Obituaries
Sandra K. Gentry
Dec 2, 2022
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Sandra K. Gentry, age 63, passed away on December 2, 2022 at the Sardis Nursing Home in Sardis, MS. Sandra was the widow of Claude Gentry.
There will be a Memorial Service held for Sandra at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning...
James Calvin Johnson
Dec 2, 2022
James Calvin Johnson, age 81, passed away on December 2, 2022 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Batesville, MS.
James was born September 25, 1941 to the late Otis Johnson and Louise Arnold Johnson in Panola County, MS. James was a home builder during his lifetime. He enjoyed all sports but baseball was his favorite. He also liked to spend time...
Jimmy Dale Keen
Dec 2, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service Jimmy Dale Keen passed away December 2nd at his home in Grenada Mississippi. Jimmy was born February 25, 1956 in Marks Mississippi to the late Homer W. Keen and Eunice C. Snyder. He was a resident of Salinas California for over 10 years but spent most of his life between Batesville and Grenada Mississippi. Funeral Services...
Betty Katherine Daugherty
Dec 2, 2022
Betty Katherine Griffin Swindoll "Kathe" Daugherty, age 69, passed away on December 2, 2022 at her daughter’s home in Bruce, MS.
Memorial Services for Kathe will be held on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 11:00.
Kathe was born February 19, 1953, one of eight children to the late...
James E. Thornburg
Nov 28, 2022
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James E. Thornburg, age 75, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 at his home near Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Friday evening...
John Carlisle Cole
Nov 24, 2022
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John Carlisle Cole died November 24, 2022 at the Baptist Hospital in Oxford. He was born June 11, 1935 in Charleston, MS the first born of his parents Mary Myrtle Carlisle Cole and Eugene M. Cole. He was 87 years old.
John married his Pope School sweetheart, Charlie Ruth Onskt when they were both twenty...
James Wallace "Jimmy" Eubanks, Jr.
Nov 22, 2022
James Wallace Eubanks, Jr., age 80, passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, in Tunica, Mississippi.
Jimmy was born and raised in Batesville, MS, the first child of the late James Wallace Eubanks, Sr. and Mary Poteete Eubanks. He attended Batesville High School, Northwest MS Junior College and received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy at University of Mississippi in...
Radia Grace White Murphree
Nov 22, 2022
Radia Grace White Murphree, 92, of Batesville, MS, passed away peacefully Tuesday November22, 2022 at Fernbrooke Personal Care Home in Houston, MS.
The family will receive friends Sunday November 27, 2022 from 2pm until 2:45pm at Wells Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at 3pm at Magnolia Cemetery.
Grace, as she was affectionately known, was born August 25, 1930...
Kelly Loving
Nov 20, 2022
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Kelly Loving, age 40, passed away tragically in Colorado Springs, CO on November 20, 2022.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends one...
George Howard Caffey
Nov 19, 2022
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George Howard Caffey, age 76, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford.
A memorial service will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 22, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home followed by a private family inurnment at Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends...
Harvey Seale
Nov 19, 2022
James Harvey Seale died peacefully at his home on Saturday, November 19, 2022. A graveside service will be held at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at the Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Wells Funeral Home. Harvey was born July 22 1925 to Ora Wrotenberry...
Robert Earl Reed
Nov 18, 2022
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Robert Earl Reed, age 66, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022 near Winona, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 21, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends two hours...
Ernest Edward Brooks, Sr.
Nov 16, 2022
Ernest Edward Brooks, Sr. was born November 18, 1932 in Madison County, Alabama, to Ernest Odell and Nancy Lou Smith Brooks. He passed away peacefully at his home in Fayetteville, Tennessee on November 16, 2022; two days shy of his 90th birthday, surrounded by his loving daughters. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee and lived with his beloved aunt and uncle,...
Charles Donald Scruggs
Nov 13, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service Charles Donald Scruggs, age 94, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022 at his home in Batesville, MS surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will...
Rena McDonald
Nov 11, 2022
Rena Agnes Davenport McDonald passed away on Friday, November 11, 2022 at the age of 79, after a courageous battle with cancer. She passed in her home in Batesville, MIssissippi, where she was surrounded by her loving family, who will continue to honor her legacy for generations to come.
The family will receive friends Monday November 14, 2022 from 10am...
Bennie Carl Joiner
Nov 8, 2022
Bennie Carl Joiner, 66, of Senatobia, MS, passed away Tuesday November 8, 2022 at Tunica Nursing Home.
The family will receive friends Friday November 11, 2022 from 1pm until 2:30pm at Wells Funeral Home. A Graveside service will be held at 3pm at Forrest Memorial Park.
Bennie was born September 3, 1956 in Sardis, MS to Ernest Lee Joiner and...
Charles Larry Cummins
Nov 8, 2022
Charles Larry Cummins, 71, passed away Tuesday November 8, 2022 at Panola Medical Center.
A celebration of his life will be Sunday November 13, 2022 at the Batesville Presbyterian Church in Batesville, Mississippi. The family will receive friends from 1:30 PM until 3:00 PM followed by the funeral services at 3:00 PM. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville,...
Collins Bailey
Nov 7, 2022
Morris Collins Bailey died peacefully Monday, November 7, 2022, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, Mississippi.
A celebration of his life will be Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville, Mississippi. Visitation is from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, followed by the funeral at 2:00 pm.
Collins was born May 5, 1934,...
Brandon Douglas Fowler
Nov 5, 2022
Brandon Douglas Fowler, age 35, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2022, at his home in Southaven, MS.
Funeral services will be 1 P.M. Saturday, November 12, 2022, at the Eureka United Methodist Church with the interment to follow at Eureka Private Cemetery near Courtland, MS. the family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service.
Brandon was born...
Rebecca Michelle Ryals Hawthorne
Nov 5, 2022
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Rebecca Ryals Hawthorne, age 50, passed away Saturday morning, November 5, 2022 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Services will be held Friday, November 11, 2022 with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. till 12:45 p.m. followed by a memorial service starting at 1:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS.
Rebecca was born...
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