Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:48 pm Sunday, February 5, 2017

Annie Lou Wells

Annie Lou Wells, 87, Russellville, passed away Feb. 4 at Russellville Hospital.

Mrs. Wells lived her entire life in Franklin County and was a member of the Church of Christ. She retired from Flower Craft with over 20 years of service.

Visitation will be Feb. 5 from 5-6 p.m. at Pinkard Funeral Home Russellville. Graveside service will be Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.

Survivors include children, Joy Wells and husband Mike Molley, Kay and husband Dixon Livingston; grandchildren, Eric Stephen and wife Shauna Wells and Heather Michele and husband Kraig Kiel; great-grandchildren, Cooper Kiel, Katherine Kiel, Reagan Wells and Drayton Wells; and sisters, Susan Rodgers, Birmingham, and Peggy Simpson, Tuscumbia.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Wells; parents, Fred and Annie Lee Jeffreys; and son, Stephen Wells.

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