Obituaries
Larry Wayne Howard
Jan 14, 2022
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Larry Wayne Howard, age 65, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022 at his home near Sardis, MS.
Funeral services for Larry will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. The interment will follow...
William G. "Billy" Smith
Jan 12, 2022
Live Stream of Funeral Service Lt. Col William G. "Billy" Smith, USAF, Ret., age 91, passed away Wednesday evening, January 12, 2022, at his home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, January 24, 2022, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at North Oxford Baptist Church Cemetery in Oxford,...
Phil Tharpe
Jan 12, 2022
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Phil Tharpe, age 58, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford.
Funeral services for Phil will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 16, 2022 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The...
Howard Jerry Weeks
Jan 12, 2022
Live Stream of Funeral Service Howard Jerry Weeks 4 August 1940 - 12 January 2022 Howard Jerry Weeks, country boy, family man, animal lover, succumbed to aspiration pneumonia on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Mercy Jefferson Hospital in Festus, Missouri. He was 81 years old. Jerry was "country" when country wasn't always cool. He spent a large portion of his...
Elmer Edward Hall, Jr.
Jan 8, 2022
Elmer Edward Hall, Jr., age 61, passed away from his earthly home on January 8, 2022 in Tuckerton, New Jersey.
A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Wells Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Darby officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 12:00 noon prior to the memorial service.
Elmer was...
Monty Carl Ware
Jan 7, 2022
Livestream of Memorial Service Monty Carl Ware, age 72, passed away Friday evening, January 7, 2022, at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS. Friends and family are invited to a visitation Monday evening, January 10, 2022, from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home with a memorial service to be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday afternoon in the Martin...
John "Hap" Curtis Lamar Glover
Jan 4, 2022
John Curtis Lamar Glover, age 57, also known as "Hap" passed away January 4, 2022 at his home in Batesville, MS.
A graveside service for Hap will be held at 11:00 a.m on Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Rev. Todd Pittman will be officiating the service.
Hap was born on September 5,...
Mary Margaret Haberman
Jan 4, 2022
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Batesville, MS — Mary Margaret Lee Haberman, age 84, passed away peacefully at her home away from home (Pinnacle Assisted Living in Oxford, MS) on January 4, 2022, with her devoted daughter “Buffy” at her side.
Mary Margaret was born in Baltimore, Ohio on August 5, 1937, to the late Harry Crawford Lee and Dorothy Irene...
Heather Pruett Glidewell
Dec 27, 2021
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Heather Pruett Glidewell, age 44, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. on December 27, 2021.
Funeral services for Heather will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 30, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 11:00. Interment will be held at Forrest...
Emogene Goodnite Brown
Dec 26, 2021
Emogene "Gene" Goodnite Brown, age 94, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021 at her home in Batesville, MS. Gene was born on July 9, 1927 to the late John Felix and Bertha Marshall Goodnite in Sardis, MS.
There will be a private interment on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis, MS.
Gene was a...
Joe McGehee
Dec 26, 2021
Joe McGehee, age 66, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2021 at his home in Pope, MS.
A memorial gathering to celebrate Joe's life will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS.
Joe was born on September 25, 1955 to the late Joe Sanders McGehee, Sr. and...
Randall E. Yancey
Dec 26, 2021
Randall E. Yancey, age 75, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford on December 26, 2021. He was the husband of Barbara Yancey of Sardis.
Funeral services for Randall will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 30, 2021 at First Baptist Church in Sardis with visitation beginning at 12:00 noon. Interment will be held at Rose Hill...
Naomi Grace Parker Dunn
Dec 21, 2021
Naomi Grace Parker Dunn, age 79, passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford, MS. She was the widow of the late V.H. Dunn.
The family will be receiving friends Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Wells Funeral Home from 11:00 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. followed by a graveside service at Longtown Cemetery...
Tommie Lou Curry Green
Dec 17, 2021
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Tommie Lou Curry Green, age 80, passed away Friday evening, December 17, 2021 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Monday, December 20, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The friends and family...
Angela Carol Leeton
Dec 17, 2021
Angela "Angie" Carol Leeton, age 56, passed away peacefully at her home in Dundee, MS on Friday, December 17, 2021.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at the Flag Lake Baptist Church in Sarah, MS with interment to follow there at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral...
Van Rose
Dec 17, 2021
Chesley Van Rose, age 84, passed away Friday, December 17, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford, MS.
A memorial service will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Enid Lake Baptist Church near Enid, MS where he was a member. A gathering of friends and family will begin prior to the service...
Harry M. Bainer
Dec 13, 2021
Mr. Harry M. Bainer, age 88, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, at the Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.
A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.
Mr. Bainer was born in Moline, Kansas on September 4, 1933, to the late Mabel Bickel and Robert Eugene Bainer. After graduating from high school, he attended...
Rodney E. Vreeland
Dec 9, 2021
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Rodney E. Vreeland, age 92, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021 at the Bright Glade Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 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 receive friends...
Sharil Faye Brown
Dec 8, 2021
Sharil Faye Brown, age 77, passed away at her daughters home in Oakland on December 8, 2021. The same date her son Kenny was born. Kenny precedes Sharil in death.
Born January 16, 1944 in Memphis, TN. Sharil was blessed with her parents Oliver "Pat" and Delois Watkins on March 1, 1944. After graduating White High School, Sharil married...
Annie Ruth Copeland
Dec 5, 2021
Annie Ruth Copeland, age 87, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021 at her daughter's home near Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at Central Academy Church of Christ with visitation beginning at 12:30. Interment will be held at Forrest Memorial Park.
Annie Ruth was born September 16, 1934 to the...
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