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Local Obituaries for Macon, MS, Noxubee County and Surrounding Areas.

John C Jost

John C Jost

Feb 27, 2015

John C. Jost, 71, of Brooksville, MS died Friday, February 27, 2015, at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Brook Haven Mennonite Church, 7361 Hwy 388, Brooksville MS. Ministers Gladwin Koehn, Galen Schmidt and Arlan Yost will be officiating. Burials will be in the Brooksville Mennonite Church cemetery. Visitation...

Laura Mae Battle

Laura Mae Battle

Feb 24, 2015

Funeral service for Mrs. Laura Mae Battle, 77, of Macon, MS will be held Friday, February 27, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Elon Baptist Church in Macon, MS. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS on Thursday from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Memorials may be made to Elon...

Billie Wilson Mack

Billie Wilson Mack

Feb 16, 2015

Billy Mack Macon, MS Billy Mack, 71, of Macon, Mississippi passed away on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. A Graveside service will be held Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Oddfellows Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Saturday from 10:00 until 10:45 a.m. Any memorials may be made...

Clarence Schmidt

Clarence Schmidt

Feb 15, 2015

Clarence Schmidt Clarence Schmidt, 79, passed away Feb 15, 2015 at his residence east of Macon. Clarence was born in McPherson County, Kansas on May 29, 1935 to the late Cornelius and Alverta Schmidt. He married Verna Wenger on August 28, 1955 at Hesston, Kansas. An avid farmer and cabinet builder, Clarence resided near Newton, Kansas until 1974 when...

Melvin Unruh

Melvin Unruh

Jan 30, 2015

Melvin L. Unruh, 86, of Brooksville died Jan. 30 at Moundridge Manor in Moundridge, Kan. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015 at Brooksville Mennonite Church in Brooksville, MS. at 10:30 a.m. with Min. Devonn Miller and Min. Kendall Jost officiating. Burial will be at Brooksville Mennonite Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Feb. 2 from 6:30 p.m....

E. E. "Bill" Sheppard

E. E. "Bill" Sheppard

Jan 29, 2015

Bill Sheppard Cooksville, MS Mr. Bill Sheppard, 93, of Cooksville, MS passed away Thursday, January 29, 2015 at the Mississippi State Veteran’s Home in Kosciusko, MS. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS. Bro. Jackie Strebeck and Bro. Wayne Hill will officiate the services. Interment will...

Erah Conner Conner

Erah Conner Conner

Jan 27, 2015

Mrs. Erah C. Conner, 80, of Preston, MS., passed away on January 27, 2015 at Miss Care Center of Dekalb, MS. Funeral service will be held Friday, January 30, 2015 at Soul Harbor Pentecostal Church in Shuqualak at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Pinetucky Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS. Visitation will be held at the church on Friday one...

William Baker Hunter

William Baker Hunter

Jan 27, 2015

William Baker “Bill” Hunter, 56, passed away suddenly at his residence on Tuesday, January 28, 2015. His funeral will be held Friday, Jan. 30 at the Chapel of Cockrell Funeral Home at 3:00 P.M. Dr. Andy Pearson will officiate at the service. Interment will immediately follow in X-Prairie Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday from 1:00P.M. until service time...

Dianne Persons Whitehead

Dianne Persons Whitehead

Jan 26, 2015

Dianne Persons Whitehead, 66, passed away at her residence in Macon, Ms on Monday, January 26, 2015. Funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 28, 2015 with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. Interment will follow in the Whitehead family cemetery near Louisville, MS. Visitation will be at the funeral home Wednesday from 9:30...

Bonnie Kate Lee

Bonnie Kate Lee

Jan 25, 2015

Bonnie Kate Lee Mashulaville, MS Mrs. Bonnie Kate Lee, 93, of Mashulaville, MS passed away on Sunday January 25, 2015 at the Winston County Nursing Home in Louisville, MS. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 27 from the Chapel of Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS at 11:00 A.M. with Bro. David Keen officiating. Interment will follow...

Lucille Morgan Spell Reeves

Lucille Morgan Spell Reeves

Jan 17, 2015

Lucille Morgan Spell Reeves Macon, MS Mrs. Lucille Morgan Spell Reeves, 91, the longtime Society Editor of the Macon Beacon, passed away on January 17, 2015, at Noxubee General Hospital. Mrs. Reeves, a Macon native, was born to the late William Elmo and Jimmie Thompson Morgan on August 7, 1923. She was a graduate of Macon High School and...

William J. "Fat" Moore

William J. "Fat" Moore

Jan 16, 2015

William J. “Fat” Moore Macon, MS Mr. William J. “Fat” Moore, 82, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2015 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo after a long illness. His funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 18 at McLeod Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church near Macon at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. Sam Foreman officiating. Interment will follow in Moore...

Robert "Bob" Donald Crabtree

Robert "Bob" Donald Crabtree

Jan 10, 2015

Robert ( Bob ) Crabtree Starkville, MS Robert (Bob) Donald Crabtree, 83, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Oktibbeha County Hospital. Visitation to be held at Aldersgate Methodist Church in Starkville, MS from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on Monday January 12, 2015 with service to follow at 11:00 AM at the church. Burial will follow at Salem...

Lorenda Lollar Card

Lorenda Lollar Card

Jan 8, 2015

Lorenda Lollar Card Lorenda Lollar Card, 57, of Macon, Mississippi, passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, 8 January 2015, at her home in Macon. Born on 17 March 1957, Lorenda was the third and youngest daughter of the late Bobby Lollar and Mildred Lollar (née Jaynes), both of Columbus, Mississippi. Lorenda was an alumna of the...

Violet Ann Vonkohn Jackson

Violet Ann Vonkohn Jackson

Dec 22, 2014

Violet Ann VonKohn Jackson, 93, of Long Beach,California passed away on Dec. 22, 2014. Mrs. Jackson was a native of Macon, MS but had lived in California since 1961. She retired from Community Hospital after 24 years of dedicated service. Mrs. Jackson was a member of the Neighborhood Church of Long Beach. She enjoyed spending time with her family...

Dick Toews

Dick Toews

Dec 20, 2014

Dick Toews Fawnsdale, Alabama Dick Toews, was born to Peter M. and Marie Ensz Toews on March 25, 1922 at Inman, Kansas. He passed away on December 20, 2014 at Oakwood Manor, Brooksville, Mississippi, reaching the full age of 92 years. On Tuesday, December 23, a memorial service was held at the Oakwood Manor chapel in Brooksville for his...

Patricia Cotton

Patricia Cotton

Dec 10, 2014

Patricia Cotton Macon, MS Mrs. Patricia Cotton, 76, passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at her residence. A graveside service will be held Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Cotton Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS. with Rev. Jimmy Hunter officiating. Memorials may be made to Sweet Paws Rescue, P.O. Box 32, Macon, MS 39341. Cockrell Funeral Home...

Anna Mae Mast

Anna Mae Mast

Nov 20, 2014

Anna Mae Mast Macon, MS Mrs. Anna Mae Mast, 82, of Macon, MS passed away at North Mississippi Medical Center on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Her funeral service will be held at Magnolia Mennonite Church in Macon on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 10:00 A.M. with Bro. Paul Shirk officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be...

Mae Stevens Barrett

Mae Stevens Barrett

Nov 14, 2014

Mae Stevens Barrett Shuqualak, MS Mrs. Mae Stevens Barrett, 85, of Shuqualak, MS passed away at Windsor Place Nursing Home in Columbus, MS on Friday, November 14, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Her funeral service will be held at Shuqualak Baptist Church on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 3:00 P.M. with Bro. Derrick Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in Shuqualak...

Ruby Wakefield Turner

Ruby Wakefield Turner

Nov 3, 2014

Ruby Wakefield Turner passed away from this life on November 3, 2014 at Trinity Healthcare Center, Columbus, MS at the age of 102. Services will be held at Mashulaville Baptist Church, Macon, Miss. on Friday, November 7 th at 12:00 p.m. with Reverend Steve Brown officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church....

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