John Worner (Cush) Wells,
Memphian, who died age 63.
EX-CITY ENGINEER: JOHN W. WELLS
John Worner (Cush) Wells, who was a maintenance
engineer for the
City Engineering Department 42 years before his
retirement two years ago,
died at 6:50 last night at Baptist Hospital a few hours
after he was admitted.
He was 63.
Mr. Wells was a lifelong resident of Memphis and was
a street and
sewer contractor before going to work for the city. He
was a Presbyterian and
Member of Angerona Masonic Lodge. His home was at 2001
Evelyn. He
had complained of indigestion and shortness of breath
Monday but his death
was unexpected until he was stricken yesterday.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Hopper Wells of
Memphis; his daughter,
Mrs. G. E. Palfrey, Jr. of St. Louis, and his sister,
Mrs. George W. Handwerker,
Sr., of Memphis.
A brother, Dave Wells, county tax assessor for many
years, died in 1937.
Services at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at J. W. Norris
Funeral Home, Dr. A. D.
Foreman, Jr. officiating. Masonic services at the grave
in Forest Hill.
