Copiah County, Mississippi

Copiah County Obituaries & Biographies

Catherine Cole Bufkin, 86, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at River Regional Medical Center in Vicksburg. Services are 11 a.m. today at Antioch Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Stringer Family Funeral Services in Hazlehurst is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Bufkin was a graduate of Oakridge High School and Vicksburg School of Nurs- ing and worked there until she retired. She was an active member of the Warren Coun- ty Home Demonstration clubs. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church of Hazlehurst.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Herbert Ray Bufkin, Sr.; her parents, Russell G. and Addie H. Cole; her brothers, James R. Cole, Joseph Dean Cole, and John Scott Cole.

Survivors include son, Ray Bufkin, Jr. and wife Jean Ashcraft Bufkin of New Albany; sister, Isabel Cole McLeod of Vicksburg; brother, Zane Grey Cole of Prescot, Ark; grandchildren, Jeannie Michele Bufkin Spratley and husband Richard of Biloxi; Sean Johnson and wife Chris; Christian Johnson and wife Beth; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.