Obituaries
Carol Ann McDonald
Sep 25, 2019
Carol Ann McDonald, age 63, passed away Wednesday September 25, 2019 at her home in Courtland, MS.
There will be a memorial gathering Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS.
Carol was born on December 4, 1955 to the late Annie Ruth Bentley and William Adolph Kimbro in Detroit, MI. She...
John H. Britt, Jr.
Sep 21, 2019
John H. Britt, Jr., age 47, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 27, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Senatobia Memorial Gardens in Senatobia, MS. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the...
Peyton Colby Barnett
Sep 21, 2019
Peyton Colby Barnett, age 17, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 21, 2019, near Courtland, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church with interment to follow in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home and also from 12:00 P.M. Tuesday...
John W. Bowman
Sep 19, 2019
John "Jack" W. Bowman, age 92, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at his home in Como, MS.
There will be a memorial service Sunday afternoon, September 22, 2019 at the Batesville Presbyterian Church.
John was born October 1, 1926 to the late John and Doretta Wippo Bowman in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Kelly High School in 1944 in...
Beverly Wooley
Sep 14, 2019
Beverly Wooley, age 81, passed away Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Beverly was born December 4, 1937 to the late Hattie Marie McGee and Paul Walter Hopper in Memphis, TN. She was a waitress at Kress's in Memphis for many years and she attended Pope Baptist Church.
Those she leaves...
Mary Kaye Boyette
Sep 14, 2019
Mary Kaye Boyette, age 63, passed away Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, at her home near Courtland, MS.
Mary was born October 16, 1955 to the late Mary Lee Genail and James Edith Holloway in Indianola, MS. She was a member of the Good Hope Baptist Church and loved having all of her family together and spending time with them.
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Maurice Francis Tyler, Jr.
Sep 12, 2019
Maurice Francis Tyler, Jr., age 88, passed away September 12, 2019 at his home in Cordova, TN.
A memorial service for Maurice will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019, at 1:30 P.M. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with an inurnment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Enid, MS. Visitation will begin at 1:00...
Dorothy Moore Golden
Sep 11, 2019
Dorothy Moore Golden, age 84, passed away at her home in Enid yesterday evening, September 11, 2019.
The family will receive friends for visitation from 5:00 to 8:00 on Friday evening, September 13, 2019 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. There will be a private committal service held at Bethel Cemetery in Enid at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 14,...
Edna Scott
Sep 7, 2019
Edna Earlene Scott, age 96, passed away on September 7, 2019 at Pine Meadows Healthcare in Bolivar, TN.
There will be a graveside service held for Edna at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11th at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville.
Edna was born July 3, 1923 to the late Roy Holt and Viola Vernon Holt in Bayville, AR. She...
Shirley Jean Russell
Sep 6, 2019
Shirley Jean Russell, age 83, passed away Friday, September 6, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 8, 2019 in the Marti Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Clarksdale, MS. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the...
Robert Hickey
Sep 6, 2019
Rev. Robert Alvin “Bob” Hickey, age 83, passed away Friday, September 6, 2019, at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 9, 2019, at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with interment to follow at Barbee Cemetery in Lula, MS. The family will be receiving friends prior to service on Monday beginning...
Joyce Sanders
Sep 5, 2019
Linda Dorr "Joyce" Sanders, age 83, passed away on September 5, 2019 at Providence Assisted Living in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services for Joyce will be held on Monday, September 9, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 10:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow the service...
Monty Thomas
Sep 4, 2019
Monty Mobley Thomas passed away September 4, 2019 at The Boliver Medical Center in Cleveland. He was born August 14, 1956 to the late Mary Ruth Mobley Thomas and Lent E. Thomas, Jr. He was a member of First Baptist Church. Graveside services will be held September 6th at Curtis Union Church Cemetery with Dr. Tommy Snyder officiating.
He graduated...
Sarah Alice Sullivan
Aug 31, 2019
Sarah Alice Sullivan, age 68, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019 at her home in Enid, MS. She was the widow of the late James Allen Bland, Sr.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 4, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends at 11:00 A.M. prior to the service....
Virginia S. Howell
Aug 30, 2019
Virginia S. Howell, age 82, passed away early this morning, August 30, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.
A graveside service will be held at 4:00 pm. on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS.
Virginia was born January 8, 1937 to the late Samuel Carlton Smith and Frances Lillian Haddox Smith in Grand Rapids,...
Rex McMinn
Aug 25, 2019
William Rex McMinn, age 85, passed away Sunday morning, August 25, 2019, at his home in Gulfport, MS.
There will be a visitation on Saturday, August 31, 2019 from 2:00-3:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home with a graveside service to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS.
Rex was born August 28, 1933 to the late Clifford Tidwell Mougey...
Shirley Alice Thelen Estridge
Aug 24, 2019
Shirley Alice Thelen Estridge, age 82, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. She is the widow of the late Clyde Morris Estridge.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 27, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends beginning at 9:00...
Gilmer E. Jolley, Jr.
Aug 22, 2019
Gilmer E. "Gil" Jolley, Jr., age 71, passed away at his home in Batesville, MS Thursday, August 22, 2019.
A memorial service will be Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service.
Gil was born on August 1, 1948 to...
Milton Clyde Pardue, Jr.
Aug 22, 2019
Milton Clyde Pardue, Jr., age 66 of Monroe, GA, formerly of Batesville, MS, passed away on August 22, 2019. He was born in Batesville on July 27, 1953 to the late Milton Clyde Pardue, Sr. and the late Mary Kathleen McGlaun Pardue.
Surviving members of his family are several cousins including Judi Garrett and a cluster of close friends both...
John Joseph Baldwin, Jr.
Aug 21, 2019
John Joseph Baldwin, Jr. age 73, passed away this afternoon, August 21, 2019 at his home in Batesville.
John was born November 12, 1945 to the late John Joseph Baldwin and Beatrice Eleanor Long Baldwin in Philadelphia, PA. During his life time he worked as a computer technician. He was of the Catholic faith.
In addition to his parents, John...
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