Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....WELLS, PEARL MAXEY December 25, 2016
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News Star World - December 28, 2016
PEARL MAXEY WELLS

Pearl Maxey Wells, 84, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on 
December 25, 2016. 

Her family will receive friends from 4:00-6:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 
28, 2016 at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home in Haughton, Louisiana. Funeral 
service, conducted by Reverend Tommy Patton, will be held Thursday, December 
29, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. Interment will follow at Mt. Ararat Baptist Church 
Cemetery in Downsville, Louisiana at 1:00 p.m.

Pearl was born January 10, 1932 in Hebert, Louisiana to Sam A. Abraugh and 
Dorothy Barnett Abraugh. She graduated from Mangham High School in 1948. 
After moving to Monroe, Louisiana she was employed by Southern Bell 
Telephone Company for seven years. She married Howard Edward (Harry) Maxey 
in 1951 and became mother of three children, Paul Howard Maxey, Gary Dean 
Maxey, and Barbara Jean Maxey Wilhelm. 

Preceding the death of her husband in 1961 she enrolled at Northeast 
Louisiana University where she received her Bachelors of Art and Masters in 
Education. Ever driven, Pearl earned her plus thirty hours in supervision at 
Louisiana Tech and qualified for principal in 1979. She taught school in 
Ouachita Parish and worked as a reading and math coordinator. She served as 
principal at Woodlawn Elementary School for one year before becoming 
principal at Kiroli Elementary School where she worked for 16 years until 
her retirement in 2001. She served the Ouachita Parish School System 
faithfully for 33 years. 

Mrs. Maxey Wells was a member of First Baptist Church in West Monroe, 
Louisiana for 50 years. She married Leon Mathis Wells in 2006 and moved to 
Bossier City, Louisiana where they became members of Cypress Baptist Church. 

She is survived by her husband, Leon, her three children, Paul, Barbara and 
her husband Dan Wilhelm, Gary and his wife Carolyn, 8 grandchildren - 
Harrison Maxey, Jonathan Maxey, Daniel Maxey, Andrew Maxey, Dana Rowzee 
Wilson and her husband Scott, Alan Rowzee, Wyatt Maxey, Catherine Maxey and 
several great grandchildren, all of whom she "loved to pieces."

Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

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