Obituaries
Willie Bea James
Jun 20, 2018
Willie Beatrice (Bea) Pickle James, age 94, passed away Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at the Tallahatchie General Hospital Nursing Home in Charleston, MS.There will be a graveside service held for Mrs. James at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Enid Oak Hill Cemetery in Enid. The family will receive friends at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville from 1:30...
Ida Dell Williams
Jun 20, 2018
Ida Dell Williams, age 41, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2018 in Courtland, MS.There will be a visitation on Saturday, June 23, 2018 from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home. Ida was born September 27, 1976 to Jody “JoJo” McDonald Byars and the late Roy Smith in Memphis, Tennessee. Ida was a homemaker during her lifetime and...
John Bell Young, Jr.
Jun 18, 2018
John Bell Young, Jr., age 83, passed away on June 18, 2018 at Panola Medical Center in Batesville. He is the husband of Barbara L. Young of Batesville. Funeral services for Mr. Young will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at...
Ramer R. Copeland
Jun 17, 2018
Ramer R. Copeland, age 87, passed away Sunday morning, June 17, 2018, at his home near Sardis, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Central Academy Church of Christ in Batesville, MS with Mr. Ed Casteel officiating. The interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park, and the family will receive friends beginning at 12:00 P.M....
Michael R. Daniels
Jun 15, 2018
Michael R. "Squirrel" Daniels, age 65, passed away Friday afternoon, June 15, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.A memorial service for Michael will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at the Sardis Church of Christ in Sardis, MS.Michael was born August 25, 1952 in Memphis, TN to the late James L. and Jean Warren...
Betty Martin Matthews
Jun 14, 2018
Betty Jean Martin Matthews, age 78, passed away Thursday evening, June 14, 2018, at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford, MS. Betty was the widow of the late William Harold Matthews.Funeral services for Ms. Matthews will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 16, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation...
Margie Pearson
Jun 13, 2018
Margie Jones Eads Pearson, age 82, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at the Charleston Nursing Home. She is the wife of Joe Pearson of Batesville. Funeral services for Mrs. Pearson will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 12 noon in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Friday...
William Lester Shultice
Jun 10, 2018
William “Bill” Lester Shultice, age 67, passed away Sunday morning, June 10, 2018 at the North Mississippi Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. He was the husband of Nancy Shultice.There will be a memorial service honoring Bill at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 in Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at...
Clara Nell Kennedy Whitten
Jun 9, 2018
Clara Nell Kennedy Whitten, age 85, passed away Saturday evening June 9, 2018 at her home in Batesville, MS. She was the widow of the late James Gorden Whitten, Sr. Funeral services for Clara will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation one hour...
T.L. Shields, Jr.
Jun 6, 2018
T.L. "Pee Wee" Shields Jr., age 61, passed away at his home in Courtland on June 6, 2018. Funeral services for T.L. will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 10:00 prior to the service. Interment will be held at Pisgah...
Mary P. Morrow
Jun 1, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Poe Morrow, age 88, of Batesville, passed away on June 1, 2018 at NW MS Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale, MS. Funeral services for Ms. Morrow will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at Locke Station Baptist Church with visitation beginning at 1:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at Forrest...
Robert Andrew Woodward
Jun 1, 2018
Robert Andrew Woodward, age 69, passed away June 1, 2018 at the Nursing Home in Charleston, MS. Robert was born July 4, 1948 to the late John B. Woodward and Ceresa Mason Woodward in Portage, WI. Robert was a farmer during his life time. He leaves behind one brother, John F. Woodward, Sr. of Horn Lake. Per Roberts request no...
Mavis Rodgers Marquis
Jun 1, 2018
Mavis Avenelle Marquis (Rodgers), 89, of Walls, MS, formerly of Batesville, MS, entered into eternal peace on June 1, 2018, at her home in Walls, MS.The family will receive friends at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS, 340 Highway 35 North, on Wednesday evening, June 6, 2018, from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. and also one hour prior to the service...
Keith Travis Tidwell
May 29, 2018
Keith Travis Tidwell, age 47, left this world to join our Lord while he was in San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, May 29, 2018The family will hold a graveside gathering at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville on Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.Keith was born July 21, 1970 to Phil Tidwell of Gulfport and Shelby McFarland Tidwell Wages of...
Mamie E. Bray
May 28, 2018
Mamie "Trixie" Elizabeth Pearson Bray, age 94, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018, at her home in Batesville, MS. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 30, 2018, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Batesville, MS, where she was member, with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. The interment will follow in...
Rosemary Hudson Davis
May 27, 2018
Rosemary Hudson Davis, age 84, of Batesville, passed away near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 27, 2018. She was the widow of Emmett Millard Davis, Sr. Funeral services for Ms. Davis will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday June 1, 2018 at Batesville Church of Christ with visitation beginning at 11:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow the...
Wendy Rose Goff Joyner
May 26, 2018
Wendy Rose Goff Joyner, age 43, of Covington, TN, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2018, a Baptist Tipton Hospital in Covington, TN.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Clarksdale, MS with Reverend John Goldwater officiating. The family...
Alex Parker
May 26, 2018
Alexander Wade Parker, age 61, passed away Saturday morning May 26, 2018, at his mother's home in Como, MS.Alex was born June 11, 1957 to Billie McNemar Parker and the late James Edward Parker in Lincoln Park, MI. Alex was a truck driver for Kentucky Clay. In his spare time he enjoyed fishing. Alex is survived by his mother, Billy...
Bobby G. Barnett
May 26, 2018
Bobby G. Barnett, age 88, passed away Saturday, May 26, 2018 in Oklahoma from injuries received in an automobile accident.Funeral service will be at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, May 31, 2018 at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with the interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends Thursday moring at the First Baptist Church beginning...
Lee Taylor
May 25, 2018
Lee Taylor, age 91, passed away at Sardis Nursing Home in the early morning hours of May 25, 2018. She was the widow of Leonard Taylor. Funeral Services for Ms. Taylor will be held on Monday, May 28, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning...
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