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Obituaries

Deloris Ditto Hendrix

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

Jerry L. Darby

Jerry L. Darby

Feb 5, 2014

Jerry L. Darby, age 75, husband of Margaret Darby, died Wednesday, 2/5/14, at Baptist Memorial Hosptial, Memphis, TN. A memorial service for Mr. Darby will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, 2/7/14 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Clay Baker officiating. The family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m. until service time Friday morning. On August 7, 1938, Jerry was...

Timothy Floyd Marshall

Timothy Floyd Marshall

Jan 31, 2014

Timothy Floyd Marshall, age 48, passed away on Friday, 1/31/14 at his home in Southaven, MS. There will be no local memorial service for Mr. Marshall. At a later time, Timothy will have a full military burial at Sea, which will be orchestrated by the United States Navy. Being born in Batesville, Mississippi to Floyd O. & Grace Darby Marshall...

Martha Frances Newman

Martha Frances Newman

Jan 29, 2014

Martha Frances Newman, age 69, passed away Wednesday evening, 1/29/14, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. The funeral service for Mrs. Newman will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel, interment to follow in Bethel Cemetery, Enid, MS. Visitation will be held Friday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Wells. Mrs. Newman was born to...

Martha Davis Franklin

Martha Davis Franklin

Jan 28, 2014

Martha Davis Franklin, age 88, passed away Tuesday morning, January 28, 2014 at her home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, 2/1/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Strange, Rev. Ronnie Luke & Rev. Raymond Aven officiating. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home. Interment will follow...

Alfred "A.B." Burt Darby

Alfred "A.B." Burt Darby

Jan 27, 2014

Video Memorial TributeAlfred Burt "A.B." Darby passed away early Monday morning, Janaury 27, 2014 at Grace Health and Rehab in Grenada, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, 1/30/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Greg Harris, Rev. Dan Frakes & Dr. Paul Middleton presiding. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Donna May Grimes

Donna May Grimes

Jan 26, 2014

Donna May Grimes, age 66, wife of Charles Grimes, passed away on Sunday, 1/26/14, in Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto, Southaven, MS. A memorial service will be 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Brantley Funeral Home Chapel, Olive Branch, MS. Mrs. Grimes was born to Walter & Dorothy Austin Stalbird in Walton, New York, on December 19, 1947. She worked...

Rod C. Bolen

Rod C. Bolen

Jan 25, 2014

Rod C. Bolen, 63, of Arlington, TN passed away Saturday afternoon at his brothers home in Bartlett, TN. Funeral services for Rod will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 27, 2014 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Crowder Cemetery in Crowder, MS. Visitation will begin two hours prior to the service at 11:00 A.M. Rod's pastor, Reverend...

Cornelia E. Franklin McCullar

Cornelia E. Franklin McCullar

Jan 24, 2014

Cornelia E. Franklin McCullar, age 96, passed away Friday evening, 1/24/14, at her home in Como, Mississippi. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Monday, 1/27/14, at the Como United Methodist Church, 101 N. Main St., Como, MS with Dr. Tom Atkins presiding. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Cemetery, Batesville, MS. Mrs. McCullar's family will receive friends and...

Danny Darby

Danny Darby

Jan 24, 2014

Danny Darby passed away Friday evening, Janaury 24, 2014 at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, TN. Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at Bethany Baptist Church near Batesville, MS with interment following in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends Monday evening, January 27, 2014 from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at...

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