Perry Sam Wells

b. 28 March 1914, d. 3 September 1999
  • Perry Sam Wells was born on 28 March 1914 in Cartersville, Haskell County, Oklahoma.
  • He married Mary Hazel Ward, daughter of Will Jay Ward and Dink Etta Teague, on 12 October 1935, and Perry's sister Marybelle married Mary Hazel's 2nd cousin Clark Brevard McCune. The marriage was witnessed by Clark Brevard McCune.
  • Perry Sam Wells and Mary Hazel Ward appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • He was employed as a school bus driver, according to the 1940 census.
  • The following appeared on 10 November 1961 in The Baytown Sun: Mr. and Mrs. Perry S. Wells of La Porte announce the engagement and approaching marrige of their daughter, Sandra, to Ramsey Z. Mills Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey Z. Mills Sr., 201 Scott. Wedding vows will be solemnized in La Porte First Methodist Church Dec. 1. Miss Wells, a graduate of La Porte High School, is employed at southwester Bell Telephone Co. in La Porte. Mills works for Engineerig Test Service in Houston. He was graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and has attended A&M College.
  • Perry Sam Wells became a widower at the 2 January 1996 death of his wife Mary Hazel Ward.
  • The SSDI lists La Porte, Harris County, Texas, as the last residence of record of Perry Sam Wells.
  • Perry Sam Wells died on 3 September 1999 at age 85 in Harris County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 26 Jul 2016

Family: Mary Hazel Ward b. 17 March 1915, d. 2 January 1996