OBITUARY LISTINGS

Jul 22, 2014

Mrs. Betty M. Palmer, 87, of Brandon, MS (formerly of Macon, MS) passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at Brandon Nursing and Rehab Center in Brandon. Her funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 24, at 2:00 P.M. from Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS. Rev. Ricky Glenn will officiate at the service. Visitation will be from...

Jul 16, 2014

John L. Dugan, Sr., 95, passed away at his residence in Hernando, MS on July 16, 2014. A graveside service will be held at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS on Saturday, July 19 at 2:30 P.M. with Mr. Dugan’s nephew, Roy Lanier, Jr., officiating. Visitation will be at Cockrell Funeral Home on Saturday from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. The...

Jul 15, 2014

Mrs. Betty Jean Cooper, 77, of Macon, MS passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 after a long illness. Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 19, from Calvary Baptist Church in Macon at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in Soule Chapel Cemetery near Macon. Visitation will be Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral...

Jul 14, 2014

Walter Beal Moore Macon, MS Walter Beal Moore, 87, of Macon, MS passed away at his home on Monday, July 14, 2014. His funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 17, at 10:30 A.M. from Noxubee Christian Center in Macon with Bro Jimmy Hunter officiating. Interment will follow at Soule Chapel Cemetery near Macon. Public visitation will be...

Jul 14, 2014

James Cody Avery Macon, MS Funeral services for James Cody Avery will be held Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Steve Galloway officiating. Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Palmer Home for...

Jul 11, 2014

Terry Jo Straley Macon, MS Mrs. Terry Jo Straley, 53, passed away suddenly on Friday, July 11, 2014 at her residence near Macon. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Wednesday, July 16 at 4:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon. Bro. Kendall Yost will officiate at the service. A time of visitation for...

Jul 8, 2014

Debra Lindley Daniel Meridian, MS Debra Lindley Daniel, 62, passed away at her residence on July 8, 2014. A memorial service is will be held at a later time. Cockrell Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements. You may sign online condolences at www.cockrellfuneralhome.com. Ms. Daniel was born on December 8, 1951 to the late Howard and Mildred Battle Lindley....

Jul 6, 2014

David Boyd Thomas Preston, MS David Boyd Thomas, 90, of Preston, MS. passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Mississippi Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery near Preston, MS. Visitation will...

Jul 5, 2014

Ann Constance “Connie” Phillips Oxford, MS Ann Constance “Connie” Phillips, 97, of Oxford, MS died Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford, MS, after a brief illness. A funeral mass will be held Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Macon, MS at 11 a.m. with interment at Oddfellows Cemetery with Father Joe Tonos officiating....

Jun 18, 2014

Charles Alan Good, 61, of Macon, MS. passed away at Oasis Health and Rehab in Yazoo City, MS on June 18, 2014. Graveside services were held Friday, June 20, 2014 in Oddfellows Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Cornerstone Community AWANA program, P.O. Box 728, Macon, MS 39341. Cockrell Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements. You may sign condolences...

Jun 12, 2014

Louise Meriwether Schimmel, 98, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Elderly Care Center in Macon. Her funeral service will be held on Sunday, June 15 from Macon Presbyterian Church at 3:00 P.M. with Rev. Mike Howell and Rev. Ricky Glenn officiating. Interment will immediately follow in the family lot at Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon. A time of...

Jun 12, 2014

Reuben Austin Triplett, 79, of Montevallo, Al. passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at his residence. A funeral service will be held Monday, June 16, 2014 at 3 p.m. at St. David’s Anglican Catholic Church, Mayhew, Mississippi. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS. There will be no public visitation. Memorials may be made to St....

Jun 2, 2014

Beulah Morris King Brooksville, MS Mrs. Beulah Morris King, 96, of Brooksville, Ms passed away on June 2, 2014 in Corinth, MS. She was born in Mississippi on August 8, 1917 to the late Mabry Milton and Maybell Upton Morris. She was married to the late M.M. “Bud” King and lived in the Cliftonville community of Noxubee County all...

May 29, 2014

Allen Adams Hunter Macon, MS Allen Adams Hunter, a longtime former mayor of the City of Macon, passed away at Noxubee General Hospital on Thursday, May 29, 2014. He was 78 years of age. Mr. Hunter was a native of Macon and was a graduate of Macon High School and also Mississippi State University, Class of 1961. On June...

May 24, 2014

Mr. William Joe “Billy” Bell, 85, of Macon, MS passed away at his residence on Saturday, May 24, 2014. His funeral service will be held on Tuesday,May 27, 2014 at 3:00 P.M. at Independent Methodist Church (511 N Washington Street) with Rev. Barry Hathcock and Rev. Ricky Glenn officiating. Interment will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon. Visitation will...

May 23, 2014

Gloria Crabtree, age 80, passed away Friday May 23, 2014 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, Mississippi, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, Mississippi Sunday May 25, at 3:00pm with visitation one hour prior to the service and burial following at Salem Cemetery. Memorials made be made to Sanctuary Hospice, 5159...

May 9, 2014

Leslie Eugene “Gene” Moore, 63, of Macon, MS passed away Friday, May 9, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle after a long illness. He was born on March 28, 1951 to the late Baker and Arlayne Poole Moore. He was a graduate of Noxubee High School. Gene, as he was known to everyone, was a farmer in his early...

May 5, 2014

Helen R. Featherston

Macon, MS

Mrs. Helen R. Featherston, 90, passed away on May 5, 2014 at Traceway Retirement Center in Tupelo, MS. Her funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 8, at 3:00 P.M. from First United Methodist Church in Macon with interment following in the family lot at Oddfellows Cemetery. Dr. Andy...

May 5, 2014

Funeral service for Mrs. Reba M. Conn, 53, of Shuqualak, MS will be held Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 3 p.m. at Macedonia Methodist Church, Shuqualak, MS.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel from 7-9 p.m. and thirty minutes prior to the service at the church on Saturday....

Apr 4, 2014

Vernon Nichols, age 86, passed away April 4, 2014 at Montezuma, KS. Mr. Nichols was a longtime resident of the Gainesville, AL area.

His funeral service will be held at10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at the Southern Star Mennonite Church in Geiger, Alabama. Interment will follow in Souls Chapel...