He graduated in 1960 as Senior Class President from Savannah High School where he played baseball and was captain of the football team. After high school, he attended the University of Georgia on a full football scholarship and was a long-standing member of the UGA's Wally Boys group. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree and Specialist's degree. His career began at Groves High School in Savannah before moving on to Atlanta for 27 years as a teacher and coach at Shamrock High School in Decatur, GA. He was a member of Pilgrimage Presbyterian Church, where he served as a Deacon and Elder until its closing, and was a member of Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Matthew Henry and Margaret Hillis Wells. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Beverly Thornton Wells of Lawrenceville, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Richard Feis, and their children, Matthew, Sophie, and Noah of Marietta, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Christy and Ian Armstrong, and their children, Lindsey and Wells of Lawrenceville, GA; and sister, Jane Loper and her husband, Darrell Loper of Savannah, GA.
He graduated in 1960 as Senior Class President from Savannah High School where he played baseball and was captain of the football team. After high school, he attended the University of Georgia on a full football scholarship and was a long-standing member of the UGA's Wally Boys group. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree and Specialist's degree. His career began at Groves High School in Savannah before moving on to Atlanta for 27 years as a teacher and coach at Shamrock High School in Decatur, GA. He was a member of Pilgrimage Presbyterian Church, where he served as a Deacon and Elder until its closing, and was a member of Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Matthew Henry and Margaret Hillis Wells. Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Beverly Thornton Wells of Lawrenceville, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Wendy and Richard Feis, and their children, Matthew, Sophie, and Noah of Marietta, GA; daughter and son-in-law, Christy and Ian Armstrong, and their children, Lindsey and Wells of Lawrenceville, GA; and sister, Jane Loper and her husband, Darrell Loper of Savannah, GA.
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Interment 25 March 2022
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