Obituaries
Bobby Lee Woodruff
Mar 4, 2014
Bobby Lee Woodruff, age 81, widower of Dorothy Jean Woodruff, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Yalobusha County Nursing Home in Water Valley, Mississippi. The funeral will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 7, 2014, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in New Cleveland Cemetery in Cleveland, Mississippi. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until...
Leonard M. Whitehorn, Jr.
Mar 2, 2014
Leonard M. Whitehorn, Jr., age 67, died on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Baptist Hospital, Memphis, TN. The Whitehorn family will hold a memorial service at a later time. Leonard was born to Bobbie Lou Kiddy & Leonard M. Whitehorn in New Albany, MS on September 30, 1946. He worked as a truck driver thoughout his adult life and was...
Frances Smith Stanley
Feb 27, 2014
Frances S. Stanley, age 86, widow of Paul Herbert Stanley, Sr., passed away on Thursday morning, February 27,2014 in Sardis Nursing Home. The funeral will be 3:00 p.m Sunday, 3/2/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating. Interment will follow in Good Hope Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Sunday...
William Lynn (Billy) Jones
Feb 25, 2014
William Lynn (Billy) Jones, age 60, of Crowder, MS, passed away Monday, 2/24/14. He was the widower of Pearl Gentry Jones. A 2:00 p.m. funeral service will be held Friday, 2/28/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in Crowder Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Friday and continue until service time. Billy was born to Albert O....
Mary Alice Smith Donaldson
Feb 24, 2014
Mary Alice Smith Donaldson, age 87, passed away on 2/24/14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North MS. The Celebration of Life Service will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, 2/26/14, at First Baptist Church, 104 Panola Ave., Batesville, MS, with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends from Noon until service time, at the church...
Billie Jean McCurdy
Feb 23, 2014
Billie Jean McCurdy age 69, widow of L.C. McCurdy, died Sunday morning 2/23/14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi. The funeral for Mrs. McCurdy will be 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Robert Rawson & Mr. Michael Bates officiating. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends...
Cathryn Jean Bowman
Feb 23, 2014
Cathryn"Kit Kat" Jean Bowman, age 57, died Sunday morning 2/23/14 at Glenburney Healthcare in Natchez, MS, where she was a resident for 2 months. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tom Atkins officiating. Burial will follow in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Sardis, MS. The family will receive friends from...
Josephine M. St.Marie
Feb 22, 2014
Josephine M. St.Marie age 94, died Saturday 2/22/14 at Fairfield of Batesville. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced when they become available.
Susan L. Cook
Feb 21, 2014
Susan L. Cook, age 55, passed away Friday morning, February 21, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford.The funeral for Mrs. Cook will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, 2/23/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Floyd officiating. Burial will follow in Center Hill Cemetery, Courtland, MS. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. Sunday until...
Deloris Ditto Hendrix
Feb 18, 2014
Deloris Ditto Hendrix, 68, of Coffeeville, MS passed away Tuesday evening, February 18, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS. in Oxford, MS. The family will hold a private memorial service at a later time. Deloris was born in Memphis, TN to Everett Ditto & Maud Briscoe on July 13, 1945. She is survived by her two grandchildren, James...
James "Tut" Richard Tuttle
Feb 17, 2014
James Richard "Tut" Tuttle, age 55, passed away Monday evening, February 17, 2014, at his home in Batesville, Mississippi. A graveside inurnment will be 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, 2/22/14, in Lehrton Cemetery, Ruleville, MS with Bro. Van Lott. Mr. Tuttle was born to Charles Edward & Betty Johnson Tuttle on August 26, 1958 in Ruleville, MS. He worked for the...
James Marshall Johnson, Jr.
Feb 17, 2014
James M. Johnson, Jr., age 56, husband of Daile Johnson, died on Monday morning, 2/17/14, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center, Batesville, MS.The funeral will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, 2/20/14, at First Baptist Church, 104 Panola Ave., Batesville, MS. Dr. Tommy Snyder will officate the home going service and interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The Johnson family will receive...
James R. Webb
Feb 13, 2014
James Richard Webb age 65, died Thursday morning 2/13/14 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Mr. Webb will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 15, 2014, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Michael Bates presiding. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Wells. Pallbearers...
Roy D. Melton
Feb 13, 2014
Roy D. Melton, age, 71, passed away Thursday afternoon, 2/13/14, at Tri-Lakes Medical Center, Batesville, MS.Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, 2/15/14, at the First United Pentecostal Church, Batesville, MS with Rev. Jay Teague presiding. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Batesville. The family will greet friends and loved ones from 11:00 a.m. Saturday morning, until service...
Walter R. Semrau
Feb 13, 2014
Walter R. Samrau, age 71, died on Thursday afternoon, 2/13/14, in Baptist Memorial Hospital, North MS, Oxford, MS.A private memorial service will be held by the family.Walter was born in Princeton, Wisconsin to Robert & Dorothy Menge Semrau on May 5, 1942. He was a truck driver for 20 years. Then he and his wife opened their own taxidermy shop,...
Irene Shields Taylor
Feb 13, 2014
Irene Shields Taylor, age 89, passed away Thursday evening ,February 13, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Batesville, Mississippi. The funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, 2/16/14 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Hal Johnson presiding. Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sardis, MS. The family will receive friends on Saturday evening, 2/15/14 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at...
Ernest "Ernie" Goodwin
Feb 12, 2014
Mr. Ernest "Ernie" Goodwin, age 68, passed away Wednesday Evening at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, Mississippi. The funeral for Mr. Goodwin will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tim McMillin officiating; burial will follow in Shady Grove Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Friday evening, 2/14/14, at Wells Funeral Home from...
Geneva Duvall Appleton
Feb 9, 2014
Geneva Duvall Appleton, age 94, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 9, 2014 at Golden Living Nursing Home in Batesville, MS. A funeral for Mrs. Appleton will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday morning in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time...
Evelyn Dee Rainey
Feb 9, 2014
Evelyn Dee Rainey, age 73, passed away at her home near Pope, MS Sunday evening, February 9, 2014. A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 18, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel. The family will greet friends beginning at 10:00 a.m. Mrs. Rainey was born to Leslie H. & Edna Lula Rist Minton on January 31, 1940 in...
Gilbert A. Bridges, Sr.
Feb 5, 2014
Gilbert Asa Bridges died February 5, 2014, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, Mississippi. He was 90. Born November 27, 1923, near Lambert, he was the son of Willie Frank and Lena Grice Bridges, and the eldest of eight children. A veteran of World War II, he served in the United States Army Infantry in the Philippines and...
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