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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Tempie Mae Wells
Tempie Mae
Wells
March 30, 1921 – January 31, 2016
Tempie Mae Wells' Obituary
Tempie Wells
Mar. 30, 1921~Jan. 31, 2016
Tempie Wells, age 94, of Harker Heights, formerly of Valley Mills passed away January 31, 2016, in Temple, Texas. Graveside service will be 1 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 3rd at the Valley Mills Cemetery under the direction of Foss Funeral Home and Cremation Center. Mrs. Wells will lie in state at Foss Funeral Home until noon Wednesday.
Tempie was born on March 30, 1921, in China Spring, Texas, to Fennimore and Lonnie Mae (Smith) Williams. She was married to Luther "Jiggs" Wells on Oct. 13, 1938, in Clifton, Texas. Jiggs was a barber in Valley Mills for over 28 years. Tempie was employed at Valley Mills Care Center for over 17 years before she retired. Tempie and Leo Howard worked in the kitchen. The meals were so good that people in town would have lunch there. The homemade rolls were great. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1988, and a son Don Wells in 1956.
Survivors include her daughter: Teresa Ciampi and her husband Phill, grandchildren: Melanie Schwindt and her husband Jeremy, Andrew Ciampi and his wife Stephanie, Laura Ciampi; great grandchildren: Bella and Braeden Schwindt, Caelum and Ryker Ciampi.
Mar. 30, 1921~Jan. 31, 2016
Tempie Wells, age 94, of Harker Heights, formerly of Valley Mills passed away January 31, 2016, in Temple, Texas. Graveside service will be 1 P.M. Wednesday, Feb. 3rd at the Valley Mills Cemetery under the direction of Foss Funeral Home and Cremation Center. Mrs. Wells will lie in state at Foss Funeral Home until noon Wednesday.
Tempie was born on March 30, 1921, in China Spring, Texas, to Fennimore and Lonnie Mae (Smith) Williams. She was married to Luther "Jiggs" Wells on Oct. 13, 1938, in Clifton, Texas. Jiggs was a barber in Valley Mills for over 28 years. Tempie was employed at Valley Mills Care Center for over 17 years before she retired. Tempie and Leo Howard worked in the kitchen. The meals were so good that people in town would have lunch there. The homemade rolls were great. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1988, and a son Don Wells in 1956.
Survivors include her daughter: Teresa Ciampi and her husband Phill, grandchildren: Melanie Schwindt and her husband Jeremy, Andrew Ciampi and his wife Stephanie, Laura Ciampi; great grandchildren: Bella and Braeden Schwindt, Caelum and Ryker Ciampi.
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