Dolores W. Barnett

Dolores "Dr. B" W. Barnett, age 84, passed away May 17, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating. Interment will follow the service at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in Batesville. The family will receive friends from 3:30 - 7:30 P.M. Friday, May 20, 2016 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. Dolores was born December 28, 1931 to the late Dewey Watts and Marguerite Austin Watts McCain in Falkner, MS. Dolores worked for 54 + years in education and 49 of those years with the South Panola School District. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Batesville where she was a Sunday School teacher for many years. Dolores had many joys in life. She loved her children, grandchildren, traveling, reading, her Church and Church family. Those left behind to cherish her precious memory include her husband Charles Barnett, Sr. of Batesville, her 2 sons; Dr. Charlie Barnett and wife Kim of Batesville, and Albert Gene Barnett of Huntsville, AL., 2 sisters; Betty Ann Watts of Oxford, Kathy Tidwell and her husband Larry of Batesville, 4 grandchildren; Jake Barnett, Sara Barnett, Kristin Collier and husband Cole, and Kayla Peeler and her fiancé Chase Douglas. In lieu of flowers the family ask for memorials in Dolores honor to be made to South Panola Foundation for Public Education, P.O. Box 156, Batesville, MS 38606, or First Baptist Church Mission Fund, 104 Panola Ave. Batesville MS 38606.