Obituaries

Rose Elizabeth Hill Morrow

Rose Elizabeth Hill Morrow

May 13, 2014

Rose Elizabeth Hill Morrow, age 74, died in her home, outside of Batesville, on Tuesday morning, 5/13/14. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 16, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Derrick Simmons officiating. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends from Noon until service time on Friday at Wells Funeral Home. Those...

Paul S. Mills, Sr.

Paul S. Mills, Sr.

May 12, 2014

Paul S. Mills, Sr., age 90, passed away early Monday evening, May 12, 2014 at Golden Living Nursing Home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The Mills family will receive friends on Wednesday evening from 5-8...

Shirley Pinkston Youngblood

Shirley Pinkston Youngblood

May 11, 2014

Shirley Pinkston Youngblood, age 65, passed away Sunday morning, May 11, 2014, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 15, 2014 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Terry Hunt officiating. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park, Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends from Noon until service time on Thursday....

Bryan D. Wrenn

Bryan D. Wrenn

May 8, 2014

Bryan D. Wrenn, age 57, died on Thursday afternoon, 5/8/14, in Baptist Memorial Hospital North MS, Oxford. The family will hold a memorial service at a later time. Bryan was born to James Franklin & Nina Mae Downs Wrenn on February 5, 1957 in Garden City, Michigan. He worked as a trucking dispatcher throughout his life. Mr. Wrenn's survivors include...

Christine Hyde

Christine Hyde

Apr 26, 2014

Christine Hyde, age 81, passed away Saturday morning, April 26, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.Funeral services will be 2:00 O'clock P.M. Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at 12:00 noon until service time.Christine was born December 31, 1932...

Wayne Tidwell

Wayne Tidwell

Apr 25, 2014

Wayne Tidwell, age 77, died at his home, outside of Batesville, MS on Friday morning, 4/25/14.Reverend Derrick Simmons will officiate the home going for Wayne on Monday, April 28, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Liberty Hill Cemetery, Pope, MS.  The family will receive friends on Monday from 11:00 a.m. until service...

Robert L. Bradley

Robert L. Bradley

Apr 25, 2014

Robert L. Bradley, age 94, died at his home, in Marks, MS on Friday afternoon, 4/25/14.  A funeral service, with Military Honors, will be 10:00 a.m. Monday morning, 4/28/14, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Murphy Eubanks & Mr. Kevin Hughes presiding.  Interment will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Sardis, MS.  The family will receive friends from 5:00-8:00 p.m....

Jimmy Beaver

Jimmy Beaver

Apr 24, 2014

Jimmy N. Beaver, age 68, died Thursday evening, 4/24/14, at the Veterans Hospital in Memphis, TN.  A graveside inurnment will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 1014 at Curtis Union Cemetery with Rev. Dale Beaver officiating.  Jimmy was born in Batesville, MS to Robert Creed  & Mable Erickson Beaver on August 12, 1945.  He worked as a...

Reverend Troy Lee Moses Sr.

Reverend Troy Lee Moses Sr.

Apr 23, 2014

Reverend Troy Lee Moses, Sr., age 61, of Crenshaw, MS passed away Wednesday morning, April 23, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Wells Funreral Home Chapel in Batesville, MS with interment to follow in Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw, MS. The family of Reverend Moses will receive friends...

Willie Cecil Pitcock

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Johnnie Allen Sparks

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...