OBITUARY LISTINGS

Feb 3, 2019

Mrs. Mavis Johnson Koehn, 72, of Macon, MS passed away at Windsor Place, Columbus, MS. on Sunday, February 3, 2019.  A funeral service is planned for Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at South Haven Mennonite Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Wednesday from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m.  Memorials...

Feb 1, 2019

Mr. Glover Jack Kinard, 80, of Brooksville, MS passed away Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS. His funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at Brooksville United Methodist Church at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Kathy Brackett officiating. Interment will follow at Bevill’s Hill Cemetery in Winston County. Visitation will be...

Jan 26, 2019

Mrs. Eula M Bauer, 94, formerly of Shuqualak, MS passed away Saturday, January 26, 2019 at NMMC, Tupelo, MS.  A graveside service will be held Monday, January 28, 2018 at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Macedonia Cemetery, 3247 Honey Lake Rd., Shuqualak,  MS  39361.  Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements....

Jan 18, 2019

Mr. Harvey F. “Buster” Howard, 82, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at his residence in Shuqualak, MS on Friday, January 18, 2019.  A funeral service

Is planned for Monday, January 21, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Macedonia Methodist Church in Shuqualak,  MS.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church one...

Jan 12, 2019

Mrs. Katherine Moore, 90, of Macon, MS passed away Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Macon, MS.  Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery.  Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the...

Jan 8, 2019

Mrs. Virginia N. Stuart Todd, 84, formerly of Tupelo, MS passed away on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C. A funeral service is planned for Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Calvary Baptist Church, Tupelo, MS. at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church....

Jan 3, 2019

Helen Davis Perry, 78, of Pinson, Alabama passed away at St Vincent Hospital-East on Thursday, January 3, 2019. Her funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS on Saturday, January 5 at 11:00 A.M. with The Reverend Sandra DePriest officiating. A private family-only interment service will follow at Brooksville Cemetery. A visitation time for...

Dec 25, 2018

Mrs. Georgia Ruth “B.B.” Adams, 88, passed away at her residence in Macon, MS on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. A funeral service is planned for Friday, December 28, 1929 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. In lieu...

Dec 17, 2018

William “Bill” Wilkins, Sr., 87, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 17, 2018 at his residence after a brief illness. His funeral service will be held on Friday, December 21 at 12:00 noon at the Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. Visitation will begin one hour before the service. Interment will follow at Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS....

Dec 5, 2018

Hazel Irene Jones Lipscomb June 14, 1922 - December 5, 2018 She is survived by son: Paul, of Colleyville, Texas, wife Joanna and three sons: David, Lee and Clay; daughter Judy, of Clinton, and two sons, Matt and Chris; and daughter Linda, of Abingdon, Virginia, husband David, and two sons, Shane and Nathan.  She also leaves four great grandsons...

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...