Obituaries
Anita Holland Smith
Jul 30, 2022
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Anita Holland Smith, age 72, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2022 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Blackjack Cemetery near Batesville. The family will receive friends prior...
Edward M. "Eddie" Hissong, Jr.
Jul 25, 2022
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Edward M. "Eddie" Hissong, Jr., age 67, passed away Monday, July 25, 2022 at the Baptist East Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, August 2, 2022 from Noon until 2pm with the funeral service immediately following, all at Wells Funeral Home. Rev. Wes Sherman will be officiating. Interment will follow...
Karen Legge
Jul 20, 2022
Karen Frances Legge, age 54, passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at her home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 23, 2022, at Hebron Baptist Church near Sardis, MS with the interment to follow at the church cemetery. The family will gather and receive friends beginning at 12:00 P.M. prior to the service at the...
Cathleen Brown
Jul 19, 2022
Cathleen Brown, age 84, passed away Tuesday morning, July 19, 2022, at her home in Pope, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 22, 2022 at Liberty Hill Baptist Church with the interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
Cathleen was born on October...
Alma Katherine Vaughn
Jul 19, 2022
Alma Katherine Vaughn, 91, of Enid, MS, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at her home. There are no services planned at this time.
Laura Adamson South
Jul 18, 2022
Laura Sue Adamson South, age 78, passed away Monday, July 18, 2022, at Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church with the interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening, July 20, 2022, from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Wells...
Roxie Ann Medlin
Jul 17, 2022
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Roxie Ann Medlin, age 64, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2022 at her home in Coldwater, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Surretts Cemetery in Arkabutla, MS. The family will receive...
Peggy Martin
Jul 12, 2022
Peggy Jean Martin, age 83, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at the Sardis Nursing Home.
The family will receive friends Friday, July 15, 2022, at Wells Funeral Home beginning at 10:00 A.M. followed by an 11:30 A.M. graveside service at Blackjack Cemetery near Batesville, MS.
Peggy was born on May 1, 1939 in Oxford, MS to the late Lawrence...
Christopher Alan Wilson
Jul 12, 2022
Christopher Alan "Chris" Wilson, age 44, of Ft. Worth, TX, passed away unexpectedly in Memphis, TN. on July 12, 2022.
Chris was born October 26, 1977 to James Alan Wilson and Theresa McDonald in Plaquemines Parish, LA. Chris proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. He was a regional sales manager for National Auto Care. Chris loved his God....
Bubba Waldrup
Jul 9, 2022
William Jennings "Bubba" Waldrup, age 72, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at the Batesville Presbyterian Church with the family receiving friends prior to the service beginning at 11:00 A.M. The interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville,...
Judy Hudson Bland
Jul 7, 2022
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Judy Hudson Bland, age 77, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford on July 7, 2022. She was the wife of Johnny R. Bland of Marks.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, July 11, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends beginning at 11:00 A.M....
Peter Hollingsworth
Jul 6, 2022
Peter Hollingsworth, age 54, of Memphis, died peacefully in his sleep on July 6, 2022 at Sardis Lake in Sardis, MS. It was a special place for him where he enjoyed spending much of his time.
He was born September 18, 1967 in Memphis, TN. He is survived by his son, Dillon Hollingsworth; of Lake Jackson, TX; brothers, John Hollingsworth...
Gary Sykes Ritter
Jul 5, 2022
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Gary Sykes Ritter, age 72, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home in Water Valley, MS.
A celebration of Gary’s life will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...
Bobbie Prevallet
Jul 5, 2022
Bobbie Prevallet, age 77, of Pope, MS, passed away in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
Visitation will be held on Friday, July 8, 2022 from 11am until Mass begins at 1pm, all at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Batesville. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
A parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Bobbie loved sports...
Annie Ruth Woods Dunn
Jul 4, 2022
Annie Ruth Woods Dunn, age 95, passed away Monday, July 4, 2022 at the Diversicare Nursing Home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Friday, July 8, 2022 at the New Hope Church of God with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the church two hours prior...
Ernestine Mahan Owen
Jul 3, 2022
Ernestine Brittain Mahan Owen, age 99, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 3, 2022, at her home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the Batesville Church of Christ with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends beginning at...
Reid Patton Dorr
Jun 30, 2022
Reid Patton Dorr, age 94, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2022 at his home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Sunday, July 3, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church in Sardis, MS with the family receiving friends beginning at 1:00 P.M. at the church. Following the service, the interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery...
Mattie Imogene Hester
Jun 28, 2022
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Mattie Imogene Jones Hester, age 91, passed away at Panola Medical Center in Batesville on June 28, 2022.
A service of celebration will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 2, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will begin receiving friends at...
Gloria Ann Bonner
Jun 26, 2022
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Gloria Ann Bonner, 77, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022 at her home.
The family will receive friends Thursday, June 30, 2022 from 12pm until 1pm. The Funeral Service will follow at 1pm in the Martin Willingham Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS with Rev. Derrick Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in Bethel...
Carole Loreen Worthington
Jun 25, 2022
Carole Loreen Worthington, age 75, passed away Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2022 at the Harmontown Baptist Church Cemetery in Harmontown, MS.
Carole was born on June 9, 1947 to the late Clarence Walls and Loreen Harlow Walls in...
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This is a collection of obituaries for Batesville, Mississippi.
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