Obituaries:  Mrs. Viola Wells, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       W-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 3, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Viola Wells

  Services for Mrs. Viola Wells were held at 2 p.m., Thursday,
April 4, at the Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel, Mansfield.
Officiating was Rev. Foster Jennings of Bethel Methodist Church,
assisted by Rev. Robert Salts of Bethel Baptist Church. Interment
followed at Zions Rest Cemetery near Pleasant Hill.

  Mrs. Wells passed away on Sunday, March 31, at 3:25 p.m., at
Pierremont Heritage Manor, following a brief illness. She was
born November 1, 1901, near Pleasant Hill, and resided in the
Ajax Community of Natchitoches Parish for eighty one years. For
the past eight years, she was a resident of Pierremont Heritage
Manor, where she was selected as Miss Piermont Heritage Manor in
1987.

  She was a homemaker, and a long time member of Bethel Methodist
Church, where she was involved in many aspects of church
activities. Her life was characterized by her love for her
church, her family, her friends, music, and flowers. Her home was
noted for its hospitality.

  Mrs. Wells was preceded in death by her husband of sixty-seven
years, Oscar M. Wells.

  Mrs. Wells is survived by two sons, Ray Wells and wife Audry of
Mansfield, and Alton T. Wells and wife Lorraine of Niles,
Michigan; two daughters, Mrs. Grace Strong and husband James, and
Mrs. Frances Gray and husband Ruffin, both of Shreveport; 17
grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and one great-great
grandchild.

  Pallbearers and Honorary pallbearers were her grandsons.