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Anna Jane Clark

Anna Jane Clark

Sep 3, 2022

Anna Jane Clark, age 66, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022, in New Orleans, LA.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 9, 2022 at Lifepoint Church in Senatobia. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville and again at 12 noon on Friday prior to the...

James Timothy Tuttle

James Timothy Tuttle

Sep 3, 2022

James Timothy "T-Bone" Tuttle, 60, of Byhalia, MS, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022 at his home, with his loving devoted wife Betty by his side.

Tim is survived by his wife of 30 years, Betty Gurley Tuttle, his mother, Sandy Tuttle, sisters, Lori Tuttle Wilson, Debby Tuttle Weathers (Charley), and Tammy Tuttle Singleton (Mike). His nephews, Jim Sanderlin...

Betty Sue Hyland

Betty Sue Hyland

Aug 31, 2022

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Betty Sue Hyland, age 79, passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at the Houston Hospice facility in Houston, Texas.

Funeral services for Ms. Betty will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 9, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service...

Carol Bonnette Griffin

Carol Bonnette Griffin

Aug 30, 2022

Carol Bonnette Griffin, age 69, of Batesville, MS, passed away Tuesday evening, August 30, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Batesville on Friday, September 9, 2022. The family will receive friends beginning at 2:30.

Carol obtained her bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University and...

Patricia Fay Green

Patricia Fay Green

Aug 27, 2022

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Patricia Fay Green, 68 of Batesville, MS, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi in Oxford.

The family will receive friends Monday, September 5, 2022 from 10am until the funeral service begins at 12pm, all at Wells Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Sardis Lake Baptist Church Cemetery.

Fay, as she...

Linda Paulette Caine

Linda Paulette Caine

Aug 27, 2022

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Linda Paulette Caine, age 55, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2022, at her home in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 31, 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 be receiving friends from...

Arthur Lamar Martin

Arthur Lamar Martin

Aug 25, 2022

Arthur Lamar Martin, age 79, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS on August 25, 2022. He was the husband of Genevia Martin of Como.

There will be a memorial service held 1:00 p.m. on Monday, September 12, 2022 at the Como United Methodist Church in Como, MS. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 noon. Rev....

Roger D. Baldwin

Roger D. Baldwin

Aug 24, 2022

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Roger D. Baldwin, age 71, passed away Wednesday morning, August 24, 2022 at the Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, August 29, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS....

Daniel L. Young

Daniel L. Young

Aug 20, 2022

Daniel L. Young, age 73, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2022 at his home near Sardis, MS.

The family will have a celebration of Daniel's life at a later date.  

Daniel was born on May 30, 1949 to the late Leory Young and Clara Wiltfong Young in Bakersfield, California. He honorably served in the U.S. Army for four years....

Rebecca Lee Slinkard

Rebecca Lee Slinkard

Aug 18, 2022

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Rebecca Lee Slinkard passed away Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis. 

The family will receive friends Monday, August 22, 2022 from 11am until the funeral service begins at 1pm, all at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park.

Rebecca recently retired as the office clerk...

Hunter Blane Sprouse

Hunter Blane Sprouse

Aug 18, 2022

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Hunter Blane Sprouse, age 22, passed away Thursday evening, August 18, 2022, in Memphis, TN.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends beginning...

Kathy Knight

Kathy Knight

Aug 16, 2022

Kathy Knight, 69, of Batesville, MS, passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at her home.

The family will receive friends Saturday, August 20, 2022 from 10am until 11am at Wells Funeral Home. A memorial service will begin at 11am in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home.

Kathy was born October 15, 1952 to the late Robert Lee...

Jimmy Rowsey

Jimmy Rowsey

Aug 14, 2022

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Jimmy Rowsey, age 83, passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022 at the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 18, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Antioch Cemetery in Courtland, MS. The family will...

Christy Keeton

Christy Keeton

Aug 14, 2022

Christy Keeton, age 75, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 14, 2022 at the Sardis Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at Calvary Baptist Church with the interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends at the church beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Christy...

Judy Masterson

Judy Masterson

Aug 13, 2022

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Judy Sanders Masterson, age 77, passed away Saturday afternoon, August 13, 2022 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The...

Wanda Faye Cummins

Wanda Faye Cummins

Aug 13, 2022

Wanda Faye Cummins, age 61, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at her home near Crenshaw, MS.

Wanda Faye was born on August 30, 1960 to the late Thomas Jefferson Cook and Rosemary Barlow Cook in Marks, MS. She worked as a cashier at the old F O James Gas Station in Crenshaw. Wanda Faye had a special...

Thomas Samuel Peeples

Thomas Samuel Peeples

Aug 11, 2022

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Thomas Samuel Peeples, 87, of Pope, MS, passed away Thursday evening, August 11, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hosptial in Oxford, MS.

The family will receive friends Monday, August 15, 2022 from 9am until the funeral service begins at 10am, all at Wells Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Liberty Hill Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Kevin...

Catherine Virginia "Ginny" Kilgore

Catherine Virginia "Ginny" Kilgore

Aug 9, 2022

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Catherine Virginia "Ginny" Kilgore, 74, of Oxford, MS, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at her home. 

The family will receive friends Thursday, September 8, 2022 from 1pm until the memorial service begins at 2pm, all at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville.

Ginny was a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law...

Bennie Irby, Jr.

Bennie Irby, Jr.

Aug 8, 2022

Bennie Irby, Jr, 52, passed away Monday, August 8, 2022. 

Bennie is survived by his son, Bennie Nathaniel Irby, III, his sister, Jean Jackson, and his grandchildren, Tierra Harris, Rondisa Ladd, Harmony Ladd, Nariya Ladd, Nathan Ladd Irby, Moesha Benson, Jamirh Benson, Nicole, Jones, and Randy House. 

Lawanda Gail Franklin Holcomb

Lawanda Gail Franklin Holcomb

Aug 8, 2022

LaWanda Gail Franklin Holcomb, age 61, passed away Monday, August 8, 2022 at Panola Medical Center in Batesville. 

There will be a memorial service held for LaWanda at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, 2021 at Grace Place, 206 Pettit St. Batesville, MS.

LaWanda was born on January 5, 1961 at the Hospital in Batesville, MS. There was a...

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