OBITUARY LISTINGS

Apr 1, 2014

Florence R.  Smith

Brooksville,  MS

Mrs. Florence R. Smith, 87, of Brooksville, Ms passed away Tuesday April 1, 2014 at Noxubee General Hospital in  Macon, MS. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. from Brooksville Cemetery. There will be no public visitation. The family requests no flowers please. Memorials may...

Mar 13, 2014

Mrs. Frances O. Banks

Brooksville, MS

Mrs. Frances Outz Banks, 90, passed away at Hurst Plaza  in Hurst, Texas on Thursday, March 13, 2014. The oldest of five children, she was born on November 1, 1923 in Mathiston, Ms. to the late John C. and Sarah Mayson Triplett  Outz and had lived in Noxubee County...

Mar 1, 2014

Rev. Richard Ray Proffitt, 98, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Noxubee General Hospital. A visitation will be held Monday, March 3, 2014 at Cockrell Funeral Home from 5-7 p.m. The family requests no flowers, please, Memorials may be made to Noxubee County Library, 103 E. King St., Macon, MS, 700 Club, PTL Club or any religious...

Feb 1, 2014

John A Tyson Jr passed away peacefully in his home in Lawndale CA after a lifelong struggle with cancer. He was born in Macon, Mississippi to John and Virginia Tyson. He lived in Macon until the family moved to Texas in 1955 and then to Louisiana in 1960. John graduated with honors in 1963 from Broadmoor High School in...

Jan 27, 2014

Funeral services will be held January 30, 2014 for Margaret Elizabeth Ethridge Garramone McCann, 87, of Starkville. She died January 27 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Mrs. McCann was born in Collinsville, Mississippi July 10, 1926, and graduated from Collinsville High School and Meridian Junior College. Her first job was as an office worker at the Oak...

Jan 19, 2014

John C.” Johnny “Burns, 61 passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Canton Manor Nursing Home. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Oddfellows Cemetery in Macon with Bro. Sean Greer officiating. Visitation will be from 10:00 until 10:45 AM Saturday at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. Johnny Burns was born on April...

Jan 19, 2014

Mary Virginia Norwood Columbus, MS Mrs. Mary Virginia Norwood, 78, of Columbus, MS formerly of Shuqualak, MS, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Shuqualak Baptist Church at 11:30 A.M. with Bro. Roy Hawkins and Bro. Matthew Green officiating. Interment will...

Jan 8, 2014

Martha Lindley Hightower Macon, MS Martha Lindley Hightower, 89, of Macon passed away Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon. Her funeral service will be held Sunday, Jan. 12 at 2:00 P.M. at Concord Baptist Church with Bro. Sean Greer officiating. Interment will follow in Salem Cemetery. A period of visitation will be held one...

Jan 5, 2014

Mrs. Sylvia Ann White, 72, of Shuqualak, MS passed away suddenly at her residence on Sunday, Jan.5, 2013. Her funeral service will held on Wednesday, January 8, 2013 at Macedonia United Methodist Church near Shuqualak at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. Sean Greer and Bro. Allen Eaves officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from...

Jan 5, 2014

Ruth Von Kohn Macon, MS Mrs. Ruth Boydstun Von Kohn, 89, passed away on January 5, 2014 at Emeritus Nursing Home in Oxford, MS. Mrs. Von Kohn was a native of Winston County, MS and was a longtime resident of Macon. She was the daughter of the late John and Lena Jackson Boydstun. She was a graduate of Mashulaville...

Dec 31, 2013

Lydia Marie Mast, 83, of Macon, MS passed away at her home on December 31, 2013, following a long illness. She was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer eleven years ago. Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at Magnolia Mennonite Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church...

Dec 23, 2013

Mrs. Cornelia P. Dossett, 96, of Macon, Ms passed away on Monday, December 23, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, MS. Her funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS with Dr. Bill Duncan officiating. Interment will follow in Artesia Cemetery in Artesia, MS. Visitation will...

Dec 10, 2013

Funeral services for Oscar N. Boykin, Jr. will be held Friday, December 13, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in Oddfellows Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be held Thursday at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703. Mr....

Nov 29, 2013

The graveside service for Roy Hall, Sr., 67, of Steens, MS will be held Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Bethel Cemetery in Monticello, MS. Visitation will be held Monday at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS from 6-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to Golden Triangle Horse Rescue, P.O. Box 1685, West Point, MS 39773. Cockrell Funeral Home is...

Nov 18, 2013

Mrs. Shirley A. Featherston, 79, of Brooksville, MS passed away Monday, November 18, 2013 at North Mississippi Medical Center-Hospice. Her funeral service will be held Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at Brooksville Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. with Bro. Ben Yarber and Bro. Jerome Key officiating. Interment will be in Brooksville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday at the funeral...

Nov 9, 2013

Mrs. Ellen W. White, 95, of Brandon, formerly of Macon, MS, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 at The Arbor Nursing Home. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 from Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Rex Kilpatrick officiating. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS. A time of visitation...

Oct 28, 2013

Calvin Maxwell “Mack” Hull Brooksville, MS Calvin Maxwell Hull, 83, of Brooksville, MS. passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Lakeside Nursing Home in Quitman, MS. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 4 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 3-4 p.m. Wednesday. In lieu...

Oct 27, 2013

John S. Adcock Macon, MS Mr. John S. Adcock passed away Sunday, October 27, 2013 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko, MS . Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Coy United Methodist Church near Preston, MS. with Rev. Creighton White officiating. Interment will be in the Coy Cemetery. Visitation will be...

Oct 25, 2013

George Stovall Hines, Jr. Macon, MS George Stovall Hines, Jr., 90, passed away Friday, October 25, 2013 at Specialty Hospital in Meridian, MS. His funeral service will be held Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 11:00 A.M. from Brooksville Baptist Church with Bro. Jay Spiller officiating. Interment will follow in the Brooksville Cemetery. A time of visitation will held for family...

Oct 2, 2013

Wanda Redus Starkville, MS Funeral services for Mrs. Wanda Redus, 72, of Starkville, MS. will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Moore Cemetery Fund,...