Area Obituaries

Walter Dean Bowles COURTLAND—Walter Dean Bowles, age 78, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Methodist University Hospital at Memphis.   The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in the Martin-Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home, with interment to follow in Pilgrims Rest Cemetery near Batesville. The family will receive…

Daniel Phillips PONTOTOC—Daniel Phillips of Pontotoc died March 18,  2018, in the Pontotoc Hospital. The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24 at T.O.M.B., 20 Highway 334, Oxford. Visitation was from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 23, in Serenity-Martin Funeral Home Chapel. Interment was in the Philadelphia M.B. Church Cemetery. Born October 29,…

Jerry M. Bryant BATESVILLE—Jerry M. “Big Daddy” Bryant, age 67, passed away Saturday evening, March 17, 2018, in Methodist University Hospital at Memphis. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, in Sardis Lake Baptist Church with Rev. Kevin Crofford officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will…

Edith Elizabeth Avery BATESVILLE—Edith Elizabeth Avery, age 90, passed away March 5, 2018, at her home in Batesville. Born November 10, 1927 in Courtland, Mrs. Avery was a daughter of the late Audie Earl Tucker and Vera Alice Newton Tucker. Miss Edith especially enjoyed fishing and camping, working in her flower beds, and reading. She…

Lewis Rufus Gray COFFEEVILLE—Lewis Rufus Gray, Jr., of Coffeeville, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018, in Baptist Memorial Hospital—North Mississippi at Oxford.  Born October 11, 1939, in Grenada County, Mr. Gray was a son of the late Lewis Rufus, Sr. and Margaret Bessie Vickery Gray. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Coffeeville…

Janet Lee Ford Brewer Pipkin COFFEEVILLE—Janet Lee Ford Brewer Pipkin, age 65, passed away February 21, 2018, in Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis. Born January 23, 1953, in Stillwater, Okla., she was a daughter of the late Leo Wesley Ford and Irene Elizabeth Vanoy Ford. Janet was an enthusiastic school teacher for many years.…

Gaynell Marcie Burns  OAKLAND—Memorial services for Gaynell Marcie Burns, age 55, of Oakland will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Monday, February 26, 2018, in VFW Post 4100, located at 11535 Highway 315, Water Valley. Mortimer National Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. Marcie died Saturday, February 17, 2018, at her home.…

Marie Hight Brooks  COFFEEVILLE—Marie Hight Brooks, age 79, passed away in St. Francis Hospital at Memphis on February 11, 2018.    Born August 18, 1938 in Coffeeville, Marie was a daughter of the late Henry Grady Hight and Lula Mai Baker Hight. She was married to the late Mitchell Brooks and was a homemaker. She…

Louise Hall WATER VALLEY- Mrs. Louise Hall, 85, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Born on July 29, 1932  she was a daughter of  the late Mr. Lucus Hatten and Ms. Izella Hatten. She was a proud and faithful member of the Water Valley Church of Christ until…

Nancy Black McClellan COFFEEVILLE—Nancy Black McClellan, age 80, died January 21, 2018, in Water Valley.    Born April 9, 1937, in Coffeeville, she was a daughter of the late Noel Black and Beulah Dees Black. Nancy retired from Kellwood Manufacturing Company after many years as a supervisor. During her years at Kellwood, Nancy forged many…