OBITUARY LISTINGS

Nov 14, 2022

Robert Doyle Cummins, 77, of Macon, MS passed away Monday, November 14 ,2022 at Rush Hospital in Meridian, MS. A funeral service is planned for Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be  in Cedarlawn Cemetery  at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Philadelphia, MS. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wednesday...

Nov 8, 2022

Mr. Arnie L. (Sonny) Miller, Jr., 74, of Duncanville, AL passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at his residence.

A funeral service is planned for Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted...

Oct 19, 2022

Mrs. Peggy Eleanor Mann, 73, Murfreesboro, TN. passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital.  A funeral service is planned for Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at Calvary Baptist Church, Macon, MS. Interment will follow in Memorial Gardens Cemetery in West Point, MS. Visitation will be held at the church one hour...

Oct 18, 2022

Mrs. Eloise Goss, 92, of Macon, MS passed away on Tuesday, October 18,2022 at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon.  A funeral service is planned for Friday, October 21, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Cooksville Methodist Church near Macon, MS. with Rev. Glenn Miller officiating. A visitation will be held at the funeral home Thursday from 5-7 p.m. and...

Oct 8, 2022

Mrs. Edna McGuire Gilliland, 96, of Macon passed away at the Beehive Home in Starkville, MS on October 8, 2022. A private family graveside service will be held at Greenwood Cemetery in West Point, MS. Memorials are requested to be made to First Baptist Church P.O. Box 510 Macon, MS 39361.

Edna McGuire was born in West...

Oct 7, 2022

Fred White, 85, of Shuqualak, MS passed away on Friday, October 7,2022 at Anderson Regional Hospital in Meridian, MS. His funeral service will be held on Monday, October 10, at 3:00 P.M. from Macedonia Methodist Church near Shuqualak with Bro. Sean Greer officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. until service time at the church. Interment will follow in...

Oct 7, 2022

Lawrence (Pete) Card, 82, of Shuqualak, MS passed away on Friday, October 7, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital. His funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 12 at Calvary Baptist Church at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. A private family interment service will follow at Mohegan Cemetery near Shuqualak. Visitation will be at the...

Sep 27, 2022

Mrs. Rebecca J. (Becky Jane) Pannell, 82, passed away on Monday, September 27, 2022, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 12:00 P.M. (noon) at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jared Glover and Bro. Gerald Butler officiating. Interment will follow in Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS. Visitation will be from 10:00...

Sep 25, 2022

Rebecca Marie (Becky) Wilson Thomas, 65, of Wahalak, MS passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Anderson Hospital in Meridian, MS. Her funeral service will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until service time. Memorials are requested to be sent to St. Jude’s Children’s...

Sep 22, 2022

Garvin “Bubba” Fraley passed away Thursday, September 22, 2022 at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, MS.  A Graveside Service  will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Yellow Creek Cemetery at 4:00 p.m. on Yellow Creek Road in Noxubee County with Bro. Zachary Eaves officiating. Visitation will be held Sunday at Cockrell Funeral Home in Macon from 1:00 P.M....

Sep 18, 2022

The funeral service for Mrs. Laura Triplett will be held on Wednesday, September 21, at 2:00 P.M. from Bethel Baptist Church located at 27253 MS-14 in Winston County, MS. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will follow the service in the Perkinsville Cemetery. Memorials are requested to be made to the Perkinsville Cemetery fund 769 Harold...

Sep 17, 2022

The graveside service for James C. (J.C.) Bentley of Brooksville, MS will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 at Forest Lawn Cemetery (10000 Celeste Road) in Saraland, Alabama. The family requests No Flowers but that memorials be made to St Jude Children's Hospital or your favorite charity. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be in charge...

Sep 15, 2022

Margaret Giesbrecht Classen was born August 23, 1934, to George and Mary Voth Giesbrecht at Montezuma, Kansas. She quietly slipped away in the early morning hours of September 15, 2022, at Oakwood Manor, Brooksville, Mississippi, where she and her husband, Leo, had resided since 2017.

She grew up the eighth child in a large family of seventeen...

Aug 28, 2022

Clemmie Henry Magruder died Sunday, August 28, 2022, at Windsor Place

in Columbus, Mississippi. She was born on July 7, 1933, in Starkville,

Mississippi, to Augustin Freeland Magruder and Helena Ingram Magruder.

Clemmie graduated from Starkville High School and attended Mississippi State

University. She received her RN degree from Druid City...

Aug 28, 2022

Mrs. Elizabeth “Inez” Hines, 88, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022 at her son’s residence in Columbus, MS. A graveside service will be held Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at 3:OO p.m. at Brooksville Cemetery with Rev. Jearl Hunley officiating. Visitation will be held at Cockrell Funeral Home Wednesday from 1:30 until 2:30 p.m.  Memorials may be made to Brooksville...

Aug 18, 2022

Mrs. Jean Eaves Parker, 79, of Jackson, MS passed away on August 18,2022 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. A graveside service will be held at Brooksville Cemetery in Brooksville, MS on Sunday August 21 at 2:30 P.M. A public visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Cockrell Funeral Home (2478 Jefferson Street) in Macon,...

Aug 10, 2022

Graveside services for Mrs. Doris E. McCollum will begin at 1:00 P.M. Monday, August 15, 2022 at Shuqualak Cemetery in Shuqualak, MS with the Reverend Corbin Kill officiating. Interment will follow graveside rites. Cockrell Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements.

Mrs. McCollum, 84, passed away peacefully after an extended illness Wednesday, August 10,...

Aug 5, 2022

Bobby Ray Hadaway, 83, of Macon, MS., went to be with his Lord and Savior on his 60th wedding anniversary, August 5, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. A Funeral service is planned for Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. There will not be any public visitation. Memorials...

Aug 5, 2022

Bobby Ray Hadaway, Sr., 83, of Macon, MS., went to be with his Lord and Savior on his 60th wedding anniversary, August 5, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. A funeral service is planned for Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Bill Ross officiating. There will not be any public...