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Obituaries

Horace Wayne Potts

Horace Wayne Potts

Jul 12, 2015

Horace Wayne Potts, age 39, passed away early Sunday morning, July 12, 2015, at his home near Batesville, MS. A celebration of Horace's life will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. The interment will follow the service...

Julia Frances Crafton Williamson

Julia Frances Crafton Williamson

Jul 11, 2015

Julia Frances Crafton Williamson, age 71, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2015, at her home in Batesville, MS. Mrs. Williamson is the wife of Harry Williamson. The family will have a Service of Remembrance 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 15, 2015 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with inurnment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park. The family...

Jamie Ray Ledbetter, Sr.

Jamie Ray Ledbetter, Sr.

Jul 8, 2015

Jamie R. Ledbetter Sr., age 84, of Batesville, MS, passed away today, Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 at Baptist Hospital in Oxford, MS. He is the husband of Mary Ledbetter. Funeral services for Mr. Ledbetter will be held Friday, July 10, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville MS. The family will...

Nelson Clark Robison

Nelson Clark Robison

Jul 7, 2015

Nelson Clark Robison, age 35, passed away Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at his home in Lonoke, AR. He is the son of Rocky and Diane Robison of Teasdale, MS. A memorial service for Nelson will be held Saturday, July 11th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel at Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one...

Sheila Ann Barber

Sheila Ann Barber

Jul 4, 2015

Sheila Ann Barber, age 82, of Nashville, TN., passed away July 4, 2015 at the Alive Hospice Center in Nashville. She is the widow of George D. Barber. Prior to Mr. Barber's passing the couple had been married for 60 years. Mrs. Barber was born May 25, 1933 in Glenside, PA to the late Peter Allen Grindrod and Eleanor Russett...

Albert L. Gray

Albert L. Gray

Jul 2, 2015

Albert "Bubba" Gray, Sr., age 76, passed away Thursday evening, July 2, 2015, at his home near Batesville, Mississippi. Bubba is husband to the late Ginger Gray. Services for Mr. Gray will be held Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Chapel at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends 2 hours...

Earnest K. Gordon

Earnest K. Gordon

Jun 28, 2015

Mr. Earnest K. Gordon, age 82, passed away Sunday morning, June 28, 2015, at his home in Batesville, Mississippi. He is the husband to Ms. Peggy Gooch Gordon. Funeral services for Bro. E.K. Gordon will be held Friday, July 3, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church. The family will receive friends Thursday, July 2, 2015 at the Martin...

Raymond "Ray" E. Putman, Jr.

Raymond "Ray" E. Putman, Jr.

Jun 18, 2015

Raymond "Ray" E. Putman, Jr., age 45, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at his home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 20, 2015, at Terza United Methodist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home and also...

Reginald Jones

Reginald Jones

Jun 18, 2015

Mr. Reginald Jones, age 89, passed away Thursday evening, June 18, 2015, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the husband of Helen Jones of Batesville MS. Funeral services for Mr. Jones will be held Saturday, June 20, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Batesville Church of Christ with visitation one hour prior to the service. A committal...

Sidney Denson Burns, Sr.

Sidney Denson Burns, Sr.

Jun 9, 2015

Sidney Denson Burns, Sr., age 91, passed away Tuesday evening, June 9th, 2015 at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS. The funeral service for Mr. Burns will be held Saturday, June 13th, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville MS. The family will...

Maritza Elsner

Maritza Elsner

Jun 7, 2015

Maritza Elsner, age 74, passed away Sunday evening, June 7, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. There will be a memorial service held for Mrs. Elsner Friday, June 12, 2015 at 10:45 at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, TN, where she will be laid to rest by her husband Kenneth E. Elsner. The...

Amos E. Harrison

Amos E. Harrison

May 31, 2015

Amos E. Harrison, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home in Pope, Mississippi on Sunday, May 31, 2015. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, June 4, 2015 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, June 3, 2015...

John Patrick Perry

John Patrick Perry

May 29, 2015

John Patrick Perry, age 52, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford MS early this morning, May 29, 2015. John is the husband of Betty Perry of Sardis. A memorial service for Mr. Perry will be held at 3:00 Sunday, May 31, 2015 at First Faith Baptist Church in Batesville, MS. John was born March 2, 1963 to the...

John Clinton Prince

John Clinton Prince

May 24, 2015

John Clinton Prince, age 75, passed away Sunday evening, May 24, 2015 at his home near Batesville, MS. John is the husband of Patricia Jean Crouch Prince. Funeral service for Mr. Prince will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 2015 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends...

William Sherrell Guest

William Sherrell Guest

May 18, 2015

Mr. William Sherrell Guest, age 85, passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at Kirby Pines in Memphis Tn. Funeral services for Mr. Guest will be held Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville MS. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at Wells. Interment...

Betty Ware Guest

Betty Ware Guest

May 18, 2015

Ms. Betty Jean Ware Guest, age 84, passed away today, May 18, 2015 at Baptist Trinity Hospice in Memphis, TN. She is the widow of William Sherrell Guest. Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening...

Marie Gowen

Marie Gowen

May 14, 2015

Marie Gowen, age 70, died Thursday afternoon, May 14, 2015, at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, Mississippi. Survivors include her husband, W.G. "Gene" Gowen of Batesville, MS, 2 sons; Daran Robertson of Jerusalem Israel, and Greg Gowen of Batesville MS, 2 sisters; Shirley McGehee Stewart of Vardaman, MS, and Lorene McGehee McLellan of Anderson, SC, 3 brothers; Travis McGehee of...

Hilda Banks Holt

Hilda Banks Holt

May 12, 2015

Mrs. Hilda Holt, age 98, of Batesville passed away late Tuesday evening, May 12, 2015, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. A memorial service for Mrs. Holt will be held Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 1:30 at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville. The family will receive friends prior to the service at 1:00 in the sanctuary. Hilda...

Peggy Joyce Purdon Parrish

Peggy Joyce Purdon Parrish

May 8, 2015

Peggy Joyce Purdon Parrish, age 86, passed away Friday morning, May 8, 2015 at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. Mrs. Parrish is the widow of the late William Leo Parrish of Crenshaw, MS. Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, May 11, 2015 at Crenshaw Baptist Church with interment to follow in Longtown Cemetery near Crenshaw, MS. Visitation for...

Gordon R. Thetford

Gordon R. Thetford

May 8, 2015

Gordon R. Thetford, age 66, passed away Friday afternoon, May 8, 2015 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. The family will be celebrating Gordon's life Monday afternoon, May 11, 2015, at 2:00 P.M. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. Mr. Hal Johnson will...

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