Obituaries
Richard Todd Hatfield
Dec 21, 2017
Richard Todd Hatfield, age 43, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017, at his home near Water Valley, MS.The family will be having a memorial service at a later date, which is yet to be determined.Todd was born April 28, 1974 in Oxford, MS to Wayne Richard Hatfield and Norma Langham Blanton. He was a graduate of Water Valley High School....
Billy Gordon Stroupe
Dec 20, 2017
Billy Gordon Stroupe, age 81, passed away Wednesday morning, December 20, 2017, at his home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services for Mr. Stroupe will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday December 28, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 9:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow at Black Jack Cemetery....
Floyd Milton Fletcher, Sr.
Dec 17, 2017
"Capt." Floyd Milton Fletcher, Sr., age 89, passed away in his home in Batesville, MS of cancer on December 17, 2017. Floyd was born June 27, 1928 in Memphis, TN. In 1943 he joined the Navy and served on the USS Holland Submarine during World War II. Mr. Fletcher received a Battle Star in the capture of Tinian Island. In...
Ruby Mae Pittman Alexander Scruggs
Dec 15, 2017
Ruby Mae Pittman Alexander Scruggs, age 82, passed away Friday morning, December 15, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.Funeral services for Mrs. Scruggs will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS with visitation beginning at 12 noon prior to...
Lucille Ledbetter Hastings
Dec 12, 2017
Almon Lucille Ledbetter Hastings died Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Panola Medical Center. Mrs. Hastings was born March 4, 1920 in Wayne County TN to the late James Clester and Mary Alice Lay Ledbetter. She married James Lafayette "Fate" Hastings on October 18, 1937. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday December 15, 2017 at Wells Funeral...
Kevin M. Barnes
Dec 9, 2017
Oxford, MS- Kevin M. Barnes, age 44, formerly of Batesville, MS, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Good Hope Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will be...
Samuel G. Lucas, Sr.
Dec 7, 2017
Samuel Grady Lucas, Sr., age 63, passed away at his home in Batesville this morning, December 7, 2017. Funeral services for Grady will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 10, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 1:00. Grady was born...
Shirley Overby Strough
Dec 7, 2017
Shirley Ann Overby Strough, age 82, passed away peacefully at her home in Batesville this morning, November 7, 2017. There will be a graveside service held for Ms. Strough at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2017 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. Wells Funeral Home has charge. Shirley was born February 13, 1935 in Belzoni to the late Paul...
Thomas Richard Trotter
Dec 6, 2017
Thomas Richard "Redd" Trotter, age 87, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at his home in Batesville, MS. He is the husband of Robbie Joiner Trotter. Funeral services for Mr. Trotter will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 9, 2017 at Shady Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Tim McMillan and Rev. Rusty Robertson will officiate. The family will receive...
June Woodruff McCulley
Dec 3, 2017
June Woodruff McCulley, age 70, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 3, 2017, at her home near Batesville, MS surrounded by her family and close friends. June is the widow of the late Ronald M. McCulley.Funeral service will be 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the Independence Presbyterian Church with interment to follow in Antioch...
Troy Neal Lambert
Nov 29, 2017
Troy Neal Lambert passed peacefully on November 29, 2017. He was 91 years old, the son of the late Lillian Rawlison Phifer of Amory, MS and Neal Troy Lambert of Ecru, MS.He is predeceased by his son, Sid Lambert and survived by his daughters, Sandi McCraine and G. Scott Crossland; his four grandchildren, Claire Minnie, Seth McCraine, Casey McCraine and...
M SGT. (Ret.) Glispie Marquis
Nov 25, 2017
M SGT. (Ret.) Glispie Marquis, age 82, passed away Saturday evening, November 25, 2017 at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis, TN. Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 29, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park with full military honors. The family will receive friends Tuesday...
Edna McRee Sorrells
Nov 23, 2017
Edna McRee Sorrells, age 85, passed away Thursday night, November 23, 2017 at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS. She is the widow of L.B. Sorrells. Funeral services for Mrs. Sorrells will be held on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 2:00...
Robert Lee Anderson, Sr.
Nov 18, 2017
Robert Lee Anderson, Sr., age 70, passed away Saturday evening, November 18, 2017, at the State Veterans Home in Oxford, MS. Mr. Anderson is the widower of the late Frances Ann Alred Anderson.Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 21, 2017, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park....
James Edgar Dewey Lamb
Nov 14, 2017
James Edgar Dewey Lamb, age 75, passed away Tuesday morning, November 14, 2017, in Memphis, TN.Funeral service will be 4:00 P.M. Sunday, November 19, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends beginning at 2:00 P.M. prior to the service.James was born December 1, 1941 in Lambert, MS to the late James...
Jewel Epps Harwood
Nov 14, 2017
Jewel Epps Harwood, age 94, passed away early Tuesday morning, November 14, 2017, at her home in Batesville, MS. Mrs. Harwood is the widow of the late Paul Harwood.Funeral services will be 11 AM Friday, November 17, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with the family receiving friends at 9:30 prior to the service at the church....
Charlotte Ann Avery Bailey
Nov 14, 2017
Charlotte Ann Avery Bailey, age 77, passed away Tuesday afternoon, November 14, 2017 at North Delta Hospice in Southaven, MS.Funeral service will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 20, 2017, at Shiloh United Methodist Church near Courtland, MS with visitation prior to the service at 10:00 A.M. at the church. Interment will follow in Shiloh Cemetery.She was born November 2, 1940...
Dennis Burrowes
Nov 13, 2017
Dennis Burrowes, age 64, of Courtland, MS passed away Monday, November 13, 2017, at Regional One Medical Center in Memphis.The family will have a memorial service 3:00 PM Thursday, November 16, 2017 at Love Joy Church near Courtland, MS. They will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service at the church.Dennis was born June 23, 1053 in Oxford,...
Dorothy Nell Golmon Wells
Nov 12, 2017
Dorothy Nell Golmon Wells, age 77, passed away Sunday morning, November 12, 2017 at Diversicare in Batesville, MS.The family will have a memorial service at a later time that is yet to be determined.Dorothy was born June 1, 1940 in Franklin County, MS to the late Landon and Mamie Ballard Golmon. She was a homemaker. Dorothy is survived by her...
Mancle Thomas McGovern, Jr.
Nov 12, 2017
Mancle Thomas McGovern, Jr., age 75, passed away Sunday evening, November 12, 2017 at his son's home in Pope, MS. Mr. McGovern is the widower of the late Janice Melbena Cowgill McGovern.Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with a committal service to follow at 4:00 P.M....
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