Bernice Cole

Published 12:01 am Thursday, June 14, 2018

Dec. 30, 1937 – June 8, 2018

 

NATCHEZ — Services for Bernice “Aunt Bunny” Cole, 80, of Natchez, who died Friday, June 8, 2018, at Merit Health Jackson, will be 11 a.m. Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church-The Vision Center, with the Rev. Stanley Searcy officiating.   

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Burial will follow at the church cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. until service time, both at the church.

Mrs. Cole was born Dec. 30, 1937, in Cannonsburg, the daughter of Bivin Cole and Florence Compton.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Richard Jackson Sr.; one daughter, Pamela Jackson; stepmother, Anita Cole; three brothers, Leonard Cole, Rufus Cole and LeRoy Cole; and one granddaughter, Jessica Jackson.

Survivors include three sons, Johnny Jackson and wife, Sonjagela, Michael Jackson and wife, Sharon, and Anthony Jackson and wife, Cecilia; two daughters, Brenda Searcy and husband, the Rev. Stanley Searcy and Rosie Washington and husband, Jarvis; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews; one goddaughter, Wanzer Turner; and a special daughter, Shirley Graham.