Obituaries
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...
David E. Johns
Nov 23, 2018
David E. Johns, age 68, passed away Friday evening, November 23, 2018, at the V.A. Medical Center in Jackson, MS.Funeral services for Mr. Johns will be held at 2:00 on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at the funeral home....
Juanita D. Newman
Nov 22, 2018
Juanita D. Newman, age 93, passed away late Thursday evening, November 22, 2018 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, November 25, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service. The interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery near...
Eddie Best
Nov 21, 2018
Eddie Paul "Little Paul" Best, Jr., age 48, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the Winona Manor Nursing Home in Winona, MS. "Little Paul" was born July 28, 1970 to Hazel Cook Best and the late Eddie Paul Best, Sr. in Quitman County. He was a member of the Enid Lake Baptist Church. "Little Paul" enjoyed fishing, drawing, arts...
Matthew Coleman
Nov 19, 2018
Riley Matthew Coleman, age 56, passed away Monday, November 19, 2018, at his home in Batesville, MS.A memorial service for Matthew will be 6:00 P.M. Friday, November 23, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends beginning at 4:00 P.M.Matthew was born on May 19, 1962 to the late Virginia Dayle Baker...
Jeannie Laughlin Fitts
Nov 19, 2018
Jeannie Sue Laughlin Fitts, age 90, passed away on November 19, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Mrs. Fitts will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at Peach Creek Baptist Church, with visitation beginning at 12 noon. Interment will follow the service at Peach Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Caples...
John Michael Havas, Jr.
Nov 17, 2018
Senior Chief John Michael Havas, Jr., age 86, passed away Saturday morning, November 17, 2018, at Baptist Hospital in Oxford, MS. Graveside services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at the North Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Kilmichael, MS. There will be no visitation prior to the service.John Havas, Jr. was born January 31, 1932 in Morristown, NJ...
Roger Allen Stevens
Nov 17, 2018
Roger Allen Stevens, age 64, passed away Saturday evening, November 17, 2018, at his home in Pleasant Grove, MS. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at Peach Creek Baptist Church near Pleasant Grove, MS with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will be receiving friends Monday evening, November 19, 2018, at Wells Funeral...
Joyce Herron Tippery
Nov 13, 2018
Joyce Herron Tippery, age 57, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 17, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park. The family will be receiving friends two hours prior to the funeral...
Linda E. Pou
Nov 11, 2018
Linda Edwards Pou, age 86, passed away Sunday evening, November 11, 2018 at Elmcroft Assisted Living Facility in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Linda will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Linda...
Thomas Judson Parrish, Jr.
Nov 11, 2018
Thomas Judson "Tommy" Parrish, Jr., age 62, passed away early Sunday morning, November 11, 2018 at the North MS Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 14, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends Tuesday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. Interment will follow...
Margie W. Jones
Nov 9, 2018
Margie Lee Wilson Jones, age 95, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS. Funeral services will be 11:30 A.M. Thursday, November 15, 2018, at Black Jack Presbyterian Church with interment to follow in Black Jack Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service Thursday beginning at 10:00 A.M. at the church....
Mildred Shinn Travis
Nov 9, 2018
Mildred Shinn Travis, 99, of Batesville, MS, died peacefully in her sleep at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS November 9. She was born in Pope, MS on February 22, 1919, the youngest daughter of Selma Vance Shinn and Erma Wray Shinn.After a two year courtship, Mildred married James L. Travis, Jr. in 1935, a marriage that lasted 72 years....
Helen Irene Mehan
Nov 9, 2018
Helen Irene Mehan, age 86, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at her home in Pope, MS. Helen was the wife of Webster Mehan. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 12, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Bethel Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends Sunday evening, November...
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