Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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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Beverly Wooley
Sep 14, 2019
Beverly Wooley, age 81, passed away Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Beverly was born December 4, 1937 to the late Hattie Marie McGee and Paul Walter Hopper in Memphis, TN. She was a waitress at Kress's in Memphis for many years and she attended Pope Baptist Church.
Those she leaves...
Maurice Francis Tyler, Jr.
Sep 12, 2019
Maurice Francis Tyler, Jr., age 88, passed away September 12, 2019 at his home in Cordova, TN.
A memorial service for Maurice will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019, at 1:30 P.M. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with an inurnment to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Enid, MS. Visitation will begin at 1:00...
Dorothy Moore Golden
Sep 11, 2019
Dorothy Moore Golden, age 84, passed away at her home in Enid yesterday evening, September 11, 2019.
The family will receive friends for visitation from 5:00 to 8:00 on Friday evening, September 13, 2019 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. There will be a private committal service held at Bethel Cemetery in Enid at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 14,...
Edna Scott
Sep 7, 2019
Edna Earlene Scott, age 96, passed away on September 7, 2019 at Pine Meadows Healthcare in Bolivar, TN.
There will be a graveside service held for Edna at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11th at Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville.
Edna was born July 3, 1923 to the late Roy Holt and Viola Vernon Holt in Bayville, AR. She...
Robert Hickey
Sep 6, 2019
Rev. Robert Alvin “Bob” Hickey, age 83, passed away Friday, September 6, 2019, at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 9, 2019, at the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS with interment to follow at Barbee Cemetery in Lula, MS. The family will be receiving friends prior to service on Monday beginning...
Shirley Jean Russell
Sep 6, 2019
Shirley Jean Russell, age 83, passed away Friday, September 6, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday, September 8, 2019 in the Marti Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Clarksdale, MS. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the...
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