The following was provided by Carol Ann Beard:
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Bubba loved being a trooper....it was what he always wanted to do. He was such a good guy and was so straight that he had a bumper sticker on his personal car that said "I love milk". He lived and worked in a college town but wouldn't have done anything that would have caused him to lose a chance at his dream. He started off working as a dispatcher until the state opened a new class for troopers. He and his friend/room-mate were supposed to go together, but the other guy had an injury that prevented him from going in Bubba's class (although he did finish later and is now a trooper). Bubba died doing what he loved to do....how many people actually get to do that?
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The following was provided by Beth Austin:
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BOBBY L 'BUBBA' WELLS JR, 30, of Horn Lake, Miss formerly of Starkville, Miss. state trooper for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, died Tuesday in Hernando after being hit by a car. Services will be at 3 pm today at Calvary Baptist Church of Starkville with burial in Enon Cemetery in Ackerman, Miss. Welch Funeral Home in Starkville has charge.
He was a graduate of Starkville Academy where he excelled in weightlifting, made all-conference in football and baseball, received numerous class awards and was selected to play in the Mississippi All-Star Football Game his senior year.
He attended Mississippi State University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. Upon graduation from Patrol School in December 1993, he received his first Mississippi Highway Patrol award: the Physical Training Award for excelling in the academy's fitness program.
He was assigned to Southaven in the patrol's Batesville district and during his 21-month career was given 31 letters of commendation and various awards. For Issuing the most enforcement citations (4805) and for making the moat DU1 arrests (246) statewide In 1994 he received a standing ovation from his fellow law enforcement officers at a June 5 awards ceremony. He also, received an award for seizing the most cocaine In the Batesville district (83.3 grams) In 1994. Before working as a trooper, he was a radio operator In Starkville for the Department of Public Safety.
Mr. Wells leaves his parents, Bobby and Edna Wells of Starkville, a sister, Jan Wells Carter of Clinton, Miss. and his grandmothers, Irene Wells of Jackson, Miss. and Mary Brown of Bay Springs, Miss.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Jackson.
The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
29 Jun 1995, Thu • Page 13
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[Biographical information also provided by Carolyn Allen, talos128, and Dixie.]
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Bubba loved being a trooper....it was what he always wanted to do. He was such a good guy and was so straight that he had a bumper sticker on his personal car that said "I love milk". He lived and worked in a college town but wouldn't have done anything that would have caused him to lose a chance at his dream. He started off working as a dispatcher until the state opened a new class for troopers. He and his friend/room-mate were supposed to go together, but the other guy had an injury that prevented him from going in Bubba's class (although he did finish later and is now a trooper). Bubba died doing what he loved to do....how many people actually get to do that?
***
The following was provided by Beth Austin:
***
BOBBY L 'BUBBA' WELLS JR, 30, of Horn Lake, Miss formerly of Starkville, Miss. state trooper for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, died Tuesday in Hernando after being hit by a car. Services will be at 3 pm today at Calvary Baptist Church of Starkville with burial in Enon Cemetery in Ackerman, Miss. Welch Funeral Home in Starkville has charge.
He was a graduate of Starkville Academy where he excelled in weightlifting, made all-conference in football and baseball, received numerous class awards and was selected to play in the Mississippi All-Star Football Game his senior year.
He attended Mississippi State University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. Upon graduation from Patrol School in December 1993, he received his first Mississippi Highway Patrol award: the Physical Training Award for excelling in the academy's fitness program.
He was assigned to Southaven in the patrol's Batesville district and during his 21-month career was given 31 letters of commendation and various awards. For Issuing the most enforcement citations (4805) and for making the moat DU1 arrests (246) statewide In 1994 he received a standing ovation from his fellow law enforcement officers at a June 5 awards ceremony. He also, received an award for seizing the most cocaine In the Batesville district (83.3 grams) In 1994. Before working as a trooper, he was a radio operator In Starkville for the Department of Public Safety.
Mr. Wells leaves his parents, Bobby and Edna Wells of Starkville, a sister, Jan Wells Carter of Clinton, Miss. and his grandmothers, Irene Wells of Jackson, Miss. and Mary Brown of Bay Springs, Miss.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Jackson.
The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
29 Jun 1995, Thu • Page 13
***
[Biographical information also provided by Carolyn Allen, talos128, and Dixie.]
The following was provided by Carol Ann Beard:
***
Bubba loved being a trooper....it was what he always wanted to do. He was such a good guy and was so straight that he had a bumper sticker on his personal car that said "I love milk". He lived and worked in a college town but wouldn't have done anything that would have caused him to lose a chance at his dream. He started off working as a dispatcher until the state opened a new class for troopers. He and his friend/room-mate were supposed to go together, but the other guy had an injury that prevented him from going in Bubba's class (although he did finish later and is now a trooper). Bubba died doing what he loved to do....how many people actually get to do that?
***
The following was provided by Beth Austin:
***
BOBBY L 'BUBBA' WELLS JR, 30, of Horn Lake, Miss formerly of Starkville, Miss. state trooper for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, died Tuesday in Hernando after being hit by a car. Services will be at 3 pm today at Calvary Baptist Church of Starkville with burial in Enon Cemetery in Ackerman, Miss. Welch Funeral Home in Starkville has charge.
He was a graduate of Starkville Academy where he excelled in weightlifting, made all-conference in football and baseball, received numerous class awards and was selected to play in the Mississippi All-Star Football Game his senior year.
He attended Mississippi State University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. Upon graduation from Patrol School in December 1993, he received his first Mississippi Highway Patrol award: the Physical Training Award for excelling in the academy's fitness program.
He was assigned to Southaven in the patrol's Batesville district and during his 21-month career was given 31 letters of commendation and various awards. For Issuing the most enforcement citations (4805) and for making the moat DU1 arrests (246) statewide In 1994 he received a standing ovation from his fellow law enforcement officers at a June 5 awards ceremony. He also, received an award for seizing the most cocaine In the Batesville district (83.3 grams) In 1994. Before working as a trooper, he was a radio operator In Starkville for the Department of Public Safety.
Mr. Wells leaves his parents, Bobby and Edna Wells of Starkville, a sister, Jan Wells Carter of Clinton, Miss. and his grandmothers, Irene Wells of Jackson, Miss. and Mary Brown of Bay Springs, Miss.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Jackson.
The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
29 Jun 1995, Thu • Page 13
***
[Biographical information also provided by Carolyn Allen, talos128, and Dixie.]
***
Bubba loved being a trooper....it was what he always wanted to do. He was such a good guy and was so straight that he had a bumper sticker on his personal car that said "I love milk". He lived and worked in a college town but wouldn't have done anything that would have caused him to lose a chance at his dream. He started off working as a dispatcher until the state opened a new class for troopers. He and his friend/room-mate were supposed to go together, but the other guy had an injury that prevented him from going in Bubba's class (although he did finish later and is now a trooper). Bubba died doing what he loved to do....how many people actually get to do that?
***
The following was provided by Beth Austin:
***
BOBBY L 'BUBBA' WELLS JR, 30, of Horn Lake, Miss formerly of Starkville, Miss. state trooper for the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, died Tuesday in Hernando after being hit by a car. Services will be at 3 pm today at Calvary Baptist Church of Starkville with burial in Enon Cemetery in Ackerman, Miss. Welch Funeral Home in Starkville has charge.
He was a graduate of Starkville Academy where he excelled in weightlifting, made all-conference in football and baseball, received numerous class awards and was selected to play in the Mississippi All-Star Football Game his senior year.
He attended Mississippi State University where he was a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. Upon graduation from Patrol School in December 1993, he received his first Mississippi Highway Patrol award: the Physical Training Award for excelling in the academy's fitness program.
He was assigned to Southaven in the patrol's Batesville district and during his 21-month career was given 31 letters of commendation and various awards. For Issuing the most enforcement citations (4805) and for making the moat DU1 arrests (246) statewide In 1994 he received a standing ovation from his fellow law enforcement officers at a June 5 awards ceremony. He also, received an award for seizing the most cocaine In the Batesville district (83.3 grams) In 1994. Before working as a trooper, he was a radio operator In Starkville for the Department of Public Safety.
Mr. Wells leaves his parents, Bobby and Edna Wells of Starkville, a sister, Jan Wells Carter of Clinton, Miss. and his grandmothers, Irene Wells of Jackson, Miss. and Mary Brown of Bay Springs, Miss.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Jackson.
The Commercial Appeal
Memphis, Tennessee
29 Jun 1995, Thu • Page 13
***
[Biographical information also provided by Carolyn Allen, talos128, and Dixie.]
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