OBITUARY LISTINGS

Briana Grace Maxwell Brackin

Jun 10, 2023

Briana Grace Maxwell-Brackin, 35, passed away Saturday, June 10, 2023. There will not be any formal services. Obituary to follow.

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James Benson Tubb

Jun 2, 2023

James “Ben” Benson Tubb, 71, passed away at home in the early hours of June 2, after a long battle with cancer. He was tended lovingly by his longtime partner and high school sweetheart, Malinda. There will not be any public services held at this time.

Ben was born on October 11, 1951 in Cleveland, Miss. to...

Joyce Vernon Presley

May 30, 2023

Mrs. Joyce Vernon Presley, 88, of Shuqualak, MS  passed away Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus, MS. Funeral services are planned for Thursday, June 1, 2023 at Soul Harbor Pentecostal Church, 403 Residence St., Shuqualak, MS  at 11:00 a.m. Interment will be held in Butler Cemetery, 4338 Butler Rd. Shuqualak,  MS  39361   Visitation will be held...

Margaret Eunice Patterson

May 26, 2023

Miss Margaret Eunice Patterson, 71, of Shuqualak, MS, passed away Friday, May 26, 2023, at Anderson Regional Hospital in Meridian, MS.  Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Shuqualak Baptist Church at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery.  A visitation will be held at the church from 9-11 a.m. prior to the service.  Memorials...

Leo Ralph Classen

May 24, 2023

Leo R. Classen, 86, of Macon, MS passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, MS. Funeral services will be held at South Haven Mennonite Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 28, 2023. Interment will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be held at the church Saturday, May 27, 2023 from 5:30 until 8:30 p.m....

Billy Vernon

May 22, 2023

Billy Wayne Vernon, 70, passed away on Monday, May 22,2023 at Noxubee General Hospital. A funeral service is planned for Saturday, May 27,2023 at 11:00 a.m. at Soul Harbor Pentecostal Church 403 Residence St.,  Shuqualak, MS 39361. Interment will follow in Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. 146 Weaver Lane, Preston, MS  39354. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until...

Elsie Mapp King

May 21, 2023

Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend went home to see the Lord on Sunday, May 21, 2023.  She was 93 years old. A funeral service is planned for Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Calvary Baptist Church, 105 Dent St., Macon, MS at 11:00 a.m. Bro. Bill Ross will officiate the services. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery. Visitation...

Dale J Giesbrecht

May 12, 2023

Mr. Dale Giesbrecht, 70, of Macon, MS passed away at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon, MS on Friday, May 12, 2023.

A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at Brook Haven Mennonite Church, Hwy 388, Brooksville, MS at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Souls Chapel Cemetery, Old Bodka Creek Rd.,...

Laura Inez Deavenport Barge

May 11, 2023

Laura Inez (Deavenport) Barge

Laura Inez Barge was born September 25, 1933 to Earnest W. Deavenport, Sr. and Laura Mae (Hailey) Deavenport. She was born in an upstairs room of what is now Cockrell Funeral Home in...

Kathleen Renee Hatcher

May 8, 2023

Mrs. Kathleen Hatcher, 60, of Macon, MS passed away at her home, Monday, May 8, 2023. There will not be any public services held at this time. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with arrangements.

Kathleen was born on October 16, 1962 in Marion, IN to the late Cecil and Rena Hueston. She...

Bernettie Louise Loewen

May 6, 2023

Bernettie L. Loewen, 90, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Oakwood Manor in Brooksville, MS. A service is planned for Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. Southern Star Mennonite Church in Geiger AL. Interment will follow in Souls Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Monday, May 8, 2023 from 6-8 p.m. Memorials may...

Carrie Scales Evans

May 6, 2023

Carrie Scales Evans died peacefully on her birthday in her home in Orange Beach, AL on Saturday, May 6, 2023. She was surrounded by family and under the care of Gentiva Hospice. She was the daughter of Estelle Jane Blann Scales and John Curtis Scales of Livingston, AL.

Mrs. Evans was born in Bellamy, AL,...

Glenda Joan Coleman

May 4, 2023

Glenda Joan Coleman, 72, passed away Thursday, May 4,2023 at her residence in Shuqualak, MS surrounded by her family. A funeral service is planned for Sunday, May 7,2023 at 2:00p.m. at Shuqualak Baptist Church, 7110 Line St., Shuqualak MS 39361. Interment will follow in Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak MS. Visitation will be held Saturday at the church from...

Dixie Sparkman Walker

Apr 24, 2023

Dixie Sparkman Walker, 104, passed away peacefully at the Beehive in Starkville, MS on Monday, April 24, 2023. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at 11:30 a.m. at Oddfellows Cemetery, 251 Oddfellows Rd., Macon MS 39341. Visitation will be held at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 3184 Jefferson St., Macon MS 39341, Wednesday from...

Lester Tobias Schrock

Apr 15, 2023

Lester Tobias Schrock, of Macon Mississippi, went to his eternal home on April 15, 2023 at his home at Macon. Lester was born at Goshen, Indiana on June 2, 1932 to Ezra and Clara Schrock. He married Louise Knepp on December 12, 1954. During the early years of their marriage the couple made their home at Goshen, Indiana where...

James "Jimmy" White Adams

Apr 14, 2023

James White “Jimmy” Adams, 72, of Columbus, Mississippi passed away at his residence on Friday, April 14, 2023. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at Salem Memorial Cemetery, 613 Salem Rd., in Macon, MS at 2:00 p.m.  Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Tuesday from 1 p.m. until service time. Memorials may be...

Carrie Johnson Franks

Mar 31, 2023

Carrie Franks, 43 of Macon, MS passed unexpectedly on March 31 st 2023. A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at Cooksville Methodist Church, 1500 Cooksville Rd., Macon, MS 39341 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church Tuesday from 12-2 p.m. Memorials may be made to...

Linda Michelle Hargett

Mar 23, 2023

Linda Michelle Hargett,57, passed away at her residence in Macon, MS on March 23, 2023. She was born to James Clyde “Bud” Blaine and the late Linda Jeanette Thompson on January 25,1966 in Greenwood, MS. She was a graduate of the Ackerman High School Class of 1984. For the past ten years she had worked at Mississippi State University...

Nowell Flake

Mar 23, 2023

Ernest Nowell Flake, 76, of Shuqualak, MS passed away 3/23/2023 at UMMC, Jackson, MS.  A funeral service is planned for Monday, March 27, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.at Butler Pentecostal Church, 4338 Butler Rd  in Shuqualak MS with Bro. Jimbo Flake officiating. Interment will follow in the Butler Cemetery. A visitation will be held at the church from 12:30 until...

Michael John Butterfield

Mar 20, 2023

Monday, March 20th, Pastor Michael John Butterfield entered his eternal rest with his Redeemer. A worship service of praise to God will be held Thursday. Visitation will be at 10 am at Macon Presbyterian Church with a worship service to follow at 11am. May God be glorified in life and in death.

Michael John Butterfield was born...