Edwin Julius Wells

Other Events and Attributes:

• Race: White
• Residence: 1945, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA

Notes:

Died:
Fayetteville, Oct. 16. Edwin Julius Wells, 55, cotton broker and warehouse man died at his home here Monday night following a heart attack. He was widely known in this section. He was a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church, a member of the Kiwanis club and took a major interest in civic affairs. Mr. Wells is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mamie Highsmith Wells, a daughter, Mrs. William H. Corbett, of West Point, N.Y., a son, Pfc. Edwin J. Wells, Jr., a medical student in the University of Pennsylvania, two granddaughters, a brother, Harold Wells, of Wilmington, and a sister, Mrs. Charles H. Pritchard, of Sandersville, Ga. Funeral will be held at the residence Wednesday at 3 p.m.

Date: Wednesday, October 17, 1945 Paper: Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, North Carolina) Page: 11

Age: 55

Edwin married Mamie Highsmith on 11 Apr 1916 in Cumberland, North Carolina, USA. Mamie (daughter of Doctor Jacob Franklin Highsmith and Mary Lou White) was born on 4 Apr 1892 in North Carolina, USA; died on 18 Jul 1976 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #3, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Doctor Edwin Julius Wells, Jr was born on 1 Sep 1923 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA; died on 4 Mar 1997 in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA.
2. Elizabeth Screven Wells was born on 16 May 1929 in Cumberland, North Carolina, USA; died on 6 Jun 1929 in Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA; was buried on 6 Jun 1929 in Fayetteville.
3. Mary Highsmith Wells was born on 4 Mar 1917 in Cross Creek, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA; died on 3 Mar 1983 in Roanoke Rapids, Halifax, North Carolina, USA; was buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #3, Fayetteville, Cumberland, North Carolina, USA.