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Annie Ruth Woods Dunn

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Shane Lawrence

Shane Lawrence

Jun 24, 2022

Shane Lawrence, age 45, passed away Friday afternoon, June 24, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.

The family and friends of Shane are invited to a memorial gathering Saturday, July 2, 2022, from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home to celebrate his life.

Shane was born February 5, 1977 in Oxford, MS to Winfred Lee...

Susan Wells Tillman

Susan Wells Tillman

Jun 23, 2022

Susan Wells Tillman, age 67, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022 at her home in Sarah, MS. 

Susan was born January 13, 1955 to the late Richard Lee Wells, Sr. and Vester Geraldine Rodgers Wells in Greenwood, MS. For most of life, she worked as a bus driver. Susan had a special love for all animals and also enjoyed...

Eunice Nelson Holley Truelock

Eunice Nelson Holley Truelock

Jun 23, 2022

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Eunice Nelson Holley Truelock, age 87, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022 at the Baptist DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Southaven, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at the Sardis Lake Baptist Church...

Allen Wayne Tomlin

Allen Wayne Tomlin

Jun 20, 2022

Allen Wayne Tomlin, age 59, of Como, MS, passed away Monday, June 20, 2022 at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.

The family of Allen will celebrate his life on Thursday, June 23, 2022 at the Harmontown Baptist Church in Como, MS. The memorial service will start at 5:00 p.m. 

Allen was an avid hunter and fisherman and...

Thelma Joyce Darby Sullivan

Thelma Joyce Darby Sullivan

Jun 17, 2022

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Thelma Joyce Darby Sullivan, age 84, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022 at her home in Batesville, MS. Joyce was the widow of the late William Sullivan.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow...

Rouell O. Perkins, Sr.

Rouell O. Perkins, Sr.

Jun 17, 2022

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Rouell O. Perkins, Sr., age 91, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022 at his home near Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 20, 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 one...

Laverne Johnson

Laverne Johnson

Jun 17, 2022

Laverne Johnson, age 67, passed away Friday afternoon, June 17, 2022, at the North MS Specialty Hospital in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be held at 12:00 Noon on Monday, June 20, 2022 at the New Hope Church of God in Batesville, MS with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Sunday evening at...

Jackie McMurry

Jackie McMurry

Jun 17, 2022

Jackie Hodge McMurry, age 79, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022 at Panola County Medical Center in Batesville.   A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, June 24, 2022 from 5-8pm at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville.   Jackie was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church in Oxford, MS.  She enjoyed cross stitching and spending time with her family.  In...

Mary Ruth Jaudon

Mary Ruth Jaudon

Jun 16, 2022

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Mary Ruth Goode Jaudon, age 86, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 19, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Hebron Cemetery near Sardis, MS. The family...

Peggy Rotenberry Turner

Peggy Rotenberry Turner

Jun 13, 2022

Peggy Rotenberry Turner, age 84, passed away Monday, June 13, 2022 at the Azalea Commons Senior Living Facility in Batesville, MS.

A graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. Rev. Keith Bolen will be officiating the service.

Peggy was born on May 25, 1938 to the late Doyle Rotenberry and...

Sherry Ann Roberts

Sherry Ann Roberts

Jun 13, 2022

Sherry Ann Roberts, age 56, passed away Monday, June 13, 2022 at her home near Courtland, MS. 

A graveside service will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery near Paynes, MS.

Sherry was born November 14, 1965 in Charleston, MS to the late Ira K. Nelson, Jr. and Linda Milam Nelson. She worked for a...

Nate Williamson

Nate Williamson

Jun 12, 2022

Nate Williamson, age 32, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022 at his home in Grenada, MS. 

The family invites everyone to celebrate Nate's life and gather at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS on Thursday, June 16, 2022 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. A private family inurnment will be following the gathering.

Nate was born on November 3,...

Maggie Dee Turner Swindle

Maggie Dee Turner Swindle

Jun 10, 2022

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Maggie Dee Turner Swindle, age 89, passed away Friday evening, June 10, 2022, at Floy Dyer Manor in Houston, MS. Ms. Swindle was the widow of the late Clinton D. Swindle.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends...

Sidney "Sid" Klytta

Sidney "Sid" Klytta

Jun 10, 2022

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Sidney “Sid” Klytta, 69, of Oxford, MS, passed away Friday June 10, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with Rev. Craig Shackelford officiating. The family will receive friends...

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