EFFIE WELLS
1883-1962
Mrs. Effie Burchett Wells, 78, died at 10:30 p.m., Sunday, January
21, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Preston, Turner Branch,
after an extended illness.
The daughter of the late Flem and Lucy Powers Burchett, she was born
in Floyd county March 18, 1883, and had made her home at Turner
Branch for the past six years.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and the last member of the
Flem Burchett family of the Johns Creek section.
Her husband, Elijah B. Wells, preceded her in death May 3, 1943.
Also surviving is another daughter, Mrs. Frank Adams, Prestonsburg.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. today from the Arnold
Avenue Church of Christ in Prestonsburg with S. C. Honeycutt and
Harold Dicks as officiating ministers.
Burial was in the Auxier Government Cemetery.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
1-24-1962
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