JOE WELLS JR
1920-2001
Joe Wells Jr., 80, of Van Lear, died Monday Jan.29 2001 in
Paul B. Hall Medical Center in Paintsville.
Mr. Wells was born April 16, 1920, in Johnson County, a son
of the late Joe D. and Lilly Mae Webb Wells.
He was a retired coal miner and a World War II Air Force
veteran. He was preceded in death by a son, Roy Neil Wells.
Surviving are his wife, Hilda Katherine Idigpio Wells; four
sons, Thomas Earl Wells, David R. Wells, and Brian Keith
Wells, all of Daniels Creek and Edward Wells of Williamsport;
a daughter, Lois Jean Wells Collins of East Point; three
brothers, Herbert Wells and Everett Wells, both of Daniels
Creek and George Wells of Defiance, Ohio; two sisters,
Geraldene Cassidy of Lexington and Josephine Cassidy of
Dayton, Ohio; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-
grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Jones-Preston
Funeral Home in Paintsville by Larry Joe Bayes.
Burial will be in Wells-Webb Cemetery in Van Lear.
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