Obituaries
Garrett Allen
Feb 24, 2019
Garrett Allen, age 20, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019, near Durant, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will be receiving friends Monday evening, March 4, 2019, from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. and also one hour prior to the service on Tuesday.
Garrett...
David Earl Mills
Feb 24, 2019
David Earl Mills, age 54, passed away Sunday morning, February 24, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services for David will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow at...
Mason Allen
Feb 24, 2019
Mason Logan Allen, age 12, passed away Sunday, February 24, 2019, near Durant, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 5, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The family will be receiving friends Monday evening, March 4, 2019, from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. and also one hour prior to the service on Tuesday....
Shirley Malone
Feb 24, 2019
Shirley Goodwin Malone, age 70, passed away Sunday morning, February 24, 2019, at the University of Arkansas Medical Services in Little Rock, AR.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, February 28, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Gardens in Clarksdale, MS. The family will be receiving friends one...
Katherine Franks
Feb 24, 2019
Betty Katherine Morgan Fogarty Franks, age 68, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, February 24, 2019.
Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Forrest Memorial Park in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to...
Mary Janelle Horton
Feb 24, 2019
Mary Janelle Doolittle Horton, age 92, of Oakland, MS, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 24, 2019, in Water Valley, MS. She was the widow of the late James Pritchard Horton.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, February 27, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grenada, MS....
Dorothy Anne Lloyd
Feb 23, 2019
Dorothy Anne Lloyd, age 65, passed away February 23, 2019 at her home in Pope, MS.
Dorothy was born October 26, 1953 to Dorothy R. Brown Dempsey and the late Jay R. Dempsey in Philadelphia County, PA. Dorothy worked as the secretary for the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi. When not working at the University, she enjoyed...
Tammy Lynn Tramel
Feb 20, 2019
Tammy Lynn Tramel, age 45, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services for Tammy will be held at 2:00 Sunday, February 24, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 at Wells Funeral Home....
Katherine Skipper
Feb 18, 2019
Katherine Skipper, age 82, passed away Monday afternoon, February 18, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS.
Funeral services for Mrs. Skipper will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 12 noon prior to the service. Interment...
Margaret Louise Roach
Feb 17, 2019
Margaret “Louise” Lambert Roach, age 97, passed away February 17, 2019 at her home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services for Louise will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Friday February 22, 2019 at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow the service at McGehee’s Chapel Cemetery in...
Dexter M. Ellis, Sr.
Feb 16, 2019
Dexter M. Ellis, Sr., age 66, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the Methodist University Hospital in Memphis, TN.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 19, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service.
Dexter was born on February 19,...
Donald M. Bridges
Feb 13, 2019
Donald M. Bridges, age 84, passed away Wednesday night, February 13, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN.
There will be a memorial service held for Mr. Bridges on Sunday, January 17th, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. with visitation beginning at 2:00 prior to the service.
He was born in Quitman County Ms., on April 20, 1934, to...
Jay Appleton
Feb 8, 2019
Justin Jay Appleton, age 47, of Sardis, MS, passed away Friday, February 8, 2019, at his home in Sardis, MS.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 12, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends beginning at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday morning prior to the service.
Jay was born December 12,...
Donald L. Key
Feb 8, 2019
Donald L. Key, age 71, passed away late Friday evening, February 8, 2019, in Vicksburg, MS.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, February 18, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends beginning at 10:00 A.M. prior to the service. The interment will immediately follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS
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Bonnie Buford Bice
Feb 7, 2019
Bonnie Wiggs Buford Bice, age 69, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019 at the Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford, MS.
A memorial service for Bonnie will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at Wells Funeral Home. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service. Rev. Derrick Simmons will be officiating.
Bonnie was...
Linn Mitchell
Feb 2, 2019
Linn Mitchell, age 69, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2019, at his home near Batesville, MS.
The family will receive friends Tuesday from 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home followed by a 2:30 P.M. graveside service at Crowder Cemetery in Crowder, MS.
Linn was born June 17, 1949, in Indianola, MS to the late Tom Byrd and...
Mary Beth McDonald
Jan 31, 2019
MaryBeth McDonald, age 58, passed away at her home in Senatobia on January 31, 2019.
There will be a memorial gathering on Monday, February 4, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville for MaryBeth.
Mary was born September 29, 1960 to the late Richard William McDonald and Betty Ann Peine McDonald in Maryville,...
James K. Rotenberry
Jan 30, 2019
In the early morning of January 30, James Kenneth Rotenberry peacefully passed away just as he would have wanted, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 2 at Wells Funeral Home in Batesville, followed by a Celebration of Life at 12:00 Noon conducted by Reverend Nick Sandusky. He will be laid to rest...
Genevieve Hoholic Gigler
Jan 30, 2019
Mrs. Genevieve Hoholic Gigler, age 104, passed away peacefully at Providence Assisted living in Batesville on January 30, 2019. She was the widow of Harry Gigler of Columbus.
A Funeral Mass will be said at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Batesville. Wells Funeral Home has charge.
Genevieve was born October 24,...
James E. Justice, Jr.
Jan 26, 2019
On Saturday, January 26, 2019, James “Jimmy” Everette Justice, Jr., devoted husband and loving father of three, passed away at the age of 75 after a long battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M. Saturday, February 2, 2019, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the...
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