Rosie B. Wells
Posted: January 8, 2010
BROOKSVILLE — Rosie B. Wells, 75, died Jan. 1, 2010, at her residence. Services are Saturday at noon at Springhill Primitive Baptist Church with Pastor Walter Lowery Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is today from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon. Mrs. Wells was born Feb. 16, 1934, in Noxubee County to the late Rich Young Sr., and Lucy Brewer. She was a member of Springhill Primitive MB Church were she served on Mother’s Board. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry James Wells; son, A.C. Wells; four brothers and two sisters. She is survived by her sons, Henry Earl Wells, of Brooksville; Joseph Wells, of Macon, Bernard Wells, of Shuqualak; daughters, Mamie Lowery, Annie Smith, Celia Bankhead and Rosie Hinton, all of Brooksville; brothers, Cornelia Cash, Lewis Young and Sammie Young, all of Dayton, Ohio; sisters, Sarah Young, of Macon, Lizzie Young and Dora Tafier, both of Spring Valley, N.Y.; 24 grandchildren, 37 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.