Obituaries
Nyoka Rivers
Mar 20, 2021
Nyoka Rivers, age 73, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 12:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 24, 2021, at Hosanna Family Worship Center in Pope, MS with the committal service to follow at 4:00 P.M. at Belzoni City Cemetery in Belzoni, MS. The family will receive friends one hour prior...
Leslie Banks Brasell, Jr.
Mar 19, 2021
Leslie Banks Brasell, Jr., age 53, passed away Friday, March 19, 2021, at his home in Abbeville, MS.
A graveside service will be 3:00 P.M. Monday, March 22, 2021, at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends Monday afternoon at the cemetery beginning at 2:30 P.M.
Leslie was born November 18, 1967 in Clarksdale, MS to...
Frankie Purdy
Mar 17, 2021
Frankie Lanelle Sexton Purdy, age 74, passed away, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral service for Frankie will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 20, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 9:00. Interment will be held at Forrest Memorial Park.
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Ethel Louise Wilson
Mar 15, 2021
Ethel Louise Wilson, age 77, passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021 at her home in Sardis, MS.
A private inurnment will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery at a later date.
Ethel was born on August 18, 1943 to the late Leo Bennett Rhodes and Etta Ellen Clemons Rhodes in Stuttgart, Arkansas. She was retired from Springs...
Bobby Gene Baker
Mar 14, 2021
Bobby Gene Baker, age 89, passed away Sunday evening, March 14, 2021 at his home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Thursday, March 18, 2021, at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville, MS. The interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery with military honors provided by the U.S. Army. the family will be receiving friends at the...
Wayne Dulin
Mar 14, 2021
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Gordon Dewayne "Wayne" Dulin, age 59, passed away Sunday evening, March 14, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 18, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family...
Norma Ann Wohlwend
Mar 12, 2021
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Norma Ann Wohlwend, age 81, passed away Friday afternoon, March 12, 2021 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS surrounded by her loved ones.
A memorial service will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 14, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior...
Barry Brewer
Mar 10, 2021
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Barry Brewer, age 56, passed away Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at his home in Courtland, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 13, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends Friday evening...
John Soren Bowie
Mar 9, 2021
John Soren Bowie, age 65, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at his home in Batesville, MS.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church with the inurnment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service...
Jerry R. Locke
Mar 9, 2021
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Jerry R. Locke, age 69, passed away Tuesday morning, March 9, 2021 at his home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 11, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends Wednesday...
L.D. (Dwight) Snyder
Mar 6, 2021
L.D. (Dwight) Snyder, age 73, passed away March 6, 2021 in West Virginia.
A visitation will be Monday, March 15, 2021 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home. A private interment will follow afterwards at Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
L.D. was born on February 25, 1948 to the late Walter R. Snyder and Lillian...
Henry O. Robertson
Mar 6, 2021
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Henry O. Robertson, age 92, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Diversicare in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 12, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m. The interment will follow the funeral at Cold Springs Cemetery near Batesville, MS. ...
Woodrow W. Clifton, Jr.
Mar 3, 2021
Woodrow W. "Woody" Clifton, Jr., age 76, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at his home in Oakland, MS.
A graveside service will be 4:30 P.M. Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family will receive friends prior to the service at the cemetery beginning at 4:00 P.M.
Woody was born May 6, 1944 in...
Frank Pete Pino, Jr.
Mar 1, 2021
Frank Pete Pino, Jr., age 73, passed away Monday morning, March 1, 2021 at his home in Courtland, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the Courtland Baptist Church with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.
Frank was born on September 20, 1947...
James H. Thornton
Feb 28, 2021
James H. "Skeeta" Thornton, age 85, passed away Sunday morning, February 28, 2021, after a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Friday, March 5, 2021, at Mt Olivet United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will receive friends Thursday evening, March 4, 2021, from 5:00 – 8:00 P.M. at...
Wilsye A. Lott
Feb 27, 2021
Wilsye Anne Turner Lott was born on September 18, 1932, to Marmaduke and Doris Oakley Turner, and grew up in North Carrollton, MS. She was a member of the Mississippi State Society of the Children of the American Revolution (MSSCAR). She graduated from J. Z. George High School in 1950 and was Valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Mississippi...
Allen Eugene Cummins, Sr.
Feb 26, 2021
How do you sum a man’s whole life in just a few paragraphs? It is impossible, but I will try. Butch Cummins was born July 1, 1954 to Richard and Arvetta (Parker) Cummins in Drew, Mississippi. He grew up in a Christian home.
I would say he suffered from dementia but I am really not sure how much he suffered,...
Elizabeth Wolf Tutor
Feb 25, 2021
Elizabeth Wolf Tutor, age 85, passed away Thursday evening, February 25, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at Locke Station Baptist Church with Rev. Rusty Miller officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Crowder Cemetery.
Elizabeth...
Lorraine Tramel
Feb 25, 2021
Lorraine Sorrells Tramel, age 92, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021 at her home in the Shady Grove community near Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at Shady Grove Baptist Church with interment to follow their at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service...
Phyllis Pardoe Floyd
Feb 25, 2021
Phyllis Pardoe Floyd passed away at her home in Batesville on Thursday morning, February 25, 2021, after a brief illness. She was born on April 24, 1948, in Oneida, New York, the daughter of the late Lt. Willis James “Bill” Pardoe of Oneida, New York, and the late Martha Austin Birdsong Pardoe Rogers of Batesville.
A memorial service for Phyllis...
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