Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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,...
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
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
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
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
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...
Charlie E. Baglan, Jr.
Aug 25, 2020
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Charles E. (Charlie) Baglan, Jr. went to be with the Lord on August 25, 2020, from Baptist Memorial Hospital – East in Memphis, TN.
He leaves behind his wife, Mary Katherine Hyde Baglan, Courtland, MS, his son, Charles E. (Chase) Baglan, III, Courtland, MS and his daughter, Anna Katherine Baglan, Tucson, AZ. He is also...
David M. Selvy
Aug 20, 2020
David M. Selvy, age 94, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
A memorial service for David will be held at a later time.
David was born on October 13, 1925 to the late James David Selvy and Ellen Elizabeth Dillon Selvy in East Lynne, MO. He worked as a telephone engineer for...
Jeanne Kiihnl Goforth
Aug 18, 2020
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Jeanne Kiihnl Goforth, age 62, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, MS with her family at her bedside.
A memorial service for Jeanne will be 12:00 P.M. Saturday, August 22, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior...
Merle Beavers Herring
Aug 16, 2020
Private family graveside services for Merle Beavers Herring will be held Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS.
Ms. Herring, age 83, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at her home in Courtland, MS. She was born on June 27, 1937 in Sardis, MS to the late Elmer and Rena...
Braden Gentry
Aug 15, 2020
Braden C. Gentry, age 25, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 at his home in Memphis, TN.
The family will be having a memorial service at a later date.
Braden was born December 3, 1994 in Clarksdale, MS to Gary K. Gentry and the late Lisa Ann Whitworth Gentry. He was the produce manager for Super Low Foods in Memphis,...
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