Gunner in a B17...

Apr 1, 2019

Amelia (Molly) Becker Yost was born to David and Nettie Unruh Becker on September 8, 1926, in Moundridge, Kansas. She peacefully fell asleep in the early morning hours of April 1, 2019, in her little cottage at Oakwood Manor, Brooksville, MS., reaching the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 23 days. A funeral service is planned for Friday,...

Mar 28, 2019

David Koehn, 52, of Brooksville passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019. Funeral service will be held at Brooksville Mennonite Church Monday, April 1, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Sunday from 6-8 p.m.

David Gene Koehn, the firstborn child of Gladwin and Judy Koehn, was...

Mar 13, 2019

Mary Patterson Crabtree

Macon, MS

Mrs. Mary Patterson Crabtree, 87, of Macon, MS passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at the Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital. Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 16 at 11:00 A.M. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Visitation will be...

Mar 10, 2019

Mrs. Maude Elizabeth Strong Combs, 105, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at the Trinity Nursing Home in Columbus, MS. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Shuqualak United Methodist Church. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery with...

Mar 10, 2019

The earthly life of Rebecca Ann Perkins (Becky) transitioned to her eternal one on Sunday morning, March 10, 2019, at St. Dominic's Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. For the past two years, she has resided at the Arbor full care facility of the Orchard, valiantly dealing with complications of a stroke and other critical health issues. Her spirits and determination to...

Feb 18, 2019

Roger Glenn Pierce, 52, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at his daughter’s residence in Caledonia, MS on Monday, February 18, 2019.  A funeral service is planned for Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 2 p.m. from Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Pinetucky Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS.  A visitation will be held at the funeral...

Feb 12, 2019

Mrs. Georgarene Unruh, 85, of Macon, MS passed away at her residence in Macon, MS on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.  Her funeral service will be held at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville, MS on Friday, February 15, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Thursday from 6-8 p.m. ...

Feb 11, 2019

Thomas (T.J.) Wilkins, 94, of Brooksville, MS passed away peacefully at his residence on Monday, February 11, 2019. His funeral service will be held from graveside at Brooksville Cemetery on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 11:00 A.M.

There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to the Donor’s favorite charity. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is...