Obituary of Eldred Ray Evans Wells ~ 2005

Source: Kinston Free Press Jan 30 2005





Eldred Evans Wells, 83, died Friday Jan. 28, 2005, at Village of Brookwood 
in Burlington. 
Mrs. Wells was a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College, taught home 
economics at Contentnea School and was a longtime member of the First 
Baptist Church in Kinston where she served as a Sunday school teacher and 
on various committees in the church. 
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday January 31 at the First 
Baptist Church with Rev. Ray Hodge and Rev. Chuck Towrey officiating.
There will be a family burial at Pinelawn Memorial Park at 2 p.m. prior 
to the service. There will be a visitation following the memorial service 
in the church parlor. 
Eldred is survived by her daughters, Jane Wells Harrison of Lenoir and 
Susan Wells Serrano and husband, Jorge, of Burlington; grandchildren, 
Adam Taylor Duke of Arlington, Va., Meredith Leigh Duke of Asheville and 
Sara Beth Puckett of Burlington; brothers Stacy J. Evans of Greenville, 
Edwin M. Evans of Wilmington, Wendell O. Evans of Magnolia, Harold Evans
of Wallace, John V. Evans of Mt. Olive and C. Darwin Evans of Mt. Olive. 
Her husband John Meredith Wells preceded her in death in 1989. 
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice & 
Palliative Care Center of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road., 
Burlington, NC 27215 or to First Baptist Church, 2600 Rouse Road., 
Kinston, NC 28504 or to Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, PO Box 
3069, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. 
Funeral arrangements by Edwards Funeral Home 
(Paid obituary)



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