Obituaries
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
Katherine "Kathy" Potts Sykes
May 7, 2015
Katherine "Kathy" Potts Sykes, age 64, passed away Thursday evening, May 7, 2015 at Tallahatchie General Extended Care in Charleston, MS. Kathy is the wife of J.B. Sykes. Funeral services for Kathy will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 9, 2015 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville,...
Wayne Anderson
Apr 29, 2015
Mr. Wayne Anderson, age 73, passed away Wednesday morning, April 29, 2015, at North Delta Hospice in Southaven, Mississippi. A graveside service for Mr. Anderson will be held Friday, May 1, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Oakland Cemetery in Oakland, MS. Wayne was born September 29, 1942 in Memphis, TN to the late Everett W. Anderson Sr. and Margaret McCullar...
J.C. Sexton
Apr 26, 2015
J.C. Sexton, age 83, passed away April 26, 2015 at his home near Sardis, MS. Funeral services for Mr. Sexton will be held Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. Interment will follow at Peach Creek Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening...
Sofia Hernandez
Apr 25, 2015
Sofia Hernandez, age 90, passed away Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2015 at Sardis Nursing Home. Sofia was born September 18, 2015 to the late Lucio and Mariane Hernandez in Aguascalientes, Mexico. During her life time she was a homemaker and caregiver for children. She was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church. Her loving memory will be cherished by her...
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