Harold E. Wells, 84, died just after midnight on Dec. 19, 2009 in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Below is the obituary.

Osborne E. Wells Jr.
Dec. 19, 2009

Osborne E. Wells, Jr., 84, of Shelbyville died Saturday at Heritage Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Hillcrest Funeral Home, with Dr. Tom Rousseau officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be today from 5 to 8 p.m.

A native of Bath, S.C., he was the son of the late Osborne E. Wells, Sr. and Hattie Bell Harmon Wells. He was a longtime resident of Shelbyville; a retired employee of Uniroyal; a charter member of Cannon United Methodist Church; past president of the Civitan Club; Scout Master of Troop 390, where he received the Long Rifle Award; and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.

A great-grandchild preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Sara Elizabeth Douglas Wells; two sons, Osborne Eugene Wells and Doug Wells, and two daughters, Mary Cathryn Perry and Eve Wells, all of Shelbyville; two brothers, Reuben R. Wells of Dublin, Ga. and George W. Wells of Columbia, S.C.; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Source: Shelbyville Times-Gazette