Three of the four daughters of the late John Smith Wells and Malzie Still Wells have tied in the Tampa area in the time period of Feb 10 March 7, 1999.  All three of the deceased were reared in the Five Points-Bethel Church community of Washington County.  All had made their home in south Florida for many years.
	
* Renice J Wells-Bush-Coggins, age 76, passed away in Tampa on Feb 10, 1999.  Her immediate survivors are her son Neal Bush; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.  Rencie was a member of El Bethel Primitive Baptist Church in Tampa.
* Oddys Wells-Ferrell-Hubbard, age 83, died Feb 24, 1999 in the Tampa area.  The immediate family survivors include her husband Raymond Hubbard; son Dennis Ferrell; daughters Betty Miller and Faye Webb, all of Tampa.  Her husband, Burton Ferrell, preceded her in death.  Oddys had seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.  One stepdaughter survives, Jene Rogers, of Dover, Florida.  The deceased was a member of El Bethel Primitive Baptist Church in Tampa.
* Gladys Well Smith, age 86, died March 7, 1999 in Dunneloon, Florida.  She is survived by one son Jimmy Smith of Dunnellon.  There are six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren surviving Gladys Wells Smith.  Her husband, Joshua Smith and two sons, Jackie and Douglas, preceded her in death.  Gladys was a member of West Marion Baptist Church.

All the deceased have additional survivors including two sisters Hannah Hinson of Tampa and Lenora Duggen of Michigan.  The three surviving brothers are Johnny Wells of Tampa, Walton Wells of Lutz, and Charlie Brown Wells, currently serving as Sheriff of Manatee County in Bradenton, Florida.  The stepmother is Will May Bush Wells.  She resides in Tampa.  A brother of three deceased ladies is the late Ernest Wells who died in his early teens.

Funeral services for all the sisters were conducted at the same funeral home, Blount, Carry and Roel Garden of Memorial Chapel in Tampa.  Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery.

The three sisters from the pioneer Wells family of Washington County also have numerous other relatives residing in this area, including Hugh Wells of Bonifay and James and All Boswell, also of Bonifay.

SOURCE:  Holmes County Advertiser, Bonifay FL, Wednesday, March 17, 1999