Obituaries
Pamela Renee Pierce
Jun 23, 2021
Pamela Renee Pierce, age 43, passed away Wednesday night, June 23, 2021 at the Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 27, 2021, 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 prior...
Julia Ann Hemmings
Jun 22, 2021
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Julia Ann Davis Hemmings passed away June 22, 2021 after a long illness at her home in Batesville, MS. Ms. Hemmings was born in Courtland, MS on February 28, 1933 to the late Minton Simmes Davis and Emma Gertrude Sullivant Davis.
Funeral services will be 12:00 Noon on Saturday, June 26, 2021 in the Martin Willingham...
Otis Jenkins
Jun 21, 2021
Otis Jenkins, age 90, passed away Monday afternoon, June 21, 2021, at his home near Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 24, 2021, at Peach Creek Baptist Church with the interment to follow at Peach Creek Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends Wednesday evening, June 23, 2021, at Peach Creek Baptist Church from 5:00 -...
Gayla Mae Cooper
Jun 20, 2021
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Gayla Mae Cooper, age 53, passed away Sunday morning, June 20, 2021 at the Baptist DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Southaven, MS.
Memorial services for Gayla will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from...
Tony Helmes
Jun 19, 2021
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Helmes, age 69, passed away Saturday afternoon, June 19, 2021 at the Baptist East Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. He was the husband to Janet Helmes.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Crowder Cemetery. The family...
James Lorain Bolen
Jun 17, 2021
James Lorain Bolen, age 79, passed away on June 17, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. A graveside service will be Monday, June 21, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. at Bethel Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Darby officiating. James was born on December 19, 1941, to the late Walter Dewey, Sr. and Lois Jenkins Bolen of Friars Point, MS. He...
William "Bill" Henry Wilbanks
Jun 14, 2021
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Bill Wilbanks has been valiantly fighting the battle with cancers for many years. On June 14, 2021, we lost a husband, father, grandfather, brother, son, best friend, confidant, hero, and too many other titles to list. We will forever mourn the loss of someone who can never be replaced.
He has left behind his spouse, children,...
Preston Michael Baker
Jun 14, 2021
Preston Michael Baker, age 69, passed away Monday morning, June 14, 2021 at his home in Harmontown, MS.
The family will hold a memorial service at the Harmontown Baptist Church with the date and time to be announced at a later time.
Preston was born on February 2, 1952 to the late Preston and Norma Jean Baker in...
Barbara Dyan Jenkins
Jun 9, 2021
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Barbara Dyan Jenkins, age 69, passed away Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at her home in Oakland, MS.
A memorial service will held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 9:00 a.m. Rev. Shirley Paisley will be...
Doyle Manning
Jun 8, 2021
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Doyle Manning, age 75, passed away at his home in Batesville on June 8, 2021.
Funeral services for Doyle will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 11, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 1:00. Interment will follow the service at Magnolia Cemetery. Dr. Paul Middleton...
Larry Rayburn
Jun 8, 2021
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Larry Rayburn, age 74, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.
A memorial service will be 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service.
Larry was born on...
Kathy Dunn Elmore
Jun 6, 2021
Kathy Dunn Elmore, age 69, passed away at Grenada Living Center on June 6, 2021.
The family will hold a memorial gathering at Wells Funeral Home Wednesday evening, June 9, 2021 from 5:00 to 8:00.
Kathy was born March 12, 1952 to the late Ezra Dunn and Ludie Corine Howell Dunn in Water Valley, MS. She was a homemaker during...
Leonard Roy Williams
Jun 1, 2021
Leonard Roy Williams, age 84, passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Roy was the husband of the late Patricia Williams of Rio Oso, CA.
The family will hold a graveside inurnment service at Cold Springs Cemetery in Sardis at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, 2021.
Roy was born May 22, 1937...
Betty Baldwin Scruggs
Jun 1, 2021
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Betty Jean Baldwin Scruggs, age 53, passed away June 1, 2021 at her home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services for Betty will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 4, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00. Interment will be held...
Clinton Earl Sartin
May 26, 2021
Clinton Earl Sartin, age 60, passed away Wednesday morning, May 26, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS.
Clinton was born on May 16, 1961 in Batesville, MS to the late Hershel John Thomas Sartin and Wilma Laverne Kehoe Sartin. Before he retired, he enjoyed being outside and farming. Clinton was a simple man and will...
Billie E. Shepard, Sr.
May 25, 2021
Billie E. Shepard, age 92, went to meet his Lord and Savior on May 25, 2021. Billie was born on a small farm outside of Como, Mississippi on July 17, 1928. After a courageous battle with cancer, Billie passed away peacefully while surrounded by his loved ones. Memorial services for Billie will be held on Friday, May 28th at 10:00...
David Campbell
May 24, 2021
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David Campbell, age 66, passed away Monday, May 24, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 29, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior...
Mary Ann Tyler McCurdy
May 23, 2021
Mary Ann Tyler McCurdy, age 87, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021 at Elmcroft Assisted Living in Oxford, MS.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, 2021 at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 prior to the service at Wells Funeral Home.
Mary Ann was born on December 11, 1933...
Patricia "Pat" Hazel Travis
May 22, 2021
Patricia Hazel Travis (Pat), of Durham, North Carolina, died peacefully surrounded by her family on May 22, 2021. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1939 to her parents, Haward and Olive Hazel, who preceded her in death. Pat is survived by the love of her life, James L. Travis (Jim) with whom she began marriage sixty-three years ago,...
William "Killer" Horace Hudson
May 22, 2021
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William "Killer" Horace Hudson, age 84, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Peach Creek Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will receive friends...
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