Ned R. Wells, 86, of Hendersonville, made a peaceful transition to his heavenly home on Monday morning, August 11th, 2008, after a brief period of declining health.
He was born in Jayne's Cove in the Dellwood community of Haywood County, North Carolina, the son of the late Astor A. Wells and the late Lou Howell Wells, both of whom were descendents of the earliest settlers of western North Carolina. He plied his trade as a carpenter and home builder most of his working life, as his father before him.
In 1944, after having spent many of his formative years in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and while working in the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company as a machinist in Baltimore, Maryland, Ned was inducted into the U.S. Army, receiving basic infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida. Ned's baptism of fire during World War II was in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, where he served on a heavy machine gun crew in the 26th Infantry Division with General George S. Patton's Third Army. He fought in three major campaigns in the European Theater of Operations through the end of the war, with his highest military award subsequently being the Bronze Star. After spending several months in Europe as part of the U.S. occupation forces, he was honorably discharged in 1946. A book chronicling his time as a combat infantryman and based on his pocket war journal - "Pretend I'm Dad When He Was In The War" - was published by his son in 2005.
After his military service was complete, he eventually returned to his beloved native North Carolina mountains with his wife and young family in the 1950's, settling in Henderson County, where he continued his life's work as an independent building contractor. He built numerous homes, businesses, and churches in North Carolina, to include the first classrooms for Blue Ridge Technical Institute (now Blue Ridge Community College) on S. Church Street in Hendersonville. He frequently enjoyed backpacking in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains in his off time, a pleasure he had pursued for many years from his young adulthood. In his retirement years, he became an accomplished wood carver. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, where he served as an usher for many years.
Ned was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Dorothy Elliott Wells, and his brother, Samuel L. Wells. ...
In 1944, after having spent many of his formative years in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and while working in the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company as a machinist in Baltimore, Maryland, Ned was inducted into the U.S. Army, receiving basic infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida. Ned's baptism of fire during World War II was in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, where he served on a heavy machine gun crew in the 26th Infantry Division with General George S. Patton's Third Army. He fought in three major campaigns in the European Theater of Operations through the end of the war, with his highest military award subsequently being the Bronze Star. After spending several months in Europe as part of the U.S. occupation forces, he was honorably discharged in 1946. A book chronicling his time as a combat infantryman and based on his pocket war journal - "Pretend I'm Dad When He Was In The War" - was published by his son in 2005.
After his military service was complete, he eventually returned to his beloved native North Carolina mountains with his wife and young family in the 1950's, settling in Henderson County, where he continued his life's work as an independent building contractor. He built numerous homes, businesses, and churches in North Carolina, to include the first classrooms for Blue Ridge Technical Institute (now Blue Ridge Community College) on S. Church Street in Hendersonville. He frequently enjoyed backpacking in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains in his off time, a pleasure he had pursued for many years from his young adulthood. In his retirement years, he became an accomplished wood carver. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, where he served as an usher for many years.
Ned was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Dorothy Elliott Wells, and his brother, Samuel L. Wells. ...
Ned R. Wells, 86, of Hendersonville, made a peaceful transition to his heavenly home on Monday morning, August 11th, 2008, after a brief period of declining health.
He was born in Jayne's Cove in the Dellwood community of Haywood County, North Carolina, the son of the late Astor A. Wells and the late Lou Howell Wells, both of whom were descendents of the earliest settlers of western North Carolina. He plied his trade as a carpenter and home builder most of his working life, as his father before him.
In 1944, after having spent many of his formative years in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and while working in the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company as a machinist in Baltimore, Maryland, Ned was inducted into the U.S. Army, receiving basic infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida. Ned's baptism of fire during World War II was in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, where he served on a heavy machine gun crew in the 26th Infantry Division with General George S. Patton's Third Army. He fought in three major campaigns in the European Theater of Operations through the end of the war, with his highest military award subsequently being the Bronze Star. After spending several months in Europe as part of the U.S. occupation forces, he was honorably discharged in 1946. A book chronicling his time as a combat infantryman and based on his pocket war journal - "Pretend I'm Dad When He Was In The War" - was published by his son in 2005.
After his military service was complete, he eventually returned to his beloved native North Carolina mountains with his wife and young family in the 1950's, settling in Henderson County, where he continued his life's work as an independent building contractor. He built numerous homes, businesses, and churches in North Carolina, to include the first classrooms for Blue Ridge Technical Institute (now Blue Ridge Community College) on S. Church Street in Hendersonville. He frequently enjoyed backpacking in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains in his off time, a pleasure he had pursued for many years from his young adulthood. In his retirement years, he became an accomplished wood carver. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, where he served as an usher for many years.
Ned was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Dorothy Elliott Wells, and his brother, Samuel L. Wells. ...
In 1944, after having spent many of his formative years in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and while working in the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company as a machinist in Baltimore, Maryland, Ned was inducted into the U.S. Army, receiving basic infantry training at Camp Blanding, Florida. Ned's baptism of fire during World War II was in the Ardennes Forest during the Battle of the Bulge, where he served on a heavy machine gun crew in the 26th Infantry Division with General George S. Patton's Third Army. He fought in three major campaigns in the European Theater of Operations through the end of the war, with his highest military award subsequently being the Bronze Star. After spending several months in Europe as part of the U.S. occupation forces, he was honorably discharged in 1946. A book chronicling his time as a combat infantryman and based on his pocket war journal - "Pretend I'm Dad When He Was In The War" - was published by his son in 2005.
After his military service was complete, he eventually returned to his beloved native North Carolina mountains with his wife and young family in the 1950's, settling in Henderson County, where he continued his life's work as an independent building contractor. He built numerous homes, businesses, and churches in North Carolina, to include the first classrooms for Blue Ridge Technical Institute (now Blue Ridge Community College) on S. Church Street in Hendersonville. He frequently enjoyed backpacking in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains in his off time, a pleasure he had pursued for many years from his young adulthood. In his retirement years, he became an accomplished wood carver. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, where he served as an usher for many years.
Ned was preceded in death by his first wife and the mother of his children, Dorothy Elliott Wells, and his brother, Samuel L. Wells. ...
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