JOHN KING WELLS
1867-1942
ODDS MAN, 65, DIED MONDAY
Funeral services were held Wednesday for John King Wells, 65,
who died Monday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Joe D. Meade,
at Odds.
The son of the late G.W. and Minnie Clark Wells, he has been
an invalid for the last five years.
Pneumonia was the direct cause of his death.
Mr. Wells had been a farmer and had never married, making his
home with his sister, Mrs. Meade, and family.
He has one other sister who survives, Mrs. Belle Wells, of
Auxier. He is related to many people in the county who will
regret to learn of his passing.
Rev. Bosier Wells and Rev. S. C. Honeycutt, of Auxier,
officiated at the funeral, and burial was in the family
cemetery by the Paintsville Furniture Company.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
July 23, 1942
JOHN K. WELLS
John K. Wells, prominent farmer and business man, passed away
to his final resting place July 20. Mr. Wells was well and
favorably known throughout the Big Sandy Valley. Honest,
quiet and unassuming he spent the greater part of his life on
the farm where he was born. His word was his bond, and he,
thru-out a comparatively long and well spent life, chose the
ordinary pleasures and lived unostentatiously. 'Tis of such
men that Gray writes:
"Far from the maddening crowd's ignoble strife, His sober
wishes never learned to stray Along the cool sequestered vale
of life, He kept the even tenor of his way."
Mr. Wells was born September 27, 1867, a son of G. W. Wells
and Mintie Clark Wells, and his farm joins the spot on which
his great grandfather from Virginia, settled after the
Revolutionary War, and where his ashes now rest within one
mile of where he, as a pioneer, settled.
The U. S. Government has placed an imposing monument on his
grave for his services as a Revolutionary soldier.
Mr. Wells never married but lived with his sister, Mrs. Cora
Wells Meade, until his death. One other family member of his
immediate family is still living, Mrs. Belle Wells, of
Auxier, Ky.
He leaves a host of nephews and nieces and other relatives,
the Wells family being a numerous one in the county.
Being a bachelor, kind, gentle and unassuming he was a
favorite with all who knew him and lived a life whom anyone
might well seek to evaluate, for of such citizens nations are
made. He was a member of the M.E. Church. Rev. Bosier Wells,
of the M.E. Church, Rev. Spurgeon Honeycutt, of the Christian
Church and Rev. William Horn, of the Baptist Church,
officiated. An immense crowd from this and adjoining
counties followed him to his last resting place.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
August 20, 1942
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