An Army Veteran, serving during the Korean War, he was a member of Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, a master gardener and former employee of Gamble Brothers in Louisville.
He was preceded in death by a son, James Keith Wells; his parents, Leslie Turner and Liza May Tate Wells; three sisters, Mary Esther Mittag, Beatrice Weinberger and Geneva Deaton and three brothers, Lewis Wells, Rev. J.C. Wells and Leslie Wells.
He is survived by four daughters, Tina Marie (Luis) Rodriguez of Elizabethtown, Phyllis Ann (Terry) Wimp of Cecilia and Norma Jean Benningfield and Deborah Gail (Kirby) Bennett both of Hodgenville; a son, Roger Dale (Melanie) Wells of Hodgenville; a sister, Rose Brown of Elizabethtown; a brother, Delma (Velma) Wells of Hodgenville; nine grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and ten step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1 PM, Monday, July 18, 2016, at the Bennett-Bertram Funeral Home in Hodgenville with Billy Whitlock and Bro. Josh Hutchens officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Tabor Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1 to 8 PM, Sunday and after 9 AM, Monday at the funeral home.