Obituaries

Donald Davis

Donald Davis

Oct 24, 2019

Donald Davis, age 87, passed away on October 24, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Funeral services for Mr. Davis will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at Batesville Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 Monday evening at the church. Interment will follow the service at Magnolia Cemetery in...

Mary Ann Thompson

Mary Ann Thompson

Oct 22, 2019

Mary Ann “Mickey” Walls Thompson, age 74, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at her home in Batesville, MS.

The funeral service will be 1:00 P.M. on Friday, October 25, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will begin receiving friends at 11:00...

James Robert Hood

James Robert Hood

Oct 22, 2019

James Robert Hood, age 78, passed away Tuesday night, October 22, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.

Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Friday, October 25, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Memorial Gardens in Clarksdale, MS. The family will begin receiving friends one hour prior to the...

Albert Hugh Barnett

Albert Hugh Barnett

Oct 19, 2019

Albert Hugh Barnett, age 87, passed away Saturday morning, October 19, 2019, at the Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.

Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 20, 2019 at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church near Batesville, MS with interment to follow in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the...

Mary Jane Norwood Avery

Mary Jane Norwood Avery

Oct 17, 2019

Mary Jane Norwood Avery, age 46, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2019 at the Memorial Hospital in Gulfport, MS.

The funeral service will be 2:00 P.M . Wednesday, October 23, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends Tuesday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. A second visitation will be held Wednesday...

Lura Iona Ewing

Lura Iona Ewing

Oct 13, 2019

Lura “Tootie” Pittman Ewing passed away Sunday, October 13, 2019 at her home in Senatobia, MS.

She was the tenth of twelve children born to Alma Lloyd and Louis Patton Pittman who preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by three sisters, Ruby Scruggs, Linda Lee, and Vera Lucius along with two brothers, Carl “Buddy” Pittman and...

Dorothy Melton Ott

Dorothy Melton Ott

Oct 6, 2019

Dorothy Melton Ott, age 53, passed away Sunday morning, October 6, 2019 in an auto accident near Harmontown, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 12, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 12 noon.

Dorothy was born on July 4, 1966...

Evelyn G. Hester

Evelyn G. Hester

Oct 5, 2019

Evelyn G. Hester, affectionally known as “GG”, age 91, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 5, 2019, at the Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS.

Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 6, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral home with interment to follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The...

Linda Joyce Williams

Linda Joyce Williams

Oct 4, 2019

Linda Joyce Williams, age 70, passed away Friday night, October 4, 2019 at her home in Pope, MS.

Linda was born December 28, 1948 to the late Ollie Cox and John Ard in Marks, MS. Linda grew up in Marks with 12 other siblings.

While living in Memphis, she worked a proof supervisor for the Bank of Bartlett. Linda lived...

Mary Ruth Reichert

Mary Ruth Reichert

Oct 1, 2019

Mary Ruth Clark Reichert, age 90, passed away Tuesday morning, October 1, 2019 at her home in Batesville, MS. She was the widow of the late Vic Reichert.

Funeral services for Ruth will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 10:00...

Gwen McGregor

Gwen McGregor

Sep 30, 2019

Gwen Kitchens McGregor, age 80, passed away on September 30, 2019 at the Sardis Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.

Funeral services for Gwen will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 prior to the service. Interment...

Richard Timothy Watson

Richard Timothy Watson

Sep 29, 2019

Richard Timothy Watson, age 47, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford.

Funeral services for Richard will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 12:00 noon. Interment will follow the service at Spring Hill Cemetery in Oakland....

Michael Anthony Wardlow

Michael Anthony Wardlow

Sep 28, 2019

Michael Anthony Wardlow of Batesville, MS, passed away at age 35 on September 28, 2019.  He was the husband of Wendy Wardlow.  The couple resided in Batesville, MS, for 2 years.

Born on July 23, 1984, in Maryville, MO, he was the son of Tony Wardlow and Antoinette (Toni) Lambert.  Michael attended Lafayette High School and graduated in 2001 from...

Elizabeth Moore Carter

Elizabeth Moore Carter

Sep 26, 2019

Frances Elizabeth Moore Carter, age 87, passed away Thursday morning, September 26, 2019, at the Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS.

Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, October 1, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery in Sardis, MS. The family will be receiving...

Larry Joe Whitworth

Larry Joe Whitworth

Sep 26, 2019

Larry Joe Whitworth, age 74, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, Ms.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 28, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the interment to follow at Curtis Union Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will receive friends Friday evening,...

Carol Ann McDonald

Carol Ann McDonald

Sep 25, 2019

Carol Ann McDonald, age 63, passed away Wednesday September 25, 2019 at her home in Courtland, MS.

There will be a memorial gathering Saturday, October 5, 2019 from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS.

Carol was born on December 4, 1955 to the late Annie Ruth Bentley and William Adolph Kimbro in Detroit, MI. She...

John H. Britt, Jr.

John H. Britt, Jr.

Sep 21, 2019

John H. Britt, Jr., age 47, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019, at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis, TN.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 27, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Senatobia Memorial Gardens in Senatobia, MS. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the...

Peyton Colby Barnett

Peyton Colby Barnett

Sep 21, 2019

Peyton Colby Barnett, age 17, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 21, 2019, near Courtland, MS.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church with interment to follow in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home and also from 12:00 P.M. Tuesday...

John W. Bowman

John W. Bowman

Sep 19, 2019

John "Jack" W. Bowman, age 92, passed away Thursday, September 19, 2019 at his home in Como, MS.

There will be a memorial service Sunday afternoon, September 22, 2019 at the Batesville Presbyterian Church.

John was born October 1, 1926 to the late John and Doretta Wippo Bowman in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Kelly High School in 1944 in...

Mary Kaye Boyette

Mary Kaye Boyette

Sep 14, 2019

Mary Kaye Boyette, age 63, passed away Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, at her home near Courtland, MS.

Mary was born October 16, 1955 to the late Mary Lee Genail and James Edith Holloway in Indianola, MS. She was a member of the Good Hope Baptist Church and loved having all of her family together and spending time with them.

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