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Melvin Wayne Ferrell

Melvin Wayne Ferrell

Mar 19, 2013

Melvin Wayne Ferrell, age 84, died at his home in Batesville on Tuesday morning, March 19, 2013. The funeral service for Mr. Ferrell will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, March 21, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Tim Morgan and Rev. Dave Tribble officiating. Burial to follow in Good Hope Cemetery, Batesville, MS. The family...

Bobbie Nell Stapp

Bobbie Nell Stapp

Mar 18, 2013

Bobbie Nell Segars Stapp, age 74, passed away on Monday afternoon, March 18, 2013 in Tri-Lakes Medical Center, Batesville, MS. Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Stapp will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ray Legge officiating. Burial will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5:00...

Leon Elliott Ridgeway

Leon Elliott Ridgeway

Mar 18, 2013

Leon Elliott Ridgeway, age 80, passed away on Monday afternoon, March 18, 2013 at Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN. The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, 3/20/13, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Tutor, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, March 19, 2013 from 5:00-8:00...

Audrey Hall Darby Simpson

Audrey Hall Darby Simpson

Mar 16, 2013

Audrey Hall Darby Simpson, age 85, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, IL. Mrs. Simpson is the mother of Panola County Sheriff, Dennis Darby. The funeral service for Mrs. Simpson will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kenny McMinn officiating. Burial will...

Jewel Bay Pittman Myles

Jewel Bay Pittman Myles

Mar 15, 2013

Jewel Bay Pittman Myles, age 86, passed away Friday morning, March 15, 2013 at Golden Living Nursing Home in Batesville, MS. Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 18, 2013 at Pisgah Cemetery near Courtland, MS with Rev. Brent Boseman officiating. Mrs. Myles was born October 12, 1926 in Oklahoma to the late Virgil and Lena Perkins Bay. She...

Doris Louise Darby Redwine

Doris Louise Darby Redwine

Mar 15, 2013

Doris Louise Darby Redwine, age 69, passed away Friday morning, March 15, 2013 at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Bryant officiating. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from Noon until service...

Bernice Dalrymple

Bernice Dalrymple

Mar 11, 2013

Mrs. Bernice Dalrymple, age 82, died on Monday afternoon, March 11, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Desoto. The funeral will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating. Mrs. Dalrymples family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Wednesday. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial...

Dorothy Stanford Means

Dorothy Stanford Means

Mar 6, 2013

Dorothy Stanford Means, age 84, died on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North MS. She was the widow of Charles L. Means of Batesville, MS. Funeral services will 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 8, 2013 at Central Academy Church of Christ in Batesville, MS with visitation beginning two hours prior to the service at 12:00 noon. Interment will...

Jane Cook Rosenkrans

Jane Cook Rosenkrans

Mar 5, 2013

Jane Cook Booth Rosenkrans, age 64, passed away Tuesday evening, March 5, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Local visitation for Mrs. Rosenkrans will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday evening, March 7, 2013, at Wells Funeral Home. Friday evening, March 8, 2013, the family will receive friends at the Mims-Mitchell Funeral Home from 5:00-8:00 p.m. in...

Jeff W. Johnson

Jeff W. Johnson

Mar 4, 2013

Jeff W. Johnson, 53, of Sardis, MS, passed away Monday evening, March 4, 2013 at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at The Como Church of Christ. The Johnson family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Thursday there at the church. Dr....

Rhonda Lynn Rupprecht Britt

Rhonda Lynn Rupprecht Britt

Mar 3, 2013

Rhonda Lynn Rupprecht Britt, age 47, died on Sunday, 3/3/13, in her home. Memorial Services for Mrs. Britt will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Apostolic Faith First United Pentecostal Church, 300 N. Hwy 7, Water Valley, MS. Rhonda was born in Memphis, TN, on March 8, 1965 to Sharlott Ann Turnage Rupprecht & John...

Virginia Rowsey Nelson

Virginia Rowsey Nelson

Mar 1, 2013

Virginia Rowsey Nelson, 87, passed away Friday afternooon, March 1, 2013 at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. Mrs. Nelson is the widow of the late Jessie C. Nelson. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. Reverend Ray Owens will be...

Virginia Brooks Holmes

Virginia Brooks Holmes

Feb 28, 2013

Mrs. Virginia Brooks Holmes, age 87, died Thursday, 2/28/13, at the Golden Triangle Hospital, Columbus, MS. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, 3/2/13, in Augusta Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Arkansas. Mrs. Virginia was born in Augusta, Arkansas on August 22, 1925, to John William & Lottie Baker Brooks. She was a member of the First Baptist Church...

Richard L. Bethea

Richard L. Bethea

Feb 27, 2013

Richard Lionel Bethea, 74, of Water Valley, formerly of Memphis, passed away on February 27th, 2013 at his home. Lionel was born on April 4th, 1938 to Jesse Lee Bethea and Myrtle Gilmer Bethea in Dallas County Arkansas. He graduated from Memphis Humes High School in 1956. It is there he met his future bride Glenda Baird. He worked at...

Darrell Glen Jenkins

Darrell Glen Jenkins

Feb 27, 2013

Darrell Jenkins, age 48, passed away Wednesday afternoon at Quitman County Hospital in Marks, MS. A memorial service for Darrell will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, 3/3/13, at the First United Methodist Church, Batesville with Rev. Rusty Miller, Rev. Vincent Clay and Mr. Jamie Smith presiding. The family will receieve friends from 1:00 p.m. until service time on...

Sallie Sturdivant Robison

Sallie Sturdivant Robison

Feb 26, 2013

Sallie Mae Sturdivant Robison, age 95, died on Tuesday afternoon, 2/26/13, at Golden Living Nursing Facility, Batesville, MS. She was the widow of Lawrence "Junior" Robison, Jr. Mrs. Robison's family will receive friends on Friday Morning, 3/1/13, from 11:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m. for visitation at Wells Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at 12:30 p.m. on Friday in Magnolia...

Charlie Sitiar Adlawan

Charlie Sitiar Adlawan

Feb 20, 2013

Charlie Sitiar Adlawan, age 44, died on Wednesday, 2/20/13, at his home. The arrangements for Mr. Adlawan are incomplete and will be announced when they become available.

William Marshall Hamblin, Sr.

William Marshall Hamblin, Sr.

Feb 13, 2013

William "Mark" Marshall Hamblin, Sr., 53 years of age, died in his home, in Courtland, MS on Wednesday morning, February 13, 2013. A 2:00 p.m. funeral is scheduled for Mark on Friday, 2/15/13, at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Raymond Aven and Rev. James Strange officiating. Burial will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Emma V. Jolley

Emma V. Jolley

Feb 8, 2013

Emma V. Jolley, 87, widow of the late Rev. G.E. Jolley, Sr., passed away Friday evening at her home in Batesville, MS. The funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Monday morning, February 11, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service at...

Price B. Harrison

Price B. Harrison

Feb 7, 2013

Mr. Price B. Harrison, 90 years old, passed away Thursday morning, 2/7/13, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, North MS. He was the widower of Virginia Harrison. The funeral for Mr. Harrison will be held at 12:00 p.m. Saturday, 2/9/13, in the sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church, 119 Panola Ave., Batesville, with Rev. Ed Temple, Rev. Martin Case & Rev....

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