Obituaries
Linda E. Pou
Nov 11, 2018
Linda Edwards Pou, age 86, passed away Sunday evening, November 11, 2018 at Elmcroft Assisted Living Facility in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Linda will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Linda...
Thomas Judson Parrish, Jr.
Nov 11, 2018
Thomas Judson "Tommy" Parrish, Jr., age 62, passed away early Sunday morning, November 11, 2018 at the North MS Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 14, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends Tuesday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. Interment will follow...
Helen Irene Mehan
Nov 9, 2018
Helen Irene Mehan, age 86, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at her home in Pope, MS. Helen was the wife of Webster Mehan. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, November 12, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow at Bethel Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends Sunday evening, November...
Margie W. Jones
Nov 9, 2018
Margie Lee Wilson Jones, age 95, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at Sardis Community Nursing Home in Sardis, MS. Funeral services will be 11:30 A.M. Thursday, November 15, 2018, at Black Jack Presbyterian Church with interment to follow in Black Jack Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service Thursday beginning at 10:00 A.M. at the church....
Mildred Shinn Travis
Nov 9, 2018
Mildred Shinn Travis, 99, of Batesville, MS, died peacefully in her sleep at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS November 9. She was born in Pope, MS on February 22, 1919, the youngest daughter of Selma Vance Shinn and Erma Wray Shinn.After a two year courtship, Mildred married James L. Travis, Jr. in 1935, a marriage that lasted 72 years....
Albert Sidney Gordon
Nov 7, 2018
Albert Sidney Gordon, age 87, passed away early Wednesday morning, November 7, 2018, at his home in Pope, MS.There will be a memorial service for Albert on Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 3:00 P.M. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, MS. Albert was born on April 15, 1931 to the late Aline Hood and...
Stephanie R. Mothershed
Nov 6, 2018
Stephanie Sue Russell Mothershed died the evening of November 6, 2018 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. She was held in love by her family and entrusted into the loving arms of God. Stephanie was born April 2, 1961. She graduated from Cleveland High School in 1979 and Mississippi College in 1983 where she received a Bachelor of...
George Peter Wilson
Nov 6, 2018
George Peter Wilson, age 75, passed away Wednesday morning, November 6, 2018, at Baptist Desoto Hospital in Southaven, MS.There be a memorial service for George on Monday, November 12, 2018 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Oxford, MS. Wells Funeral Home has charge. George was born on June 21, 1943 in Floral Park, Queens, New York to the late Florence...
Billy Joe Alexander
Nov 4, 2018
Billy Joe Alexander, age 61, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford on Sunday, November 4, 2018. He was the husband of Jannie Alexander. Services for Billy Joe will be held on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 11:00 prior to the...
Henry H. Luttrell
Nov 2, 2018
Dr. Henry H. Luttrell, age 74, passed away Friday, November 2, 2018, at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford, MS. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Monday, November 5, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service. There will also be a visitation Wednesday, November...
Christine Bowles Stewart
Nov 1, 2018
Christine Bowles Stewart, age 81, passed away, November 1, 2018, at her daughter's home in Brandon, MS.Funeral services for Christine will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018, with visitation beginning 1 hour prior to the service in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Interment will follow the service at Forrest Memorial...
Bobby Hentz
Oct 30, 2018
Bobby Hentz, age 82, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Diversicare in Batesville, MS. The family will hold a private funeral service for Bobby on Friday with burial at Eureka Private Cemetery. Rev. Clay Baker will officiate. Born August 3, 1936 to the late Fred Gaston Hentz and Mildred Gertrude Fowler Hentz in Panola County, Bobby was a farmer...
Billy Wayne Boyette
Oct 30, 2018
Billy Wayne Boyette, age 67, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS.There will be a memorial service for Billy at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 5, 2018 at Good Hope Baptist Church with Rev. Brad Burnett officiating.Billy was born on March 1, 1951 to the late Martha Elizabeth Stacey and Arvis Boyett in...
Billy D. Tutor
Oct 27, 2018
Billy "Bubba" Tutor, age 51, passed away October 27, 2018 at the North MS Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, Mississippi. Funeral services for Bubba will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, October 29, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will be receiving friends two hours prior to the service. Bubba was...
Mary A. Morie
Oct 27, 2018
Mary A. Morie, age 84, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the North MS Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS. Arrangements for Mary are incomplete at this time and will be announced tomorrow afternoon by her family.
Danny Golden
Oct 27, 2018
Danny Golden, age 46, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2018 in Batesville, MS. The family will be having a memorial service at date and time yet to be determined.Danny was born May 29, 1972 in Marks, MS to the late Elmer Earl and Emmia Jean Moore Golden. Danny was disabled but loved watching football. If a football game was, from...
Janis Lynn Davidson Hollis
Oct 23, 2018
Janis Lynn Davidson Hollis, age 63, passed away Tuesday morning, October 23, 2018, at her home near Batesville, MS.Janis was born December 20, 1954 to Carole Bishop Davidson Frayser of Senatobia and the late Joe Lee Davidson, Sr. in Hayti, Missouri. During her lifetime she earned a master's degree in elementary education and taught 4th and 5th grade for many...
Kevin V. Sharp
Oct 22, 2018
Kevin Sharp, age 63, passed away late Monday evening, October 22, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.Funeral services for Kevin will be held at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, October 25th, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at Wells Funeral Home. Interment...
Debbie Goforth
Oct 20, 2018
Deborah K. “Debbie” Goforth, age 59, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Grenada Health and Rehab in Grenada, MS.The family will be having a memorial service for Debbie on Tuesday afternoon, October 23, 2018, at 2:00 P.M. in the Martin Wilingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. A visitation will be from 12:00 P.M. Tuesday until the memorial service.Debbie...
Erma Gant Jenkins
Oct 14, 2018
Erma Gant Jenkins, age 82, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2018 at her home in Sardis, MS. Erma was the wife of Mr. Jimmy C. Jenkins. Funeral services for Mrs. Jenkins will be held on Wednesday, October 17th at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Interment will follow the service at Forrest...
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