Obituaries

James Sherman Meek

James Sherman Meek

May 29, 2013

James Sherman "Jimmy" Meek age 72, husband of Geneva Meek, died Wednesday afternoon 5/29/13 at Tri-Lakes Medical Center Batesville, MS. Funeral services will begin at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Robert Rawson, Rev. Pat Ludlam & Rev. Ed Temple presiding. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The Meek family...

Guy Goodman Carter

Guy Goodman Carter

May 26, 2013

Guy Goodman Carter, Jr. age 71, husband of Anita Louise Mask Carter, died at his home in Batesville, MS Sunday evening 5/26/13. The funeral for Mr. Carter will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Pepper officiating. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until service time on Thursday....

Thomas Brett Pugh

Thomas Brett Pugh

May 26, 2013

Batesville -- Thomas Brett Pugh, 51, of Batesville died Sunday, May 26, in Quitman County. He was born in Starkville Oct. 20, 1961, to Thomas Beverly and Elaine Ferrell Pugh. He was a former resident of Greenwood, where he attended Pillow Academy through junior high. He and his family moved to Panola County in 1975. He graduated from West Panola...

K.A. "Bo" Thomson

K.A. "Bo" Thomson

May 25, 2013

K. A. "Bo" Thomson, 82, husband of Nancy Herron Thomson passed away on the morning of May 25, 2013 in his Batesville home. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church, Batesville, MS with Reverend Ed Temple and Reverend Ed Woodall officiating. Inurnment will be in Magnolia Cemetery with Wells...

Jack A. Cobb

Jack A. Cobb

May 21, 2013

Jack A. Cobb, age 56, husband of Judge Vicki Beardain Cobb, of Batesville, MS, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church, 119 Panola Ave., Batesville, MS with Rev. Ed Temple, Rev. Pat Ludlam and...

J.C. "Curt" Daniels

J.C. "Curt" Daniels

May 18, 2013

J.C. "Curt" Daniels, age 66, passed away Saturday morning, May 18, 2013 at his home in Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home. Those officiating the...

Loyd M. Myles

Loyd M. Myles

May 18, 2013

Loyd M. Myles, age 87, widower of Maxine Tullis Myles and Jewel Bay Myles, passed away on Saturday afternoon, May 18, 2013 in Golden Living Center, Batesville, MS. Mr. Myles funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Hal Johnson presiding. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery, Enid, MS. The...

Hazel B. Laster

Hazel B. Laster

May 17, 2013

Hazel B. Laster, age 84, of Sardis, MS passed away Friday morning, May 17, 2013 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Ragan presiding. Burial will follow in Marks Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at Wells...

Betty Daniel Brown

Betty Daniel Brown

May 16, 2013

Betty Daniel Brown, age 76, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada, MS. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Charles Locke presiding. Visitation will be held on Sunday evening, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. and on Monday at 1:00 p.m.,...

Gavin Lee Moore

Gavin Lee Moore

May 9, 2013

Gavin Lee Moore, 5 months old, passed away on Thursday morning, May 9, 2013, at LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, TN. Gavin's funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until the 2:00...

Earline Hamblin Parrish

Earline Hamblin Parrish

May 4, 2013

Earline H. Parrish, age 92, widow of Bilbo Parrish, passed away Saturday evening, May 4, 2013 at her daughters home in Tunica, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Hollywood Baptist Church in Sledge, MS with Reverend Roy Hartzell presiding. Interment will follow in Longtown Cemetery near Crenshaw, MS. Visitation for Mrs. Parrish will begin...

Danny C. Chrestman

Danny C. Chrestman

May 2, 2013

Danny C. Chrestman, age 74, passed away Thursday morning, May 2, 2013 at Methodist Hospice Residence in Memphis, TN. A visitation for Mr. Chrestman be from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home. Mr. Danny was born on December 14, 1938 to Louise O'Bannon & J.R. Rayford Chrestman in Batesville, MS. He worked...

Carl Black

Carl Black

Apr 29, 2013

Carl Black, age 77, of Sardis, MS, passed away on Monday morning, April 29, 2013 in Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN. Carl was born to Lena Evans & William Black, Sr., in Carney, Oklahoma on December 10, 1935. He was a retired contractor. Those whom he leaves behind include his 4 chidren, Lynn Ray of Sardis, MS, Joyce Newsom of...

Barbara Ann Cook Hardin

Barbara Ann Cook Hardin

Apr 28, 2013

Barbara Ann Cook Hardin, age 65, passed away Sunday morning, April 28, 2013 at her home near Batesville, MS. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, May 2, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with visitation beginning two hours prior to the service at 11:00 A.M. Interment will follow in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS with Rev. Terry Floyd...

Rodger D. Warren

Rodger D. Warren

Apr 27, 2013

Rodger D. Warren, age 60, passed away at his home in Batesville, MS on Saturday evening, April 27, 2013. Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Wells Funeral Home Chapel with visitation beginning two hours prior at 12:00 Noon. Reverend Roger Richards will be officiating. Rodger was born November 3, 1952 in Louisville, MS to...

Brian Kelly Segars

Brian Kelly Segars

Apr 23, 2013

Brian Kelly Segars, 46 years old, passed away on Tuesday morning, April 23, 2013, in ICU at Baptist Memorial Hosptial, North MS, Oxford. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Roger Howell officating. Interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from...

Clarence B. Overall, Jr.

Clarence B. Overall, Jr.

Apr 18, 2013

Mr. Clarence B. Overall, Jr., age 75, passed away on Thursday afternoon, April 18, 2013 at the Tallahatchie County Nursing Home, Charleston, MS. The funeral for Mr. Overall will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at Peach Creek Baptist Church, Sardis, MS with Reverend Steve Phillips presiding. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until...

James "Jim" C. Ledbetter

James "Jim" C. Ledbetter

Apr 18, 2013

James C. "Jim" Ledbetter, 66, formerly of Starkville, MS, passed away in Ruleville Nursing & Rehab Center, on Thursday morning, April 18, 2013. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Forrest Memorial Park Cemetery, Batesville, MS, with Reverend Roger Howell presiding. Jim was born to Sulpecia B. Esplana & Clester "Bill" Faye...

Charles David Reed

Charles David Reed

Apr 14, 2013

Charles David Reed, 53, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2013 of natural causes at his home. A memorial service for Mr. Reed will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, April 16, 2013 in Wells Funeral Home Chapel, with visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. He was born on August 9, 1959 to Martha Q. & John W....

Janice Wardlaw Dulany

Janice Wardlaw Dulany

Apr 13, 2013

Video Memorial TributeJanice Faye Wardlaw Dulany, age 68, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday morning, April 13, 2013 at Baptist Memorial East Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Milton Cline “Big Daddy” Wardlaw and Ludie “Lulu” Breazeale Wardlaw of Batesville, MS. She was born in Oxford, MS on April 21, 1944....