Retired Farmer Dies in Choctaw
        Rites Thursday

William Perry Wells, 81-year-old retired farmer of Choctaw, died in his home Tuesday of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in failing health since suffering a stroke three weeks ago.
Services will be at 2 pm Thursday in the Shilling's Mission Baptist church. Burial will be in Sunny Lane cemetery under direction of the Garrison funeral home.

Wells was born in Ohio and came to Oklahoma as a boy. He lived at Chandler before moving to Choctaw 25 years ago. Wells was a member of the Baptist church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Margarite Wells, of the home; four sons, Marshall and Val Wells, both of Choctaw; John Wells, Napa, Calif., and Sherron Wells, Wynnewood; three daughters, Mrs. Dora Becker, Hollywood, Calif.; Mrs. Viola East, 910 SE 22, and Mrs. Jessie Bait, San Francisco. Calif.; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Burial was at Sunnylane Cemetery.

cemetery stone image found here

I searched the newspaper every way I could think and did not find her obituary.
 

... Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2009.