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Charlotte Ann Jenkins

Charlotte Ann Jenkins

May 5, 2021

Charlotte Ann Reeves Jenkins, age 79, passed away at her home near Batesville in the early morning hours of May 5, 2021.

Funeral services for Charlotte will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Hosanna Family Worship Center in Batesville with visitation beginning at 9:00. A committal service will be held 3:00 p.m. on Saturday at...

Harold "Pee Wee" Wayne Holland

Harold "Pee Wee" Wayne Holland

May 5, 2021

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Harold Wayne "PeeWee" Holland, 71, of Crowder, MS died late Wednesday evening, May 5, 2021, in Pope, MS at the home of Jimmy Rowsey after a battle with heart disease. PeeWee was the longtime companion of Bella Killough Michael. He was born August 13, 1949 at Lambert, MS, to the late James and Betty Jo Terry...

Jack Franklin Phillips

Jack Franklin Phillips

May 3, 2021

Jack Franklin Phillips, age 71, passed away Monday morning, May 3, 2021 at Northwest Mississippi Medical Center in Clarksdale, MS.

Funeral services for Jack will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Marks Presbyterian Church in Marks, MS. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Marks Cemetery. Rev....

Shirley Irene Tabor White

Shirley Irene Tabor White

May 1, 2021

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Shirley Irene Tabor White, age 84, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2021, at North MS Regional Medical Center in Tupelo, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with Rev. Kenneth White officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 noon...

Donald H. Wright, Sr.

Donald H. Wright, Sr.

May 1, 2021

Donald H. Wright, Sr., age 81, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2021, at Baptist Golden Triangle Hospital in Columbus, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Sardis Lake Baptist Church with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will be receiving friends prior to the service beginning at 12:00 P.M. at...

Freddie Lee Foshee

Freddie Lee Foshee

Apr 29, 2021

Freddie Lee Foshee, age 84, of Sardis, went to be with his Heavenly Father and his cattle on a thousand hills on Thursday, April 29, 2021 while surrounded by his children in Oxford, MS.

Graveside services for Freddie will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis. Rev. Roger Howell will officiate.

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David Lee Black

David Lee Black

Apr 28, 2021

David Lee Black, age 74, passed away Wednesday night, April 28, 2021 at his home near Sardis, MS. 

A graveside service will be at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, MS with Rev. Tim Ellis officiating. The family will receive friends at Wells Funeral Home beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. ...

Callie Grace Wimberly

Callie Grace Wimberly

Apr 23, 2021

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Callie Grace Wimberly, age 17, passed away Friday, April 23, 2021 near Courtland, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 26, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery near Crenshaw, MS. The family will be receiving friends beginning at 12:00 P.M. prior...

Mary Louise Hoop

Mary Louise Hoop

Apr 21, 2021

Mary Louise Jones Vickery Hoop, age 84, formerly of Grenada, MS, passed away Wednesday morning, April 21, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.

There will be a memorial service held for Mary at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Central Academy Church Church of Christ in Batesville.

Mary was born April 10, 1937...

Billy Joe Gee

Billy Joe Gee

Apr 18, 2021

Billy Joe Gee, age 57, passed away Sunday, April 18, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

A graveside service will be 2:00 P.M . Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at Crowder Cemetery in Crowder, MS. The family will receive friends at the cemetery prior to the service beginning at 1:30 P.M.

Billy Joe was born August 2, 1963 in Memphis,...

Billie T. Cox

Billie T. Cox

Apr 16, 2021

Ms. Billie Terry Cox , age 87, passed away peacefully at Timeless Grace Assisted Living in Carriere, MS on April 16, 2021.  For the last 4 years of her life, she was cared for by a loving staff at Timeless Grace.  Preceding her in death were her husband of 60 years, Col. Wallace G. Cox, US Army (retired), her parents,...

Ronald Glenn Smith

Ronald Glenn Smith

Apr 15, 2021

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Ronald Glenn Smith, age 58, passed away Thursday morning, April 15, 2021 at his home in Enid, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 18, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Bethel Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 5:00 p.m. to...

Gladys Crowell Davis

Gladys Crowell Davis

Apr 15, 2021

Gladys Crowell Davis of Batesville, MS died April 15, 2021, at her home after a long illness. She was 89.

Gladys was born August 10, 1931, in Crowder, MS, to the late Jewel Elizabeth Bynum and Ercel Weldon Bynum. 

She was a homemaker and a seamstress. Gladys worked at Hancock Fabrics and as a substitute teacher for Batesville Elementary...

Brooke Anne Austin

Brooke Anne Austin

Apr 14, 2021

Brooke Anne Austin, age 21, passed away in Quitman County on April 14, 2021.

Brooke was born January 28, 2000 to Timothy Austin and Julie Michelle Watson in Memphis, TN. Brooke attended St. Peters Episcopal Church in Oxford.

Brooke leaves behind her parents; 2 children, Jax Amari Rogers and Mia Ella Rogers of Oxford; 3 siblings, Dylan Douglas Austin of...

Ricky L. Ware

Ricky L. Ware

Apr 9, 2021

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Ricky L. Ware, age 58, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021 in Tallahatchie County.

Funeral services for Ricky will be 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Crowder Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service.

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Charles David Respess

Charles David Respess

Apr 4, 2021

Charles David "Charley" Respess, 76, of Crowder, Mississippi died Sunday morning, April 4, 2021, peacefully in his son's home at Enon after a battle with Alzheimer's. Charley was the husband of the late Linda Bolen Respess, whom he married in Crowder on November 7, 1966. He was born June 18, 1944 at home on Shine-Turner, Lambert, Mississippi, to the late...

Barbara G. McClenic

Barbara G. McClenic

Mar 31, 2021

Barbara Gale McClenic, age 77, passed away at her home near Batesville on March 31, 2021.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Courtland Baptist Church with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service on Saturday.

Barbara was born February...

Ralph D. Keating

Ralph D. Keating

Mar 29, 2021

Ralph D. Keating, age 93, passed away Monday, March 29, 2021 at the Sardis Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with interment to follow at Curtis Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the funeral service.

Ralph was...

Laverne Aldison Hornor

Laverne Aldison Hornor

Mar 25, 2021

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Laverne Aldison Hornor, age 87, passed away Thursday morning, March 25, 2021 at the Pinnacle Assisted Living in Southaven, MS.

Funeral services will be 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 28, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw. The family will receive friends one...

Frankie Aldison McCrary

Frankie Aldison McCrary

Mar 24, 2021

Frankie Aldison McCrary, age 91, passed away Wednesday afternoon, March 24, 2021, surrounded by her loving family at her home in Senatobia, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 28, 2021, at the Frist Baptist Church in Senatobia, MS with the interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw, MS. The family will receive friends one hour prior...

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