Obituaries
Dorothy Elizabeth Boatright
Jan 1, 2019
Dorothy E. "Dot" Boatright, age 86, passed away January 1, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services for Mrs. Boatright will be held on Friday, January 4, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5:00 to 8:00...
Carolyn King
Dec 31, 2018
Carolyn King, age 74, passed away late Monday, December 31, 2018, at her home near Holly Springs, MS.
Visitation will be held Thursday evening January 3, 2018 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the Wells Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Larry West will officiate. Interment...
Linda Jamison Patridge
Dec 30, 2018
Linda Jamison Patridge, age 94,widow of Senator Corbet Lee Patridge, died at Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS on Sunday afternoon, December 30, 2018.
The family will hold a graveside service for Mrs. Patridge at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 4, 2019 at Lehrton Cemetery in Ruleville. Dr. Paul Middleton will officiate.
Linda was born August 4, 1924...
Billy Wilson Durham
Dec 25, 2018
Billy Wilson Durham, age 66, passed away December 25, 2018 at the All Saints House in Grenada, MS.
The family will be having a private memorial service which will be announced at a later date.
Billy was born April 8, 1952 to the late Dovie Yarborough and Edgar Durham in Grenada, MS. In Billy’s life he was self-employed. During...
William T. "Bill" Burns
Dec 25, 2018
William T. "Bill" Burns, age 77, passed away peacefully at his home in Batesville, MS on December 25, 2018.
A Service of Reflection and Tribute will be held at Courtland Baptist Church at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 27, 2018. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 noon prior to the service at the church. Friends and family are...
Brenda Joyce Gitter
Dec 20, 2018
Brenda Joyce Gitter, age 70, passed away Thursday morning, December 20, 2018 at Diversicare in Batesville.
Funeral services will be 12:00 P.M. Saturday, December 22, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends at 10:00 A.M prior to the service.
Brenda was born August 3, 1948 in Memphis, TN to the late...
Betty Lee Robison
Dec 14, 2018
Betty Lee Hall Robison, age 87, passed away Friday, December 14, 2018, at her home in Batesville, MS. She is the widow of the late John Whitson Robison, Jr.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, December 20, 2018, at the Batesville Presbyterian Church with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends beginning...
James Wood
Dec 13, 2018
James E. "Jim" Wood, age 73, passed away Thursday morning, December 13, 2018, at his home in Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 15, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 12 noon. Interment will follow the service at Longtown Cemetery.
Jim...
Virginia Louise Ridgeway
Dec 10, 2018
Virginia Louise Ridgeway, age 77, passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 at her son's home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 13, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Rev Kolby Ganaway will...
Linda Harden Floyd
Dec 5, 2018
Linda Harden Floyd, age 73, passed away December 5, 2018, at her home in Pope, MS.
There will be a memorial service at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, December 8, 2018, at the First United Methodist Church in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Rev. Ed Woodall and Rev. Ed Temple...
Michael Paul McCullar
Dec 3, 2018
Michael Paul McCullar, age 35, passed away late Monday night, December 3, 2018 at his home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 7, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw, MS. The family will be receiving friends Thursday evening, December 6, 2018, from...
Elizabeth Wright
Nov 30, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Wright, age 28, passed away Friday morning, November 30, 2018 at her home in Courtland, MS. The family will receive friends for visitation time from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday evening, December 1, 2018 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Elizabeth was born June 23, 1990 to Tony Wayne Wright and Mary Kathryn Brewer Wright in Clarksdale....
Billie Gene McCarty
Nov 30, 2018
Billie Gene "Fish Lady" McCarty, age 88, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018, at her home near Sardis, MS. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Monday, December 3, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Union Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will be receiving friends beginning at 1:00 P.M. Monday...
Nora Taylor Warren
Nov 29, 2018
Nora Warren, age 95, passed away at her home Thursday evening, November 29, 2018, in Courtland, MS. There will be no services at this time.Nora was born June 2, 1923 in Kildwick, England to the late Charles and Ruth Clarkson Taylor. Ms. Warren was a homemaker.She is survived by her loving companion of over twenty years, Richard G. Johnson of ...
Thomas Earl Burkley
Nov 29, 2018
Thomas Earl Burkley, age 73, passed away Thursday evening, November 29, 2018 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Thomas was the husband of Bonnie Burkley of Batesville. Funeral services for Mr. Burkley will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 2, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning...
William Powell Atkinson
Nov 28, 2018
William (Will) Powell Atkinson, age 46, passed away November 28, 2018, at his home in Oxford, Miss.A private memorial service was held in Oxford on December 1, for immediate family.Will was born May 12, 1972, to Sandra Jo Brown Atkinson and the late William Edward “Bill” Atkinson in Jackson, Miss. He spent his youth in Pickens, Miss. A 1991 graduate...
Helen Hansen Bell
Nov 26, 2018
Helen Hansen Bell, age 85, passed away Monday morning, November 26, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. Helen was the widow of the late James F. Bell. Funeral services for Mrs. Bell will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 30, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville...
Tommie L. Joiner
Nov 25, 2018
Tommie L. Joiner, age 93, passed away Sunday evening, November 25, 2018, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, MS. Mr. Joiner was the husband of Fay Wilson Joiner.Funeral services for Mr. Joiner will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at...
Shirley "Bittie" Ann Tubbs Floyd
Nov 24, 2018
Shirley Ann Tubbs "Bittie" Floyd, age 82, passed away Saturday, November 24, 2018, at her son's home in Batesville, MS. Mrs. Floyd was the widow of the late James Dale Floyd.Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Hosanna Family Worship Center in Pope, MS with interment to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The...
Debbie M. Billingsley
Nov 24, 2018
Leslie Deborah Musgrove "Debbie" Billingsley, age 59, passed away November 24, 2018 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Debbie was the widow of Maxwell H. Billingsley, Jr. There will be a memorial service for Debbie held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation...
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