Obituaries
Sarah A. Vaughn
Mar 21, 2018
Sarah Vaughn, age 87, passed away at her home near Sardis, Wednesday, March 21, 2018. A memorial service for Mrs. Vaughn will be 3:00 P.M. Sunday, March 25, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Rev. Derrick Simmons will officiate. Sarah was born May 16,...
Gaylon Lee Childers
Mar 20, 2018
Gaylon "Al" Lee Childers, age 72, passed away March 20, 2018, in Redbanks, MS. He was the husband of the late Mary Childers. Gaylon was born May 5, 1945 in Ashland, MS to the late Eulala Gross and Loyce Lee Childers. During his lifetime he was an appliance technician and a truck driver. He enjoyed going to truck rodeos and...
Jerry Bryant
Mar 17, 2018
Jerry M. “Big Daddy” Bryant, age 67, passed away Saturday evening, March 17, 2018 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Sardis Lake Baptist Church with interment to follow in Sardis Lake Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service. Rev....
Bonnie Norwood Thornton
Mar 17, 2018
Bonnie Lee Norwood Thornton, age 82, passed away Saturday morning, March 17, 2018 at Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church near Batesville, MS with the family receiving friends beginning at 12:00 P.M. Tuesday at the church. The interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park with...
Gertie O'Conner Mathews
Mar 16, 2018
Gertie O'Conner Mathews, age 79, passed away Friday morning at Diversicare in Batesville, MS. Gertie was the widower of the late Donald Mathews. Funeral services will be Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Longtown Cemetery near Crenshaw, MS. The family will receive friends two...
Allen Earl Haberman
Mar 13, 2018
Batesville, MS — Allen "Al" Haberman, age 86, died peacefully at his home on March 13, 2018 with his family at his side.
Al was born in Marion, Ohio on July 8, 1931 to the late William G. and Minnie Ethel (Storer) Haberman.
He was a graduate of the Harding High School class of 1949.
Al was a proud veteran...
Riley B. Ford
Mar 7, 2018
Riley Boyd "Bud" Ford, age 79, passed away Wednesday, March 7th, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. Funeral services for Bud will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2018 at Eureka United Methodist Church near Courtland with interment following at Eureka Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at Wells...
James Calvin Johnson
Mar 6, 2018
James Calvin Johnson, age 70, passed away Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 noon prior to the service. Interment will...
Earlene Tucker Scruggs
Mar 2, 2018
Earlene Tucker Scruggs, age 86, passed away Friday morning, March 2, 2018, at her home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Sunday afternoon, March 4, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to...
Mary LeGrande Wiggers
Mar 2, 2018
Mary Legrande Wiggers, age 88, passed away Friday evening, March 2, 2018, at her home in Oxford, MS. She was the widow of the late Reverend Charles C. Wiggers.The family will gather at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church in Oxford, MS beginning at 10:00 A.M. Monday, March 5, 2018, with a memorial service to follow at 11:00 A.M. The committal...
Donald Wayne Finnie
Feb 28, 2018
Donald Wayne "Don" Finnie, age 71, passed away at North Delta Hospice in Southaven, MS on February 28, 2018. Don was born November 23, 1946 to the late William Homer Finnie and Betty Gordon Finnie in Panola County, MS. He was a professor for 20 plus years with Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely, CO. where he taught anatomy, biology,...
Alondra Cordero
Feb 24, 2018
Alondra Cordero, infant child, passed away at the Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, TN on February 24, 2018. Funeral services for Alondra will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday March 2, 2018 at the Primera Misión Bautista in Batesville, MS. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Reverend Tino Trevino will officiate. Wells Funeral Home has charge. Survivors include...
Mark "Harley" Sivley
Feb 24, 2018
Mark "Harley" Sivley, age 46, passed away February 24, 2018 at his home in Batesville, MS. Mark was born November 25, 1971 to the late Mona Davis in Greenwood, MS. Mark's passion in life was playing music on his guitars and riding his motorcycle.Mark is survived by his wife, Wendy Sivley; children, Ashely Sivley, Michael John Sivley, Raven Milner, Brentney...
Mary Yeargin
Feb 23, 2018
Mary Lucille Hocutt Yeargin, age 91, passed away Friday morning, February 23, 2018, at her daughters home in Millington, TN. She was the widow of Thomas W. Yeargin. There will be a graveside service held for Ms. Yeargin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, February 26, 2018 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. Wells Funeral Home has charge. Mary was...
Martha Hill
Feb 20, 2018
Martha Hill, age 60, passed away Tuesday February 20th, at the Northwest MS Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale, MS.Funeral services for Ms. Hill will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with the family receiving friends beginning at 1:00 prior to the service. Interment will...
Shirley Turner Rotenberry
Feb 19, 2018
Shirley Turner Rotenberry, age 78, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018, at her home near Batesville, MS. She was the widow of the late Mack Rotenberry.Funeral services for Ms. Rotenberry will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2018 at Crowder Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 Thursday evening at Wells Funeral Home...
Johnnie Ford Rushing
Feb 17, 2018
Johnnie Ford Rushing, age 91, passed away Saturday morning, February 17, 2018, at her home in Batesville, MS. She is the widow of the late Bernard Rushing.Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 20, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will be...
Robert Louis Bush, Jr.
Feb 15, 2018
Robert Louis “Cotton” Bush, Jr., age 71, passed away at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo, MS on February 15, 2018. There will be a memorial service held for Mr. Bush at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 18, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Friends will gather at 1:00 prior to the service....
Clint W. Williford. Sr.
Feb 13, 2018
Clint W. Williford, Sr., age 95, passed away Tuesday morning, February 13, 2018, at Providence Assisted Living Home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services for Mr. Williford will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Batesville First United Methodist Church with family receiving friends beginning at 1:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow at Chapel Hill...
Mike Cook
Feb 11, 2018
Mike Cook, age 58, passed away early Sunday morning, February 11, 2018, at his home near Marks, MS. Funeral service for Mike will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at New Hope Church of God, 209 West St. Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Wells Funeral Home...
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