Obituaries
Ralph Wayne Baughman
Feb 10, 2018
Ralph Wayne Baughman, age 61, passed away this afternoon, February 10, 2018 at his home near Crowder. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. Interment will be in Crowder Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. at Wells Funeral Home. Reverend...
Donald E. Ware
Feb 6, 2018
Donald "Duck" E. Ware, age 56 of Courtland, passed away February 6, 2018. He is the husband of Debbie Ware. Funeral services for Mr. Ware will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday February 10, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Friday evening at the funeral home from...
James Roberson
Feb 6, 2018
James "Johnny" Roberson, age 86, of Marks, passed away February 6, 2018 at North MS Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services for Mr. Roberson will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 9, 2018 at Faith Baptist Church in Lambert. The family will receive friends at the church Thursday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Interment will follow the...
Marjorie P. Carson
Feb 5, 2018
Marjorie Pendergrass Carson, age 97, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 5, 2018 in Batesville, MS. Born in Birchwood, TN on July 10, 1920 to James O. Pendergrass and Addie Lee Friddel Pendergrass. She was loved dearly by her family, and all who knew her felt blessed to have such a kind sweet person in their lives. ...
Eunice "Pete" Mills
Feb 1, 2018
Eunice Marie Slaughter "Pete" Mills, age 69, passed away early Thursday morning, February 1, 2018, at her home in Pope, MS.Funeral services for Pete will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Friday evening at the funeral home from 5:00...
Keith Gardner
Jan 22, 2018
Keith Lynn Gardner, age 63, passed away on January 22, 2018 at his home in Batesville. He is the widower of Carol Gardner. Keith was born, October 12, 1954 to the late Cleavon Gardner and Marion Hartsell Gardner in Michigan. When Keith moved down South from Michigan he worked for the South Panola School District where he was a trusted...
John L. Bailey
Jan 21, 2018
John was born July 1, 1952, to parents Malcolm Douglas (“Doty”) Bailey and Glynda Taylor Bailey. He attended Lambert High School and Northwest Mississippi Community College and received a Bachelor of Arts in Banking and Finance from the University of Mississippi in 1973. After working for two years at Memphis Bank and Trust, he attended the University of Mississippi School...
Diane Bryant
Jan 18, 2018
Diane Bryant, age 72, passed away Thursday evening, January 18, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. Funeral services for Diane will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 21, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00 prior to the service....
Jimmy H. Herron
Jan 17, 2018
Jimmy Hartzell Herron, age 80, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 17, 2018, at Sardis Nursing Home. Jimmy is the widower of Betty Seale Herron. Graveside services will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Antioch Cemetery near Courtland, MS. Dr. Doug Sullivan-Gonzalez and Mr. Michael Bates will officiate the service. Wells Funeral Home has charge of...
Brenda Pitcock Williams
Jan 12, 2018
Surrounded by her loved ones, Mrs. Brenda Joyce Pitcock Williams passed away, as the snow fell peacefully outside her bedroom window, on Friday, January 12, 2018. She took her last breath on the very hill where she played as a child. Born December 27, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Ann Pitcock of Pope. On August...
Larry Gene Perkins
Jan 10, 2018
Larry Gene Perkins, age 69, passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at his home near Sardis, MS. Larry is the husband of Angie Perkins.Funeral services for Larry will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5:00 to...
Bobby Gene Watson
Jan 10, 2018
Bobby Gene Watson, age 58, passed away late Wednesday night, January 10, 2018, from an auto accident. Bobby was the husband of Patricia Kennedy Watson.The family will hold Memorial Service for Bobby on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will begin at 10:00 prior to the...
Charla Davis Tubbs
Jan 9, 2018
Charla Davis Tubbs, age 42, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018 in Marks, MS. Charla is the the wife of Chris Tubbs of Courtland.Funeral services for Charla will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 13, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 a.m. prior...
Margaret Ann Sanders Harley
Jan 7, 2018
Margaret Ann Sanders Harley, age 56, passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis on 1/7/2018. The family will hold a memorial service for Margaret at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. Visitation will begin at 5:00 p.m. prior to the service. Margaret was born May 4,...
Judy Arlene Wrenn
Jan 7, 2018
Judy Arlene Wrenn, age 76, passed away Sunday afternoon, January 7, 2018, at Panola Medical Center in Batesville, MS. She is the widow of Franky Gene Wrenn. The family will hold a private Memorial Service for Mrs. Wrenn. Judy was born October 25, 1941 to the late Loren Archie Chiles and Sylvia Imo Veach Chiles in Vienna, IL. Judy held...
Thomas Lee Pinkston, Jr.
Jan 7, 2018
Thomas Lee "Pee Wee" Pinkston, Jr., age 60, passed away Sunday morning, January 7, 2018 at his home near Batesville, MS.There will be a memorial service held for Pee Wee at 2:00 on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00. Rev. Terrell McGregor...
Harl "Bud" O'Neal
Jan 6, 2018
Harl "Bud" O'Neal, age 97, passed away Saturday afternoon, January 6, 2018, at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford, MS. Mr. O'Neal is the widower of the late Mabel Aldison O'Neal.Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at Hollywood Baptist Church in Sledge, MS with interment to follow in Longtown Cemetery near Crenshaw, MS with military honors....
Elizabeth "Sis" Poda Jones
Jan 5, 2018
Elizabeth Poda "Sis" Jones, age 97, passed away this afternoon, Friday, January 5, 2017 at Senatobia Health and Rehab in Senatobia, MS. Sis is the widow of Fred J. Jones. Funeral services will be 12 P.M. Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Oak Hill Baptist Church in Hot Springs, AR with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service....
Mildred Alice Malone
Jan 5, 2018
Mildred Alice Malone, age 82, passed away late Friday evening, January 5, 2018, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North MS in Oxford, MS. She is the widow of the late Rex Allen Malone. A joint memorial service will be held for Mr. and Mrs. Malone on March 13th at 1:00 p.m., the day they were married. Mildred was born December...
Timothy Joe Weaver
Jan 3, 2018
Timothy Joe "T.J." Weaver, age 55, passed away in Pontotoc on January 3, 2018.Funeral services for T.J. will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 6, 2018 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 2:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow at Crowder Cemetery. Reverend Larry Kilgore will officiate. ...
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