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Joel Estes Wells, Jr.

Joel Estes Wells, Jr.[1, 2]

Male 1928 - 1949  (20 years)

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  • Name Joel Estes Wells 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 2 Aug 1928  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Feb 1949  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Davis-Wells Family Cemetery, Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I76  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2016 

    Father Joel Estes Wells, Sr.,   b. 27 Dec 1895, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1948, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Elsie Evelyn Smith,   b. 14 Dec 1907, Pittsylvania Counyu, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1984, Dry Fork, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1925  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Family ID F121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Davis-Wells Family Cemetery, Dry Fork, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Death Certificate-Joel E. Wells
    Death Certificate-Joel E. Wells
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    Headstones
    Headstone Joel Estes Wells
    Headstone Joel Estes Wells
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  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com.
      Birth: Aug. 2, 1928
      Pittsylvania County
      Virginia, USA
      Death: Feb. 13, 1949, Pittsylvania County, VA
      Mr. Joel Estes Wells, Jr of Dry Fork, VA went to be with his Lord at Memorial Hospital in Danville, VA as a result of injuries suffered in a two car accident on Route 29 North of Danville early Sunday Morning. The deceased was one of seven injured in the accident. He was a native of Pittsylvania County, VA and the son of Elsie Smith Wells and the late Joel Estes Wells, Sr. He attended the Dry Fork Pentecostal Holiness Church and Whitmell Farm Life School. Survivors are his mother, two sisters Mrs. Ralph Jones and Miss Emma Lee Wells and two brothers William W Wells and Garland A Wells, both of Dry Fork. Funeral services were held at Dry Fork Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial was in the Davis - Wells family cemetery.
      Source - Obituary, edited, courtesy of Jeane Barber.
      Parents:
      Joel Estes Wells (1895 - 1948)
      Elsie Evelyn Smith Wells (1907 - 1984)
      Siblings:
      Emma Lea Wells (1927 - 2006)
      Joel Estes Wells (1928
      Inscription: Our Son
      Burial: Davis-Wells Cemetery
      Dry Fork Pittsylvania County, Virginia


    2. [S37] Death Certificate.