Elmer Lewis Wells

1913 - 2001  (87 years)

• Name	Elmer Lewis Wells
  Born	9 Nov 1913	St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri   [1]
  	Aunt Ozella states that Elmer's wife Mary gives his birthdate as 9 Oct 1913. I believe the SS index is most likely to be correct.
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 May 2001	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Obituary	23 May 2001	Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA   [2]
  	Obituary, Mountain View Standard "Wells Elmer L. Wells, 87 of Mountain View, Missouri, died Saturday, May 12, 2001 at St. Francis Hospital, Mountain View. Elmer was born November 9, 1913 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Charles M. and Margaret Thomas Wells. he married Mary Walker in Oakland, California in 1938 and to this union two daughters were born. Elmer and Mary would have been married 63 years on May 21. Elmer was employed by Smith Flooring for forty years as a timber buyer. he was a Christian family man who had served as Deacon in various churches for over fifty years. He was a long-standing member of the First Baptist Church in Mountain View he was a fisherman and also loved to play pool. Survivors include his wife, Mary; tow daughters, Lexie Thorn of Pensacola, Florida and Patti Potter of Winterville, Georgia; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four nieces, Thelma Allen, Maxine Chamberlin, Shirley Abbey and Lola Walker and one nephew, Herbert Gulley. He is preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, John and Charles; one sister, Vera; one great grandchild and one nephew, Charles Gulley. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Mary 14, 2001 at the First Baptist Church, Mountain View. Interment was at Walker Chapel Cemetery, Trask, Missouri under the direction of Yarber Mortuary, Mountain View."
  Person ID	I1321	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Charles Moses Wells,   b. 29 Aug 1874, Weston, Platte County, Missouri, USA ,   d. 23 Feb 1951, Trask, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Maggie Elizabeth Thomas,   b. 13 May 1876, Michigan, USA ,   d. 24 Sep 1949, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Abt 1900  [3]
  Family ID	F1607	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Odessa Walker,   b. 13 May 1920, Missouri, USA ,   d. 1 Jan 2006, Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	19 May 1938	Oakland, Alameda County, California   [4]
  	Mary got to know Elmer in Mountain View, and became engaged to him. He subsequently moved to California, and although she considered herself to be engaged, she actually continued dating. She had given her word to Elmer, so when he asked her to come to California to him to be married, she did. Her parents would not allow her to be married before she was 18, but a few days after her 18th birthday she took a train to California, where Elmer met her at the station. They had to apply for a marriage license and wait three days. During this period, she stayed with some friends of Elmer's sister Vera Gulley (whose husband was Owen - they were the parents of Lola Gulley who married Jack WALKER). They were married at the home of those friends. Vera and Owen were moving back to Missouri around that time, and Elmer and Mary took over the rented house which they had vacated. Mary said that when she went back to that house with Elmer, her new husband, she had not seen him for 18 months. Mary and Elmer were married for around 60 years and raised two wonderful daughters.
  Children	+ 1. Lexie Nadine Wells + 2. Patricia Jean Wells
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Elmer Wells and wife, Mary Odessa Walker

  
  

  Documents

  Obituary, Elmer Wells, 2001, Mountain View, Missouri.

  
  

• Sources

  [S457] SSDI - Ancestry.com, (Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Index," database, «i»Ancestry.com«/i» (http://www.ancestry.com/)), entry for Elmer L. Wells, SS no. 572-05-1584 (2001) (Reliability: 3). Name: Elmer L. Wells SSN: 572-05-1584 Last Residence: 65548 Mountain View, Howell, Missouri, United States of America Born: 9 Nov 1913 Died: 12 May 2001 State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951 ) [S4287] “Wells” Mountain View (Missouri) Standard, 23 May 2001, p.4, col. 1; [likely reel no. 31293], State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. [S1901] 1910 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Washington township, enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 2B, p. 161 (stamped, verso), dwelling 40, family 40, Chas. M. Wells household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 December 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 771. [S171] Wells, Mary (Walker) - informal conversations, (Informal converstions with Mary (Walker) Wells, the author's aunt, summer 2005, at the Wells home in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri).