Obituaries
Willie Cecil Pitcock
Apr 22, 2014
Mr. Cecil Pitcock, age 93, passed away Tuesday morning, 4/22/14, in Tupelo, MS at the Sanctuary Hospice House. The funeral will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 25, 2014 at Liberty Hill Baptist Church, with Dr. Gary Berry presiding. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The Pitcock family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home.Cecil...
Roger Hugh Besinger
Apr 22, 2014
Roger Besinger, age 57, died at his home in Southaven, MS on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Higgins presiding. Visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Friday evening at Wells. Burial will be held in Sardis Lake Baptist Church Cemetery.Roger was born to Bobby Hugh...
Albertine "Tena" Taylor
Apr 18, 2014
Albertine "Tena" Taylor, age 88, passed away Friday afternoon, April 18, 2014 at Providence Assisted Living Home in Batesville, MS. Ms. Taylor is the widow of the late Clyde E. Taylor of Batesville, MSFuneral service will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 21, 2014 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family...
Hugh Mixon
Apr 17, 2014
Hugh Mixon, age 82, passed away Thursday evening, April 17, 2014 at his home.Funeral services for Mr. Mixon will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, 4/22/14 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Hal Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m Monday evening, 4/21/14, at Wells. Those men honored to serve as...
Morgan Parker Jones
Apr 14, 2014
Morgan Parker Jones, age 15, of Greenville, MS took her place in heaven on Monday, April 14, 2014 at Blair Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, MS. She was born on September 12, 1998, to Jay Eric Jones and Angela Parker Jones in Greenville. Parker had attended Our Lady of Lourdes School and was a freshman at St Joseph Catholic High...
Betty Lou McKellar Craddock
Apr 13, 2014
Betty McKellar Craddock, age 68, passed away Sunday morning, April 13, 2014 at North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville, MS.A memorial service will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, 4/16/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Danny McKellar & Mrs. Jeanette Streitmatter conducting the service. Inurnment will be in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Sardis, MS.Betty was born to Lonzo & Jency Monell...
Shannon VanHoozer Francis
Apr 11, 2014
Shannon VanHoozer Francis, age 45, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN.Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 o'clock P.M. Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery near Gore Springs, MS. The family will receive friends Monday evening, April 14, 2014 from 5:00 - 8:00...
Donna Faye Cook Roberson
Apr 10, 2014
Donna Faye Cook Roberson, age 56, died on Thursday morning, 4/10/14, in her home in Nettleton, MS.A graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery with Reverend Terry Floyd officiating. Those serving as pallbearers include: Richie Strickland, Jadon Strickland, Tripp Hardin, Tyler Hardin, Jessce Pannell & Billy Ray Taylor, Jr. Donna was born...
Janie Eubanks Vick
Apr 7, 2014
Ms. Janie Eubanks Vick, age 92, passed away Monday evening, April 7, 2014, at Carpenter House in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was a former resident of Panola County, Mississippi.Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Derrick Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The Vick family will...
Billy Q. Allen
Apr 4, 2014
Billy Q. Allen, age 74, passed away Friday evening, April 4, 2014 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN.Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 O'clock P.M. Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jay Teague officiating. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. Monday, April 7, 2014. Interment will follow in...
Nora Ragon Bridwell
Mar 31, 2014
Nora Ragon Bridwell, age 68, passed away Monday, March 31, 2014 at Tri-Lakes Medical Center. The funeral will be 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel, with burial to follow in Magnolia Cemetery, Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time Wednesday.Nora was born in Batesville, MS on February 24, 1946 to Clayton...
Johnnie Allen Sparks
Mar 31, 2014
Johnnie Allen Sparks, age 63, passed away Monday evening, March 31, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. The funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, April 4, 2014, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, Mississippi. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time on...
Betty Lou Melton
Mar 28, 2014
Betty Lou Melton, age 75, passed away Friday morning, March 28, 2014 at Oxford Health and Rehabilitation in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Betty will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, March 30, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Charles Locke presiding. Burial will follow in Lambert Cemetery with Elbert Ray, Austin Melton, Gerald Melton, Jerry Melton, Johnny Melton and Ricky...
Lorraine Austin Bright
Mar 28, 2014
Lorraine Austin Bright, age 100, widow of the late M. Knox Bright, passed away Friday evening, March 28, 2014 at Sardis Nursing Home in Sardis, MS. The funeral will be 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2014, at Good Hope Baptist Church, 1541 Good Hope Rd, Batesville, MS. Reverend Tim Morgan and Dr. Andy Brasher will be officiating the services....
Kade Vaughn
Mar 24, 2014
Mr. Kade Vaughn, age 84, passed away early Monday afternoon, March 24, 2014, at his home in Crenshaw, Mississippi.A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. in the Crockett Community Center, near Senatobia, MS. Kade was born on March 26, 1929 to Hattie Gesna Brown & Archie Clyde Vaughn in Calhoun County, Mississippi. He has lived in the Crenshaw community...
Danny "Pop" Phil File
Mar 19, 2014
Danny "Pop" File, age 62, passed away peacefully at his home in Pope, MS on Wednesday morning, March 19, 2014. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday morning, 3/21/14 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Clay Baker presiding. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Pope, MS. Those gentlemen honored to serve as pallbearers include: Wes Brewer, Paul Hentz, Michael Johnson, Richard...
David Harmon
Mar 16, 2014
Mr. David Harmon, age 71, of Chapel Hill, TN, died Sunday, 3/16/14 in Franklin, TN. He was a native of Oxford, MS and a son of the late David Irby & Betty Pettit Harmon, Jr. David served in the National Guard as a helicopter pilot and retired from the United States Army as a Lt. Colonel. He later retired as...
Bobby M. Hudson
Mar 14, 2014
Mr. Bobby M. Hudson, age 78, husband of Betty Herron Hudson of Batesville, passed away on Friday morning, 3/14/14, in Oxford, MS at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North MS. A memorial service will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2014, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Sunday afternoon. Bobby was born...
Jimmy J. Potts
Mar 10, 2014
Mr. Jimmy J. Potts, age 82, passed away early this morning, Monday March 10, 2014, at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, Mississippi. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Batesville, MS. Mr. Hal Johnson will officiate the service. Jimmy was born to Jimmy Avant & Bertha Johnson...
Angela Jones Ellis
Mar 6, 2014
Angela "Angie" Jones Ellis, age 49, wife of Mike Ellis passed away this afternoon Thursday, March 6, 2014 at her home in Courtland, Mississippi. The funeral service will be 4:00 p.m. Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Shiloh United Methodist Church, Avery Road, Courtland, MS with Reverend Chris Cooksey presiding. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until service time...
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