Obituaries
Wayne B. Burns, Jr.
Apr 3, 2020
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Wayne B. Burns, Jr., age 62, passed away Friday afternoon, April 3, 2020 at the North Sunflower Medical Center in Ruleville, MS.
Funeral services for the immediate family will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, April 6, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park.
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Tommy H. Turner
Apr 3, 2020
Tommy H. Turner, age 56, passed away Friday afternoon, April 3, 2020 at his home in Sardis, MS.
A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at Union Baptist Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Burke officiating.
Due to the current health concerns, the graveside service will be attended by Mr. Tommy’s family only. Wells Funeral...
Douglas Michael Smet
Apr 3, 2020
Douglas Michael "Doug" Smet, age 41, passed away Friday, April 3, 2020 at his home in Oxford, MS.
The family will be having a private graveside service on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at Cold Springs Cemetery in Sardis. They will hold a memorial gathering at a later date which is yet to be determined. The date and time will be...
Betty Thompson
Apr 1, 2020
Betty Faye Beard Thompson, age 87, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at the Yalobusha County Nursing Home in Water Valley, MS.
Due to the current health concerns, there will be no services at this time. A graveside service will be held later this summer and will be announced here by the family at a later time.
Betty was born...
Gerald H. Walker, Jr.
Mar 30, 2020
A great mans time on earth was too brief … at the age of 60, after a six year battle with cancer (Multiple Myeloma), my daddy took his last breath on earth and his first breath in Heaven. He was a fighter; he refused to give up hope but even as hard as he fought, on March 30, 2020, the...
Harold Vaughan
Mar 28, 2020
James Harold Vaughan, age 80, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. Mr. Vaughan was the widower of the late Linda Ann McGee Vaughn and Gail Kemp Vaughan.
The family will be having a private graveside service Sunday at Magnolia Cemetery with Dr. Andy Brasher officiating. If you would like to sign a guest...
Bobbie Hatchett
Mar 27, 2020
Bobbie Hatchet, age 85, passed away Friday evening, March 27, 2020 at Diversicare Nursing Home in Batesville, MS.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, March 30, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Waterford, MS.
Due to the current health concerns, services will...
Betty Vance
Mar 26, 2020
Betty York Whitaker Vance, age 87, passed away Thursday, March 26 at Jackson Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tn. after a long illness with cancer. Betty was the widow of the late Vernon Leon (Punk) Whitaker and the late Shelton Brooks Vance. There will be a graveside service Sunday, August 16th at 3 pm at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville....
George G. Randolph
Mar 20, 2020
George G. Randolph, age 94, passed away Friday evening, March 20, 2020, at Providence Assisted Living Home in Batesville, MS.
Due to the current health concerns surrounding our community, the funeral services will be attended by the immediate family of Mr. Randolph. The services are scheduled for 11:00 A.M. Monday, March 23, 2020, at Independence Presbyterian Church with interment to...
John Milton Mothershed
Mar 18, 2020
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John Milton Mothershed, age 91, of Batesville, Mississippi died on March 18, 2020 surrounded by his family. He was born in Crenshaw on July 15, 1928 to the late Kate Rayner Mothershed and John Allen Mothershed. As a youth, he and a friend were the first to receive the Distinguished Civilian award from the...
Slayter Ray Smith
Mar 16, 2020
Slayter Ray Smith, born December 2, 2019, passed away three short months later on March 16, 2020 at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, TN.
There will be a memorial gathering on Sunday, March 22, 2020 from 2:00 to 4:00 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville.
Slayter was born in Memphis, Tennessee to Daniel Ray Smith and Chelsey Paige Wilson...
James "Jim" Waddell Fitts
Mar 11, 2020
James (Jim) Waddell Fitts, age 93, passed away on March 11, 2020.
Funeral services for Mr. Fitts will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Wells Funeral Home, Batesville, MS, with visitation beginning at 1 pm. Interment will follow the service at Peach Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Jim was born on May 4, 1926 to the...
Robert Vinson Adcock, Sr.
Mar 9, 2020
Mr. Robert Vinson Adcock, Sr., age 67, passed on March 9, 2020 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday morning, March 11, 2020, 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 friends...
Rick Haselton
Mar 9, 2020
Richard Carl Haselton, age 62, passed away Monday morning, March 9, 2020 at the Regional One Medical Trauma Center in Memphis, TN.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday afternoon at Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning one hour prior to the service. The interment will follow the service at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. Mr. Jay Johnson...
Paul Finch
Mar 6, 2020
Paul Finch, Jr. age 79, passed away Friday morning, March 6, 2020 at the Grenada Living Center in Grenada, MS.
The family will hold a private family gathering at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville.
Paul was born July 10, 1940 to the late Paul Finch Sr., and Louise Campbell Finch in Pope,...
Macel V. Appleton, Sr.
Mar 6, 2020
Macel V. "Apple Jack" Appleton, Sr., age 86, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, at Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 12:00 P.M. Monday, March 9, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will be receiving friends prior...
Inez McCullar
Mar 2, 2020
Services for Ruby Inez McCullar, of Batesville, who died Monday, March 2, 2020, in Natchez, MS, will be at 3:00 pm Thursday March 5th, at First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS; with Rev Tommy Snyder officiating.
Burial will follow at Magnolia Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Wells Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until service time at...
Florence Loraine Scruggs
Mar 1, 2020
Florence Loraine Scruggs, age 76, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020 at her home in Courtland, MS.
A memorial service will be 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Wells Funeral Home with visitation one hour prior to the service. Rev. Jimmy Scruggs will be officiating.
Florence was born on September 19, 1943 to the late James Rogers and...
James Wesley Whitaker, II
Feb 25, 2020
James Wesley Whitaker, II, age 78, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at the Grenada Living Center in Grenada, MS.
James was born on May 10, 1941 to the late Elmer Whitaker and Lottie Edna Smith Whitaker in Earl, Arkansas. He honorably served his country in the U.S. Navy and worked as an Industrial Manager. James was of the Baptist...
Jimmie Earl Martin
Feb 25, 2020
Jimmie Earl Martin, age 83, passed away Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at Sardis Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 29, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 9:00 a.m. The interment will follow the funeral at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Pope, MS.
Jimmie was born...
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