Obituaries

Daniel Lee Rowland

Daniel Lee Rowland

Aug 31, 2021

Live Stream of Funeral Service

Daniel Lee Rowland, age 85, passed away Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be Friday, September 3, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Blackjack Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends...

Jimmy Gray

Jimmy Gray

Aug 30, 2021

Live Stream of Funeral Service

James E. "Jimmy" Gray, age 82, passed away Monday morning, August 30, 2021 at Tallahatchie General Hospital in Charleston, MS. Jimmy was the widower of the late Lynn Ragon Gray.

Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Saturday afternoon, September 4, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving...

Donna H. Crosswhite

Donna H. Crosswhite

Aug 30, 2021

Donna H. Crosswhite, age 62, passed away Monday, August 30, 2021 at her home in Batesville, MS.

A graveside service will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS.

Donna was born November 15, 1958 in Batesville, MS to the late George L. Holley, Jr. and Geneva Howell Buntin. She was a member of...

Donald "Don" Moore

Donald "Don" Moore

Aug 29, 2021

Livestream of Funeral Service

Donald Wayne "Don" Moore, age 76, passed away Sunday, August 29, 2021 at his home near Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 1, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The interment will follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends prior...

John Mann Holland

John Mann Holland

Aug 24, 2021

John Mann Holland, age 53, passed away Tuesday morning, August 24, 2021, at his home near Pope, MS. 

A graveside service will be 5:00 P.M. Thursday, August 26, 2021 at the Cole Family Cemetery, 785, Cole Rd, Enid, MS.

John Mann was born October 26, 1967

John Mann spend his career as an Ag Pilot having flown hundreds of...

Melanie Scott Yelton

Melanie Scott Yelton

Aug 20, 2021

Melanie Scott Yelton, age 88, passed away Friday afternoon, August 20, 2021, at Baptist Memorial of North MS in Oxford, MS. She was the widow of the late James A Yelton.

A graveside service will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 23, 2021 at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS.

Melanie was born May 23, 1933 in Batesville, MS to the late...

Augustus Holt

Augustus Holt

Aug 19, 2021

Augustus Holt, infant son of Dallas Dodd and Charles Ray Holt, III, went to join the Lord as an angel on August 19, 2021 at University of MS Medical Center in Jackson, MS.

Graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 22, 2021 at Sardis Lake Baptist Church Cemetery.

Survivors include his mother, Dallas Dodd; father, Charles...

Glenda Sue Bailey

Glenda Sue Bailey

Aug 18, 2021

Glenda Sue Bailey, age 74, passed away Wednesday morning, August 18, 2021, at her home near Marks, MS.

The family is having a private family ceremony.

Glenda was born on August 7, 1947 to the late Leslie Edgar Bailey and Eva Coleman Bailey in Clarksdale, MS. She was a homemaker during her lifetime and a member of the Batesville Church...

Brenda Rose Shankle

Brenda Rose Shankle

Aug 17, 2021

Livestream of Funeral Service

Brenda Rose Shankle, age 70, passed away Tuesday morning, August 17, 2021, at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, NV.

Funeral services for Brenda will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 11:00 prior to the service. Interment will...

Tina Cooper

Tina Cooper

Aug 17, 2021

Livestream of Funeral Service

Ernestine Walls "Tina" Cooper, age 79, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at her daughter's home in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 20, 2021 in the Martin Wilingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends...

James "Jimmy" Scott

James "Jimmy" Scott

Aug 17, 2021

Livestream of Funeral Service

James Windon "Jimmy" Scott, age 79, passed away Tuesday evening, August 17, 2021 at his home in Sardis, MS.

Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, August 19, 2021, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving...

Joe Nell Berryhill

Joe Nell Berryhill

Aug 17, 2021

Joe Nell Berryhill, age 89, passed away Tuesday morning, August 17, 2021, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Ms. Berryhill was the widow of the late Ralph Berryhill.

Funeral services for Ms. Berryhill will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at First Baptist Church of Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 A.M....

William Donald McArthur

William Donald McArthur

Aug 16, 2021

William Donald “Don” McArthur, age 74, passed away Monday afternoon, August 16, 2021, at his home in Sardis, MS.

The family will be having a private memorial ceremony to honor his life.

Don was born on January 4, 1947 to Betty Wilkes McArthur and the late William McArthur in California on an Air Force Military Base. He worked as an...

Larry Putman

Larry Putman

Aug 16, 2021

Larry "Trigger" Putman, age 71, passed away at his home in Batesville on August 16, 2021.

Funeral services for Trigger will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Terza United Methodist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at Wells Funeral Home. Rev....

Frances Garrison

Frances Garrison

Aug 14, 2021

Livestream of Funeral Service

Frances Garrison, age 90, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the Baptist DeSoto Hospital in Southaven, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will receive friends one...

Louise Rutherford Aaron

Louise Rutherford Aaron

Aug 10, 2021

Louise Rutherford Aaron, age 89, passed away Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Grenada, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. on Friday, August 13, 2021 at the Courtland Baptist Church with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park. The family will receive friends beginning at 12 Noon prior the service. 

Louise was...

James D. McGregory

James D. McGregory

Aug 8, 2021

James D. McGregory, age 80, passed away at Panola Medical Center on August 8, 2021. 

There will be a graveside service held for James at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 14, 2021 at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville. Rev. Raymond Aven will officiate.

James was born November 25, 1940 to the late Dewey Wayne McGregory and Modess Clayton Cannon...

Dr. Keith Shaffer

Dr. Keith Shaffer

Aug 7, 2021

Dr. James Keith Shaffer passed away on August 7, 2021 at the age of 58. He was born on January 12, 1963 in Clarksdale, MS. Attending Clarksdale Baptist School until ninth grade, Dr. Shaffer transferred and graduated from Clarksdale High School in 1985.  Dr. Shaffer attended Delta State University where he earned all four of his degrees: Bachelor of Science...

Shane Tramel

Shane Tramel

Aug 5, 2021

Livestream of Memorial Service

Shane Tramel, age 42, passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2021 in the Emergency Room at the Panola Medical Center. 

A memorial service for Shane will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, August 13, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...

J.W. Luttrell

J.W. Luttrell

Aug 3, 2021

Livestream of Funeral Service

J.W. Luttrell, age 79, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at the Methodist Olive Branch Hospital.

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. on Friday, August 6, 2021 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Courtland. The family will receive friends one hour prior to funeral.

...