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Janie Raines Westmoreland

Janie Raines Westmoreland

Sep 27, 2020

Janie Raines Westmoreland, age 76, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2020 at Diversicare in Batesville.

Janie was born September 10, 1944 to the late Lewis Crawford Raines and Bertie Lee Woods Raines. She worked from her home taking care of and raising her family. Janie enjoyed cooking, crocheting, watching old westerns and Atlanta Braves baseball.  She also enjoyed working...

Josefina Quenga Trotter

Josefina Quenga Trotter

Sep 27, 2020

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Josefina Quenga Trotter, age 91, passed away Sunday morning, September 27, 2020, at her home near Batesville, MS. She was the widow of John Wood "Jack" Trotter.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 2, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral home with interment to follow at Davis Chapel Cemetery...

Mark Allen Farrish

Mark Allen Farrish

Sep 22, 2020

Mark Allen Farrish, age 65, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

The family of Mark will be having a memorial service to celebrate his life at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, MS.

Mark was born on November 29, 1954 to the late Robert...

Bill Ivy

Bill Ivy

Sep 20, 2020

Bill Ivy, age 57, passed away September 20, 2020 at the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, TN.

A memorial service will be 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 3, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends at 11:00 a.m.

Bill was born on June 5, 1963 to Nell...

Nellie Gibson Enders

Nellie Gibson Enders

Sep 19, 2020

Nellie Gibson Enders, age 80, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020, at Diversicare Nursing Home in Batesville, MS. Nellie was the widow of the late Lewis Enders. There are no services scheduled at this time. Nellie was born May 13, 1940 in Blue Mountain, MS to the late Thomas Jefferson and Helon Wommack Gibson. She was a retired clerk from...

Norma Arnold

Norma Arnold

Sep 17, 2020

Mrs. Norma Arnold, age 84, passed away peacefully at her home in Batesville on September 17, 2020.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at the First Baptist Church in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 prior to the service. Interment will be held at Magnolia Cemetery.

Norma was born October...

Robert "Bob" Haltom

Robert "Bob" Haltom

Sep 16, 2020

Robert Forrest Haltom, 80, went home to be with his Lord on September 16, 2020. He was born September 23, 1939, in Memphis, TN.  He was the son of Dick and Nina Haltom and a longtime resident of Batesville, MS, and a lifetime member of First United Methodist Church of Batesville.  He met his future wife Margaret Ellen Saxton Haltom...

Betty Zenor

Betty Zenor

Sep 13, 2020

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Betty Jean Rodgers Zenor, age 85, passed away Sunday evening, September 13, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 16, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family...

Melburn Quay White

Melburn Quay White

Sep 9, 2020

Melburn Quay White, age 86, passed away September 9, 2020 at the Yalobusha General Hospital and Nursing Home in Water Valley, MS.

Melburn was born on August 3, 1934 to the late Andrew White and Birdie Agnes Jenkins White in Lafayette County, MS. He worked as a safety director at LMT Trucking and a former member of Bethel Baptist Church....

Thomas Buck Jones

Thomas Buck Jones

Sep 7, 2020

Thomas B. Jones, age 48, passed away in a motorcycle accident in Desoto County on Monday, September 7, 2020.

Thomas was born October 17, 1971 in Rome NY. Thomas proudly served his country in the U.S. Army where he obtained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy in New York. Thomas worked...

Faye Burns

Faye Burns

Sep 5, 2020

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Faye Burns, age 81, entered the gates of Heaven Saturday morning, September 5, 2020, from her daughter's home in Oxford, MS.

Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, September 7, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior...

Doris Middleton Carver

Doris Middleton Carver

Sep 5, 2020

Doris Middleton Carver, age 97, passed away Saturday evening, September 5, 2020, at Providence Assisted Living Home in Batesville, MS.

Graveside services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. For those in attendance, the family would like for you to remember your social distancing. 

Doris M Carver was born in rural Webster...

Judy Brown

Judy Brown

Sep 3, 2020

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Julia Fay Smiley “Judy” Brown, age 69, passed away at Baptist Hospital in Oxford on September 3, 2020.

Funeral Services for Judy will be held on Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. Interment will be held at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive...

William Garland Anderson, Jr.

William Garland Anderson, Jr.

Sep 3, 2020

William Garland Anderson, Jr., age 75, passed away today, September 3, 2020 at Cleveland Nursing Home and Rehab.

There will be a graveside service 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 5, 2020 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be gathering at the cemetery prior to the service at 1:30 for friends to visit.

Garland was born August 26,...

Mars Leeann Berryhill

Mars Leeann Berryhill

Sep 3, 2020

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Mars Leeann Berryhill, infant daughter of Luke Berryhill and Franki Cagle, gained her angel wings Thursday, September 3, 2020 in Tupelo, MS at North MS. Medical Center.

Funeral services will be 4:00 P.M. Monday, September 7, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends Sunday evening from...

Teresa Rivera Valenzuela

Teresa Rivera Valenzuela

Sep 2, 2020

Teresa Rivera Valenzuela, age76, passed away early Wednesday morning, September 2, 2020 at her daughter's home in Batesville, MS.

Teresa was born on May 6, 1944 to the late Samuel Rivera Lucio and Teresa Valenzuela Valencia in Mexico City, Mexico. She was a homemaker during her lifetime and a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Batesville, MS. She enjoyed...

Jackie Goad Pearson

Jackie Goad Pearson

Aug 31, 2020

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Jackie Goad Pearson, age 62, passed away peacefully late Monday evening, August 31, 2020, surrounded by her family at her home near Courtland, MS.

A celebration of Jackie's life will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, September 3, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Bethel Cemetery near...

Frances Annette Pickett

Frances Annette Pickett

Aug 28, 2020

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Frances Annette Pickett, age 82, passed away Friday, August 28, 2020 at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven, MS.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive...

Betty Ann Arender

Betty Ann Arender

Aug 28, 2020

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Betty Ann Arender, age 53, passed away suddenly on Friday, August 28, 2020 near Como, MS.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 1, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday evening at Wells Funeral Home...

Garey Seger

Garey Seger

Aug 26, 2020

It is with great sadness that the family of Garey Elton Seger announce his passing on August 26, 2020 at the age of 64.Garey was born on February 24, 1956 to Mazell Harris and Donald Seger. On December 6, 1986 he married former spouse Vickie Newsome and together they raised four children. Garey loved to fish and was quoted saying...

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