MARJORIE WELLS
MARJORIE WELLS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 7, 1925 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI. A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ORVIL AND DAPANA (GILLIAM) SHEPPARD. MARJORIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1999 AT MISSOURI BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY THREE YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND SIX DAYS.
MARJORIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EVEN WELLS ON JANUARY 1, 1947 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN.
MARJORIE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, EVEN WELLS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, HER SON MARSHALL WELLS, OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, HER DAUGHTER BRENDA REAMES OF FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, FOUR GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ONE BROTHER, JIM SHEPPARD AND WIFE MARCELLA OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, ONE SISTER, LORENE PANKEY OF POTOSI, MISSOURI.
MARJORIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, ONE BROTHER, EVERETT SHEPPARD AND ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW, JEWELL PANKEY.
MARJORIES PARENTS STARTED HER IN CHURCH AT A VERY EARLY AGE OF TWO WEEKS OLD. SHE LOVED HER GOD AND HER CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI FULL GOSPEL CHURCH. SHE ENJOYED SINGING GOSPEL MUSIC WITH HER DAD ON KYRO RADIO STATION AND SHE ALSO SANG AT MANY CHURCHES IN THE POTOSI AREA. MARJORIE ENTERTAINED US ALL WITH HER SHORT STORIES IN THE INDEPENDENT JOURNAL, WRITING POETRY WAS ALSO A FAVORITE PAST TIME OF HERS. SHE HAD A FURNITURE AND ANTIQUE STORE AND WAS ALSO AN AVON REPRESENTATIVE.
MARJORIE WAS KNOWN FOR HER KIND AND LOVING NATURE. A FRIEND TO ANYONE IN NEED, WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HER.
VISITATION WAS HELD ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, WITH REVEREND PRICE AND REVEREND CAMPBELL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE REDBUD MEMORIAL GARDENS IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, CHRIS WELLS, JASON WELLS, DANNY SKAGGS, DAVID BANTA, FRANK BOURBON AND RANDALL TUCKER.