OBITUARY LISTINGS

Oct 10, 2024

Mrs. Carol J. Wright, 78, of Macon, MS, passed away on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A memorial service is planned for Monday, October 14, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Cooksville Methodist Church,1500 Cooksville Rd., Macon, MS 39341. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cooksville Cemetery Fund, 2356 Cooksville Rd., Macon, MS...

Oct 4, 2024

Randy Ewing, 67, of Macon, MS passed away Friday, October 4, 2024, at St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS. A funeral service will be held at the Life Center, 144 Hale St., Macon, MS Thursday, October 10, 2024, at 3 p.m. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the Life Center,Thursday from 1-3 p.m. Memorials may be...

Sep 29, 2024

Ann Griffin Baker, 89, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2024. Funeral services will he held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 12, 2024, at Gambrell Street Baptist Church, 1616 W Gambrell Street, Fort Worth, TX. Interment will be after the service at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2301 North Sylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX.

Ann was born April 30, 1935, in Macon, Mississippi....

Sep 17, 2024

Mrs. Allene S. Putnam, 104, of Brooksville, MS passed away at her residence on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. A memorial service will be held Friday, September 20, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Macon Presbyterian Church in Macon, MS. Interment will be held at Lakewood Memorial Park in Jackson, MS on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Phillip Palmertree...

Sep 14, 2024

 

Patricia Wooten Strickland, 67, of Hamilton, MS., passed away at her residence Saturday, September 14, 2024. A graveside service will be held at Soule Chapel Cemetery, near Macon, MS., Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. A visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel Tuesday from 1-2 p.m. Memorials may be made to Soule Chapel Cemetery Fund, P.O....

Sep 9, 2024

Mrs. Nellie Burton Thomas, 86, of Shuqualak, MS, passed away Monday, September 9, 2024, at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Macedonia Community Church in Shuqualak, MS.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to...

Sep 7, 2024

Mr. Olin Taylor of Kemper County, MS passed away at his residence Saturday, September 7, 2024. A funeral service will be held at Vernon Baptist Church Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. Military honors will be held in the Church cemetery following the funeral services. Visitation will be held Monday from 5-7:30 p.m.at the funeral home.  Memorials may...

Aug 13, 2024

Mae B. White Higginbotham was born on December 30, 1934, to the late Frank and Mamie Goodin White near the Winston County Line. She attended school in Lynnville, MS. She married George Higginbotham in October, 1952. They moved to Arkansas where she began working at the Singer Sewing Machine Plant. In 1963, Mae and her husband moved to Shuqualak,...

Aug 7, 2024

Daphne Dee King, 66, of Brooksville, MS passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m., August 10, 2024, at Crawford Methodist Church, Crawford, MS with Bro. Daniel Talley officiating. Interment will be held at Brooksville Cemetery, Brooksville MS. A visitation will be held at Cockrell...

Jul 22, 2024

Mrs. Julia Sledge Gaither, 84, formerly of Macon, MS passed away Monday, July 22, 2024, at Hospice of West Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.  Funeral services will be held Friday, July 26, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Macon, MS with Rev. Steve Galloway officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary....

Jul 5, 2024

Mrs. Jessie Pearl Freshour Gillis, 105, of Macon, MS entered into her heavenly home on Friday, July 5, 2024. Funeral services will be held Monday, July 8, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Concord Baptist Church, Macon, MS. Visitation will be held at the church from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m. Memorials can be made to Concord Baptist Church, Kay Papas,...

Jun 30, 2024

Carolyn H. Allsup, 87, of Macon, MS passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to St....

Jun 29, 2024

Mrs. Jami M. Randall, 58, of Brooksville, MS passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at her residence surrounded by her family.  There will not be a public service held. Family requests that memorials be made to Sweet Paws, P.O. Box 32, Macon, MS.  Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.

Jun 7, 2024

Jeffrey Pieralisi

Funeral services for Jeffrey Pieralisi, 74, of Leland will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 14, 2024, at First Baptist Church in Leland. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m. until service time. He passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, June 7, 2024. Burial will be at 3:00 p.m. on Friday at Odd...

Jun 1, 2024

Sanford L. Unruh, 91, of Okolona, MS passed away at Oakwood Retirement Community in Brooksville, MS on June 1, 2024. Funeral Services will be held at Church of God in Christ Mennonite Church, Okolona, MS., Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Monday, June 3,...

May 30, 2024

Tommy Dale Coleman, aged 76, passed away at his residence in Noxubee County, MS on May 30, 2024. No funeral service was held and private interment was in Butler Cemetery near Shuqualak, all per Mr. Coleman’s written wishes. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon is honored to have handled the arrangements.

Tommy Dale Coleman was born on March...

May 30, 2024

Mrs. Jimmye  Jernigan Skipper, 86, of Austin, TX., passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024 in Austin, TX. A graveside service is planned for Thursday, June 6, 2024 at Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon, MS at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday, June 6, 2024 from 10:00 -10:45 a.m. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to...

May 27, 2024

Timothy Lamar Gowan

Macon, MS

Tim Gowan, 72, a prominent and well-respected local attorney in Noxubee County, passed away at Noxubee General Hospital on Monday, May 27, 2024, following a sudden illness. His funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 1, 2024, at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon at 10:00 A.M. with Catherine...

May 23, 2024

Mr. Wayne Stewart, 80, passed away on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at UAB Medical Center in Birmingham, AL. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 2 p.m. at South Haven Mennonite Church, 6049 Prairie Point Rd., Macon, MS 39341. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery Hwy 14 W, Macon, MS 39341. Visitation will be held...

May 19, 2024

Dianne Skipper Jernigan, 80, of Brooksville, MS passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at her residence on Sunday, May 19, 2024. A funeral service is planned for Friday, May 24, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel.  Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon, MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Friday one...