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

Robert Crespino Jr.

Robert Crespino Jr.

May 25, 2011

Robert Crespino Jr. of Macon, a loyal friend and devoted family member who had a creative, whimsical spirit, died Wednesday, May 25, 2011. He was forty-one. Born on May 7, 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi, he is the son of Robert Crespino and Barbara Hardin Crespino. He possessed a facility with the English language that could be seen at an...

Georgia Alice Taylor

Georgia Alice Taylor

May 24, 2011

Georgia Alice Britton Taylor Macon, MS Visitation for Mrs. Georgia Alice Britton Taylor will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today at the Central Academy high school library. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from Macon Presbyterian Church, with graveside services held from Soule Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Phillip Palmertree, Rev. Russell Mord and...

Mary Lou Adams

Mary Lou Adams

May 23, 2011

Mary Louise Adams Macon, MS Miss Mary Louise Adams, 94, of Macon, Ms passed away Monday May 23, 2011 at Elderly Care in Macon, MS. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6 p.m. from Oddfellows Cemetery with Rev. Bob Whiteside officiating. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made First United Methodist Church, P.O....

Barbara Hardin Crespino

Barbara Hardin Crespino

May 21, 2011

Barbara Hardin Crespino, an inspiring speaker and writer on issues of faith and suffering, died May 21, 2011 after an eight and a half year battle with peritoneal cancer. She was seventy-one. Born on July 22, 1939 in Macon, Mississippi, she was the firstborn child of Edward Faser Hardin, Jr. and Dorothy Adams Hardin. She attended Mississippi State College...

Glenda Kaye Russell

Glenda Kaye Russell

May 18, 2011

Mrs. Glenda Kaye Russell , 67, of Woodbury, TN, died Wednesday, May 18 2011 at Rain Tree Manor Nursing Center in McMinnville, TN. She was born November 14, 1943 in Meridian, Ms was a homemaker, and attended Faith Christian Fellowship Church. Mrs. Russell Was preceded in death by parents Fred Preston and Minnie Gertrude Null Alexander and husband Lawrence...

Irene Abrams Denton

Irene Abrams Denton

May 6, 2011

Mrs. Irene A. Denton, 83, of Macon, MS passed away Friday May 6 at her residence in Macon. Her funeral service will be Monday, May 9 at 2:00 P.M. from Calvary Baptist Church in Macon, MS. Bro. Greg Duncan will officiate. Interment will follow the service at Lynn Creek Cemetery near Brooksville. A visitation for Mrs. Denton’s family and...

Nannie George Robbins

Nannie George Robbins

Apr 27, 2011

Mrs. Nannie George Robbins, 93, of Macon, MS. passed away Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at her residence. Her memorial service will be held Friday, April 29, 2011 at 3:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Macon, MS. with Dr. Bill Duncan officiating. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.o. Box 510, Macon, MS 39341. Cockrell Funeral Home...

Shirley Seals Hailey

Shirley Seals Hailey

Apr 17, 2011

Mrs. Shirley Seals Hailey, wife of Kent Hailey of Macon, MS. and mother of Ken Hailey of Preston, Ms. passed away suddenly from complications of surgery at University of Alabama- Birmingham Medical Center on Sunday, April 17, 2011. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 18, 1959 to the late Arthur Clifton and Lillian Cole Seals but was...

Vera Hamill

Vera Hamill

Mar 22, 2011

Mrs. Vera Sanders Hamill, 99, of Macon, MS gently departed this life on March 22, 2011 at Noxubee County Nursing Home. Mrs. Hamill, a native of Longview, MS, was the daughter of the late H.T. and Carrie O. Lee Sanders. She graduated from Longview Boarding School and later married Vester Hamill of Sturgis, MS. They lived in Longview until...

David Matthew Willams

David Matthew Willams

Mar 15, 2011

David Matthew Williams, 45, son of the late Grady Wilson and Velma Ann Denny Triplett, passed away at his home in Meridian, MS on March 15, 2011. He was born in Molene, Illinois but grew up in the rural area between Meridian, MS and Shuqualak, MS. He attended West Kemper High School in Kemper County, MS. He had worked...

Wilma Bishop Wood

Wilma Bishop Wood

Mar 4, 2011

Mrs. Wilma B. Wood, 88, of Macon, Ms passed quietly away Friday, March 4, 2011 at Noxubee General Hospital Nursing Home. Mrs. Wood was a longtime resident of Columbus, MS but had lived in Macon for the past several years. Her funeral services will be held Monday, March 7 at Cooksville United Methodist Church with Bro. Glenn Miller officiating....

William Randolph Ewing

William Randolph Ewing

Mar 2, 2011

After a brave struggle with pancreatic cancer, Randolph Ewing, 77, of Brooksville, MS has gone home to be with the Lord, passing quietly away Wednesday evening, March 2, 2011 at the Home Place Assisted Living in Columbus, MS. His funeral service will be held Sunday, March 6, at 2:00 P.M. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS with...

Alfred Rex Parker

Alfred Rex Parker

Feb 21, 2011

Mr. A. Rex Parker, 95, of Brooksville, MS gently passed away Monday February 21, 2011 at Trinity Place Personal Care Center in Columbus, Ms. His funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 23, at 11:00 A.M. at Brooksville Baptist Church with Bro. Danny Avery officiating. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery. A visitation from 10:30 A.M. until service time...

Louise Boykin Mccrary

Louise Boykin Mccrary

Feb 9, 2011

Mrs. Louise Boykin McCrary, 79, of Macon, Ms passed gently away Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS after a brief illness. Her funeral service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on Saturday, February 12 at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. Greg Duncan officiating. Interment will follow the service at Moore Cemetery near...

Martha Janie Hull

Martha Janie Hull

Feb 1, 2011

Mrs, Martha Jane "janie" Hull passed away Monday, Feb 1 2011 at Traceway Manor in Tupelo, MS. She was born in Crawford, Ms on April 26 1924 to the later Joe and Aria (Ewing) Smith. She was a lifelong Baptist and had most recently attended Calvary Baptist Church in Tupelo, MS. She also enjoyed watching T.V. ministries later in...

Jack Daniels

Jack Daniels

Jan 23, 2011

Jack Daniels, 84, of Brooksville, MS passed away Sunday, January 23, 2011 at his residence. His funeral service will be held at graveside in Brooksville Cemetery on Wednesday, January 26 at 3:00 P.M. with Bro. Danny Avery officiating. There will be no public visitation. Cockrell Funeral Home of Macon, MS is entrusted with arrangements. Mr. Daniels was born on...

Andrew Jackson Adams

Andrew Jackson Adams

Jan 13, 2011

A memorial service is set for Wednesday, June 22, 2011 for Mr. Andrew Jackson Adams. Mr. Jackson, a Macon native, was 76 when he died Jan. 13, 2011 at Safety Harbor, Fla. His full obituary appeared in the Jan. 27, 2011 edition of The Macon Beacon. The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. at Salem Cemetery with...

Earl Thomas

Earl Thomas

Jan 11, 2011

Earl “Dick” Thomas was born in Macedonia to Jeff W. Thomas and Jackie Vashti Maxey on January 25, 1932, the youngest of four siblings. As a young boy he was always active and inquisitive, leading his father to “sign for” Earl to join the Air Force at age 15 1/2. He spent part of this time in Kansas, where...

Erlene Card Misso

Erlene Card Misso

Jan 10, 2011

Mrs. Lela Erlene Card Misso, 76, of Wahalak, MS passed away Monday, January 10, 2011 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS. Her funeral service will be Friday, January 14 from Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel in Macon, MS at 10:00 A.M. with Bro. Larry Smith and Bro. Jack Sellers officiating. Interment in Mohegan Cemetery near Shuqualak, MS will follow...

Billy Wade Whitfield

Billy Wade Whitfield

Jan 7, 2011

Billy Wade Whitfield of Shuqualak, MS passed away in Shuqualak MS on Friday Jan 7 2011. Funeral services will be held Sunday January 9, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Butler Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church from 10 - 11 a.m. Memorials may be made to Operation Smile, 6435 Tidewater Dr., Norfolk, VA 23509.

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