ISAAC S. WELLS
Had Been Ill For More Than Three Years
I. S. Wells, age 72, died Monday morning at 10:30 at the old Wells homestead at Boons Camp. He had been in ill health for more than three years, but he had been seriously ill for the past several weeks. His death had been expected. He was a member of a prominent family and had been known as a good citizen. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home. Rev. Guy Coffman, pastor of the Mayo Memorial Church conducted the services. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Paintsville. -------------------------------------- The following obituary was read at the funeral. I. S. Wells I. S. Wells, son of Mary Hicks Wells and William Allen Wells, born January 22, 1869 at Boons Camp, Kentucky. He was married December 19, 1895, to Mary Dutton Wells, to which union were three daughters, Mrs. Cholie Wells, Boons Camp, Mrs. A. D. Slone, Paintsville, and Mrs. Ellen Wells Pack of Boons Camp. He was second the eldest child in a family of thirteen. Surviving him are two sisters, Mrs. George Walters, Shoals, West Va., and Mrs. G. C. Perry, Sr., Paintsville and six brothers, C. J. Wells, Boons Camp,; R. G. Wells, and E. D. Wells, Pikeville; Dr. J. A. Wells, G. C. Wells, and J. L. wells, Paintsville; preceding him in death are two sisters, Mrs. Charles Davis, and Mrs. U. S. Welch, and two brothers, W. G. Wells and M. A. Wells. For about fifteen years he was connected with the Grenough Coal Co., of Hellier, Kentucky, and Pike-Floyd Coal Co., at Betsy Layne, in an official capacity, but later retired to his old home on account of ill health. At an early age he became a member of the Methodist Church at Wells Chapel, which church was named for the Wells family of this community. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, No 381, Paintsville, Ky. He was a trusted and respected citizen, a faithful husband and kind father. He departed this life on Monday morning, November 4, 1940. Paintsville Herald Thursday 11-4-1940
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