Obituaries
Robert Edward Dees
Mar 30, 2022
Robert Edward Dees, age 90, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at the Baptist Reynolds Hospice Home in Collierville, Tennessee.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 3, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Courtland, MS. The family will receive friends one...
Dennis R. Welch
Mar 29, 2022
Live Stream of Funeral Service
Dennis R. Welch, age 72, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at his home in Pope, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Lambert Cemetery in Lambert, MS. The family will...
Kaye Duncan
Mar 28, 2022
Live Stream of Service
Anita Kaye Henry Duncan, age 66, passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 at her home in Batesville, MS.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. Rev. Steve Skelton will be officiating the...
Kenneth Palmer
Mar 27, 2022
Kenneth Bradford Palmer, age 89, passed away Sunday evening, March 27, 2022 at his home near Sardis, MS. Kenneth was born on May 6, 1932 to the late William Granville and Elanora Worley Palmer in Halls, Tennessee. He was a welder by trade and enjoyed living the simple life. Kenneth was a huge University of Tennessee fan and enjoyed watching...
Blanche Bray Clarkson
Mar 26, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service
Blanche Bray Clarkson, age 103, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 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...
Jean Towles
Mar 25, 2022
Jean Bass Towles, age 92, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022 at her home in Batesville, MS. She was the widow of Mr. Spencer Towles.
The family and friends will gather for a 10:00 A.M. graveside service Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS.
Jean was born July 14, 1929 in Corinth, MS to the late...
Anne Saxton Trusty
Mar 23, 2022
Anne Saxton Trusty, age 78, formerly of Batesville, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2022 at Heritage Health Care and Rehab in Tuscaloosa, AL.
A Memorial Service will held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at First United Methodist Church in Batesville, with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will follow the service at Magnolia...
William E. "Bill" Avent
Mar 21, 2022
William E. "Bill" Avent, age 69, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022 at his home in Hazlehurst, MS.
A graveside service for Bill will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS with Rev. Rick Munn officiating. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service at Magnolia Cemetery.
...
Shirrl David Jeffries
Mar 19, 2022
Shirrl David Jeffries, age 80, passed away early Saturday morning, March 19, 2022, at his home in Coldwater, MS.
The family will gather with friends to celebrate the life of Shirrl from 1:00 to 3:00 on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home.
Shirrl was born on December 10, 1941 to the late...
Larry Wayne Doubleday
Mar 18, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service
Larry Wayne Doubleday, age 60, passed away Friday, March 18, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Monday, March 21, 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...
Lillian Grace Campbell Rowsey
Mar 16, 2022
Lillian Grace Campbell Rowsey, age 88, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2022 at her home in Courtland, MS. Ms. Rowsey was the widow of the late R.F. Rowsey.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, March 19, 2022, at Pope Baptist Church in Pope, MS with the interment to follow at Antioch Cemetery in Courtland, MS. The family will...
Laura Woods Faulkner
Mar 15, 2022
Live Stream of Funeral Service
Laura Woods Faulkner, age 58, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at the Panola Medical Center. She was the widow of Mr. Timothy D. Faulkner.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 19, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Bethel Cemetery near...
Dee Mason
Mar 15, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service
Evelyn Denise "Dee" Mason, age 59, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at the North Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. She was the wife of Mr. John T. “Tommy” Mason, Jr.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday morning, March 18, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the...
Teresa Cannon
Mar 15, 2022
Teresa Lynn Morgan Cannon, age 67, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. Teresa was the wife of Rickey Cannon of Batesville.
The family will have a graveside service 11:00 A.M. Thursday morning, March 17, 2022, at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS.
Teresa was born February 13, 1955 in Lambert, MS to the late Bill and...
Thomas Joseph House
Mar 12, 2022
Thomas Joseph House, age 74, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
There will be a memorial gathering on Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. at the Marion Complex in Marion, Arkansas.
Thomas was born on September 23, 1947 in Memphis, TN to the late Thomas Henry House...
Maxine Tramel McCollum
Mar 11, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service
Maxine Tramel McCollum, age 73, passed away peacefully Friday, March 11, 2022 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford.
Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 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 family...
Dennis William Lightsey
Mar 10, 2022
Dennis William Lightsey, age 77, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the Oxford Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 13, 2022 at the Batesville Presbyterian Church with the interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 p.m. prior to the...
Ernest Andrew Goyette
Mar 10, 2022
Ernest Andrew Goyette, age 92, passed away Thursday morning, March 10, 2022 at his home in Sardis, MS.
At this time, there will be no services.
Ernest was born on November 25, 1929 in Summerville, Massachusetts to the late Eugene J. Goyette and Marie C. Bilodeau Goyette. He and his late wife, Janet, were the retired owners of...
Marie Cosby
Mar 8, 2022
Livestream of Funeral Service
Elizabeth Marie Joyner Cosby Hughes, age 81, passed away Tuesday morning, March 8, 2022, at Diversicare in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 12, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service. The interment service at Forrest Memorial...
Cathy Shankle Kennedy
Mar 6, 2022
Cathy Shankle Kennedy, age 72, passed away at her mother-in-law's home near Como, MS, Sunday morning, March 6, 2022.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Peach Creek Baptist Church near Como, MS with the interment to follow in Peach Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
SUPPORT AFTER A LOSS
Circle of Friends+ provides you with resources on grief support and settling affairs, sent to you via text and email.
This is a collection of obituaries for Batesville, Mississippi.
SUPPORT AFTER A LOSS
Circle of Friends+ provides you with resources on grief support and settling affairs, sent to you via text and email.