Obituaries

Margaret Ann Allen

Margaret Ann Allen

Jan 20, 2020

Margaret Ann Allen, 88, of Batesville, MS, passed away Monday, January 20, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford, MS. Formerly of San Diego, CA, she was the widow of U.S. Navy CMDR Temple Lebron Allen.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with interment to follow...

Janet Marberry Dellinger

Janet Marberry Dellinger

Jan 19, 2020

Janet Marberry Dellinger, age 75, passed away Sunday morning, January 19, 2020, at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN. 

Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Friday, January 24, 2020, at Sardis United Methodist Church in Sardis, MS.  The service will be officiated by Rev. David Laird, Rev. Hal Johnson, Rev. Mike Dorr, and the Interment will...

Rosemary Perkins Beard

Rosemary Perkins Beard

Jan 15, 2020

Rosemary Perkins Beard, age 75, passed away Wednesday morning at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. Mrs. Beard was the widow of the late Douglas W. Beard.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 18, 2020, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Pope,...

Mamie Neal Johnson

Mamie Neal Johnson

Jan 14, 2020

Mamie Neal Johnson, age 81, passed away Tuesday afternoon, January 14, 2020, at her home in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, January 17, 2020, at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with a committal service to follow Houston Cemetery in Houston, MS at 2:00 P.M. The family will be receiving friends Thursday evening at Wells...

Annie Maude Cosby

Annie Maude Cosby

Jan 13, 2020

Annie Maude Cosby, age 84, passed away Monday morning, January 13, 2020, at her home in Courtland, MS. She was the widow of the late Robert L. "Bob" Cosby, Sr.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 15, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS....

Garry W. Cannon

Garry W. Cannon

Jan 12, 2020

Garry W. Cannon, age 68, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.

The family will celebrate Garry's life Thursday afternoon, January 16, 2020, at 2:00 P.M. in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening...

Hazel Wright Jones

Hazel Wright Jones

Jan 11, 2020

Hazel Louise (Wright) Jones 03/09/1931 – 01/11/2020

Services will be held at Wells Funeral Home on Highway 35 in Batesville. Visitation will be Saturday, January 18, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, and the funeral service will be held Sunday, January 19, at 12:00 noon. Interment will be held at Forrest Memorial Park.

Hazel was a country girl, born in a...

Lois Ann Bolen

Lois Ann Bolen

Jan 11, 2020

Lois Ann Burns Bolen, age 74, passed away Saturday morning, January 11, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. She was the widow of Bobby Bolen.

Funeral services for Lois Ann will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at...

Howard E. O'Conner

Howard E. O'Conner

Jan 10, 2020

Howard E. O'Conner, age 92, passed away, January 10, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. He was the widow of Blanche O'Conner.

Funeral services for Mr. Conner will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, January 13, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 2:00. Interment will...

Joan Maxey

Joan Maxey

Jan 10, 2020

Joan Keen Maxey, age 81, passed away Friday morning, January 10, 2020 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS. She was the widow of the late Jake W. Maxey.

The family will be having a private family memorial service on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.

Joan was born December 26, 1938 in Coahoma County, MS to the late Homer Woodrow...

Michael Lynn Brown

Michael Lynn Brown

Jan 8, 2020

Michael Lynn Brown, age 54, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 8, 2020 at the Baptist DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Southaven, MS.

A celebration of life will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 10, 2020 at the Evansville Baptist Church in Coldwater, MS.

Michael was born March 19, 1965 to Barbara Ann Rodgers Brown and the late Charles Owen Brown...

Charles Bryan Tutor

Charles Bryan Tutor

Jan 8, 2020

Charles Bryan Tutor, age 55, passed away January 8, 2020 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Funeral services for Bryan will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 12, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 1:00. Interment will be held at Forrest Memorial Park. Rev. Derrick...

William "Bill" C. Harrison

William "Bill" C. Harrison

Jan 6, 2020

William C. “Bill” Harrison, age 89, passed away Monday, January 6, 2020, at his home in Oakland, MS.

Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 9, 2020, at the First Baptist Church in Sardis, MS with interment to follow at Longtown Cemetery in Crenshaw, MS. The family will be receiving friends Wednesday evening, January 8, 2020, at Wells Funeral...

Elsie Jean Wootten

Elsie Jean Wootten

Jan 6, 2020

Elsie J. Wootten, age 91, passed away Monday, January 6, 2020, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. She was the widow of the late Howard Wootten.

The family will receive friends Thursday, January 9, 2020, at Wells Funeral Home from 12:00 - 2:00 P.M. followed immediately by a graveside service at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis,...

Eva H. Scott

Eva H. Scott

Jan 5, 2020

Eva H. Scott, age 70, passed away Sunday evening, January 5, 2020 in Enid, MS.

Eva was born April 13, 1949 to the late Thomas House and Johnnie Jones House. She was a homemaker during her lifetime.

Those she leaves behind to cherish her memory include her two daughters, Angelene Thane of Pensacola, FL, and Lynn Stewart of Enid, MS;...

Wayne Goodnite

Wayne Goodnite

Jan 4, 2020

Wayne Goodnite, age 88, passed away early Saturday morning, January 4, 2020 at Baptist East Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.

The family will be receiving friends Tuesday, January 7, 2020, from 2:00 - 5:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home. The family will have a private committal service Wednesday morning at Blackjack Cemetery in Batesville, MS.

Wayne was born December 5,...

Johnie Keen Mason

Johnie Keen Mason

Jan 2, 2020

Johnie Keen Mason, age 79, passed away Thursday morning, January 2, 2020 at The Blake Assisted Living Facility in Oxford, Mississippi.  

A memorial service for Mrs. Mason will be held at 2:30 on Monday, January 6, 2020 at Black Jack Presbyterian Church.  The family will receive friends beginning at 12:00 pm prior to the service.  Reverend Dr Ron Wilson,...

Suzanne Crawley

Suzanne Crawley

Jan 1, 2020

Suzanne Crawley, age 40, passed away January 1, 2020 in Benton County, MS.

A memorial gathering will be from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS.

Suzanne was born November 16, 1979 to Larry Ray Crawley and Sheila Ann Still Crawley in Memphis, TN. She was a homemaker during her lifetime....

William Andy Hightower

William Andy Hightower

Dec 31, 2019

William Andy Hightower, age 69, passed away Tuesday morning, December 31, 2019, at Region One Medical Center in Memphis, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, January 4, 2019 at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the church from 12:00 P.M. until service time.

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John Ira Hardy

John Ira Hardy

Dec 30, 2019

John Ira Hardy, age 72, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.

There will be a memorial service held for John at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 3, 2020 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville.

John was born March 30, 1947 to the late Arthur Hardy and...