OBITUARY LISTINGS

Nov 19, 2018

Mrs. Dorothy Wilkins Fraley, 99, of Macon, MS.  passed away Monday, November 19, 2018 at Elderly Care in Macon, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Friday, November 23, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. at Macon Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church from 10-12 p.m. Friday. Memorials may be made to...

Nov 5, 2018

John L. Holcombe

Macon

John L. Holcombe, 82, passed away on Monday, November 05, 2018, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point.

A visitation will be held on Thursday, November 08, 2018 from 5:30-8:00pm at Cockrell Funeral Home. Funeral services will be on Friday; November 09,...

Nov 3, 2018

James Ray Sciple Wahalak James Ray Sciple, 62, a life-long resident of Kemper County, passed away on Saturday; November 3, 2018, at his residence in Wahalak. A visitation will be on Monday; November 5, 2018 from 5:30-8:00pm at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday; November 6, 2018, at 12:00pm...

Oct 11, 2018

Our perfect angel daughter, Cecilia Annette Taylor was born into heaven on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, MS. She was loved by her parents, Davis and Rachel Flora Taylor, her big brother Robert Davis (R.D.) Taylor, III; maternal grandparents, Tim and Keely Flora , paternal grandparents, Robert and Amanda Taylor; maternal great- grandmother, Frances...

Oct 9, 2018

Mrs. Georgia Lee Cade, 98, of Brooksville, MS went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday October 9, 2018 at Noxubee General Hospital. She was a member of Brooksville Baptist Church. She died as she lived, trusting God. Her contribution to the world around her was serving others. She put God first, family and friends second. Mrs. Cade...

Sep 29, 2018

Anderson Clay Hollis

Macon, MS

Anderson Clay Hollis, 85, of Macon, MS, formerly of Columbus, MS, passed away at North Delta Hospice House in Southaven, MS on Saturday, September 29, 2018. His funeral service will be held at First United Methodist Church in Macon on Tuesday, Oct.2 at 10:30 a.m. with Dr. Andy Pearson and...

Sep 1, 2018

Norma J. Unruh was born on August 12, 1929 to Albert and Alice Unruh at Ulysses, Kan. She peacefully passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, Miss., on September 1, 2018 at the age of eighty-nine. Our Mother spent her childhood years in the Ulysses, Kan. area and moved with her parents to Halstead, Kan, in her mid-teens. On...

Aug 16, 2018

Barbara Ann Young Jernigan, 82, passed away on Thursday; August 16, 2018; at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.

Mrs. Jernigan was born January 16, 1936 in Birmingham, AL, to the late Vernon Benton and Mamie Lula Wilson Young. She graduated from West End High School in Birmingham and then furthered her education by attending Howard...

Aug 13, 2018

Mrs. Lowe was born on July 18, 1932 to the late Julian Vernon and Frances Simmons Carter in Noxubee

County, MS. She attended school in Noxubee County and married Johnny Wolf. After her marriage, she moved to Columbus where she was employed with American Bosch. While living in Columbus,  she and her family attended the Baptist Church....

Aug 6, 2018

Thomas Earl "Tom" Persons, Jr, 77, of Huntsville, Alabama. passed away at Huntsville Hospital on August 6, 2018 after a brief illness. Tom was the eldest son born to the late Thomas Earl and Jessie E. Coleman Persons in Shuqualak, MS. He graduated from Shuqualak High School, Class of 1958, where he was a star football player, playing center...

Jul 30, 2018

Maude Faith Crabtree passed to her Heavenly home Monday morning leaving quite the legacy.  Faith was born April 10, 1933 in Macon, MS and reared in the same house from which she was born.  Faith attended and graduated from Macon High School, where she was Miss MHS, Most Intellectual, and Homecoming Maid for 4 years.

She married...

Jul 28, 2018

William Frank “Bill” Hayden, 86, died July 28, 2018, at his home in the Fairport Community of Noxubee County.

Graveside services will be Tuesday July 31, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Russell Mord officiating.   Visitation will be one hour prior to services at Bethesda Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to...

Jul 18, 2018

Mrs. Patricia “Pat” Swanson, 85, of Eutaw, Alabama passed away peacefully at the UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, AL on Wednesday, July 18, 2017. There will be a visitation for her friends from the south at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS on Friday, July 20, from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. Her funeral service will be held at Maus...

Jul 12, 2018

Jerry Butler, 77, of Meridian, MS passed away peacefully at his residence on Thursday, July 12, 2018. His funeral service will be held on Monday, July 16 at 2:00 P.M. at Butler Pentecostal Church near Shuqualak, MS. with Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. Interment will follow in Butler Cemetery. Visitation will be held Monday from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. at...

Jul 5, 2018

Mrs. Mildred Eaves Higginbotham of Shuqualak, MS passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018 at the Bee Hive Assisted Living in Louisville, MS. She was 88 years old. She was born in Shuqualak on January 28, 1930 to the late Leland and Theola Adcock Eaves and grew up in the Shuqualak area where she attended the Shuqualak School. On...

Jul 3, 2018

Terri Lynne  Mosley Howard, 55, was born June 18, 1963 in Bloomington, Illinois. She died July 3, 2018 at Anderson Hospital in Meridian, MS. She was a 1980 graduate of West Kemper High School and held an Associate degree from EMJC.

Terri Lynne was a long time employee of Prime Line Catfish. She also worked for the...

Jun 29, 2018

Grady Hunter, Sr., 93, of Macon, MS  passed away on Friday, June 29, 2018 at Noxubee County Nursing Home.

A graveside service will be held at Oddfellows Cemetery Sunday, July 1, 2018  at 2 p.m. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2451 Crystal Drive, Suite 900, Arlington, VA  22202. Cockrell Funeral Home is entrusted...

Jun 19, 2018

Raymond Slawson, 81, of Macon, MS passed away at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Raymond was born in Louisville, MS on February 3, 1937 to the late Roger L. and Lennie Reed Slawson. He attended Ellison Ridge School in Winston County. While still a teenager, Raymond moved to Detroit, Michigan and in 1960, he...

Jun 15, 2018

Betty Thomas Healy, Madison, MS.

Mrs. Healy, 82, of Madison, MS, formerly of Macon, MS, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018 at St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson, MS. Her funeral service will be Monday June 18, 2018 at 4:00 PM at First Baptist Church of Madison Chapel. A visitation for family and friends will precede the service...

Jun 13, 2018

Donald Seiler, Macon, MS

Donald Seiler, 91, of Macon, MS passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, MS.  Funeral services will be held at Southern Star Mennonite Church in Geiger, Al at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, June 16, 2018. Interment will follow in Souls Chapel Cemetery.  Visitation will be held at the church Friday...