Obituaries
Juanita Shelton
Jul 24, 2020
Juanita Dale Franks Shelton, age 70, passed away Friday, July 24, 2020 at her home in Batesville, MS.
Due to the recent Covid mandate order by the Governor of Mississippi, funeral services will be attended by immediate family only in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. Friends are invited...
Janice Morris
Jul 23, 2020
Janice Clayton Morris, age 87, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020 at the Oxford Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Oxford, MS.
A graveside service will be held at 4:00 P.M. Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Rev. Derrick Simmons will officiate.
Janice was born July 8, 1933 to the late Macon Clayton and Lucille Caroll...
Charles E. Munn
Jul 23, 2020
Charles E. Munn, age 89, passed away Thursday evening, July 23, 2020 at his home in Sardis, MS. He was the widower of Margarete Munn.
Graveside services for Charles will be held at 6:00 Sunday evening, July 26, 2020 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 4:00 prior to service at Wells Funeral Home....
Velma Goodwin Krencik
Jul 23, 2020
Velma Goodwin Krencik, age 81, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2020, at Region One Medical Center in Memphis, TN. She was the widow of the Joseph Andrew "Polock" Krencik.
Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Sunday, July 26, 2020, at Hosanna Family Worship Center in Pope, MS with to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Visitation will be...
Vadie Hawkins
Jul 20, 2020
Vadie Hawkins, age 98, passed away early Monday morning, July 20, 2020 at Providence Assisted Living.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Dr. Johnny Spencer and Rev. Terrell McGregor will be officiating.
Vadie was born on August 4, 1921 to the late Will Chrestman and...
Margaret Tidwell Wigley
Jul 17, 2020
Margaret Tidwell Wigley, age 93, passed away Friday, July 17, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
A graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2020, at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Dr. Gary Berry will be officiating. All friends and relatives are invited.
Margaret was born on November 21, 1926, to the...
Lula H. "Patsy" Goodnight
Jul 15, 2020
Lula H. "Patsy" Goodnight, age 90, passed away July 15, 2020 in Mandeville, LA.
A graveside service will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS with entombment to follow.
Patsy was born September 20, 1929 in Benton County, KY to the late Ollie James and Lucille Michaels Holt. After years of hard work,...
Betty Jane Toole Mathews
Jul 12, 2020
Betty Jane, age 77, passed away peacefully early Sunday morning, July 12, 2020, after battling metastatic breast cancer.
Graveside services will be at 10 am Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at Enid Oak Hill Cemetery in Enid, Mississippi. Pastor Jerry Long will officiate the service.
Betty Jane was born in Enid, Mississippi, to the late James A. Toole and Janie Lee...
Sheila Washington
Jul 10, 2020
Sheila Lanelle Washington, age 47, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020 at her daughter's home near Batesville, MS.
Sheila was born on July 29, 1972 to the late George Sowell and Mary Doris Carlisle Sowell in Marks, MS. She enjoyed making jewelry in her spare time, riding, talking with friends and family, and fishing.
Those she leaves behind to cherish...
Pearl E. Traywick
Jul 9, 2020
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Pearl E. Traywick, age 78, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020, at Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS. Pearl was the widow of the late William D. (Bill) Traywick.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 11, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Magnolia...
Jerry Clark
Jul 9, 2020
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Jerry Eugene Clark, age 78, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020, at Tallahatchie General Hospital Extended Care Facility in Charleston, MS.
A memorial service will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, July 11, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 P.M. prior to the service.
Jerry...
Betty Jo White
Jul 8, 2020
Betty Jo White, age 78, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at her home in Water Valley, MS.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. on Friday, July 10, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 11:00 A.M. prior to the service....
Rufus Darial McMinn
Jul 3, 2020
Rufus Darial “R.D.” McMinn, age 83, passed away Friday evening, July 3, 2020 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.
A graveside service will be 5:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Dr. Paul Middleton will be officiating.
R.D. was born on September 13, 1936 to the late Hubert E. McMinn and...
Julian Wardene Webb
Jul 3, 2020
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Julian Wardene "J.W." Webb, age 89, passed away July 3, 2020 at the Senatobia Health Care and Rehab Facility in Senatobia, MS.
Funeral services will be 4:00 P.M. on Monday, July 6, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. The interment will...
Dr. Percie Lee Lamar, III
Jun 30, 2020
Dr. Percie Lee Lamar, III, age 78, passed away Tuesday afternoon, June 30, 2020 at Methodist Hospital in Olive Branch, MS. Percie Lee was born in Lambert, MS, on October 3, 1941. His parents were Kathryn Savage Lamar and Percie Lee Lamar, Jr. His grandparents were Mr. Van Savage and his wife Eva and Mr. Percie Lee Lamar, Sr. and...
Amanda Faye Dolden
Jun 30, 2020
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Amanda Faye Dolden, age 34, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in Water Valley, MS.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, July 6, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at 12 Noon prior to the service.
Amanda was born on...
Gladys Robin Self
Jun 29, 2020
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Gladys Robin “Robbie” Self, age 62, passed away Monday, June 29, 2020 at her son’s home in Greenwood Springs, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 2, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends...
John C. Oates
Jun 27, 2020
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John C. Oates, age 74, passed away Saturday morning, June 27, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July 1, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS. The family...
Helen Welch Dulin
Jun 24, 2020
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Helen Welch Dulin, age 73, passed away on June 24, 2020 at her sisters home in Thaxton, MS.
Funeral services for Helen will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, June 27, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 prior to...
Louise Wilson Staples
Jun 23, 2020
Louise Annelle Wilson Staples, 82, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020. Louise peacefully passed away after several years of battling health-related issues.
Louise was a devoted Christian, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend.
She was born on July 24th, 1937 (two minutes after her identical sister, Louanne) in Dallas, TX to H....
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