Services for Margie Wells, 78, of Ralls will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at Ralls First Baptist Church with Rev. Floyd Haddock, Rev. Ken Bevel and Rev. Larry Carson officiating. Burial will follow in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.
Mrs. Wells passed away Thursday morning, July 29, 2004, at her Ralls home. She was born May 3, 1926, in Plumerville, Ark., to John Henry and Sarah Nancy Taylor Moore. She was a graduate of North Little Rock (Ark.) High School. She married Dewey Edward Wells on April 23, 1946, in Little Rock and moved to Ralls that same year. She was an active member of the Ralls First Baptist Church where she taught the Junior Department Sunday School Class for many years. She was an election Judge for Crosby County Precinct 4 for many years. She and Dewey were honored as "Mr. & Mrs. Cotton Boll" in 2000 by the Ralls Chamber of Commerce. She was a member and Past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She is preceded in death by her parents and by a son, Dwayne Wells who passed away July 10, 1990. She is survived by her husband, Dewey Wells of Ralls; a son, Wayne Wells of Plano; a daughter, Sharon Bostick of Brownwood; two sisters, Mary Hay of Maumelle, Ark., and Dottie Speights of North Little Rock; four grandchildren, Mike Bostick of Lubbock, Don Bostick and wife Stephanie of Brownwood, Lisa Meacham and husband Justin of Tulsa, Okla., and Alex Wells of Dallas; and two great- grandchildren, Dylan and Dustin Bostick of Brownwood.
The Crosbyton Review, Thursday, August 5, 2004
Services for Dewey Edward Wells, Jr., 79, of Ralls will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at the Ralls First Baptist Church with the Rev. Floyd Haddock, the Rev. Larry Carson and the Rev. Ken Bevel officiating. Burial will be in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls. He died Sunday, Nov. 28, 2004, at Southwest Regional Medical Complex in Lubbock.
Dewey was born Sept. 1, 1925 in Kansas City, Mo. to Dewey Edward, Sr. and Betty Mae (Chron) Wells. On April 23, 1946, he married Margie Rea Moore in Little Rock, Ark. She died July 29, 2004. He was a graduate of Ralls High School and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Texas Tech University. He was a member and a deacon of the Ralls First Baptist Church. Dewey was a member of Emma Lodge No. 931, where he was a 32nd degree Mason and Past Master, the Ralls Order of the Eastern Star, where he was a Past Patron, and the order of the Shrine. He was a charter member of both the Ralls Lions Club and the Ralls Jaycees.
Dewey served on the Crosby County Fuel Board, the PCA board of directors for 30 years, and the Ralls Co-op Gin Board. Mr. Wells was honored as the Ralls Chamber of Commerce Citizen Through the Years in 1994, and he and his wife were named "Mr. and Mrs. Cotton Boll" in 2000. He was the first person to be recognized as "Outstanding Alumni" of the Ralls High School Agriculture Dept. in 1981. He is also preceded in death by a son, Dwayne Lynn Wells, July 10, 1990.
Survivors include a son, Wayne Wells of Plano; a daughter, Sharon Bostick of Brownwood; a brother, Elmer Wells of Ralls; four grandchildren, Mike Bostick of Lubbock, Don Bostick and his wife, Stephanie, of Brownwood, Lisa Meacham and her husband, Justin, of Tulsa, Okla., and Alex Wells of Dallas; and two great-grandchildren, Dylan and Dustin Bostick of Brownwood. The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at Adams Funeral Home in Ralls.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Tuesday, November 30, 2004
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