Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameEdward Boyagen Wells
Birth18 Jan 1912, Yadkin Co, NC
Census4 Apr 1950, Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC
Memoroll#3828, pg 6
Death7 Aug 1981, Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC
BurialSalisbury Nat’l Cem, Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC
MemoSection A, site 965
Misc. Notes
S1, U.S. Navy, World War II (2 Sep 1943 - 1 Oct 1945)
Spouses
Birth18 Jun 1917, Yadkin Co, NC
Death7 Jul 1997, Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC
MemoRowan Regional Medical Center
Burial9 Jul 1997, Salisbury Nat’l Cem, Salisbury, Rowan Co, NC
MemoSection F Site 256
Misc. Notes
Dau of Giles Andrew Reavis and sister of Beula who married John Thomas Wells.
Widow of Karl Albert Broom at the time of her death, whom she married after divorcing Edward Wells.
[Obituary] Davie County Enterprise Record - 3 July 1997
Velma Reavis Bioum, 80, of Salisbury, died Monday, July 7. 1997, at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a serious illness of one week.
Borni June 18. 1917 in Yadkin Cuunly to the late Ida Bell Wooten and Giles Reavis, she was educated in the Yadkin County schools and was a homemaker. She attended Rowan Christian Assembly of God in Granite Quarry and was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Edward Boyagen Wells; and her second husband, Karl Albert Broom. She is survived by a son, Gary Wells of Faith; and 2 grandchildren.
A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. July 9 at Salisbury National Cemetery by the Rev. Clynn Dickens.
Marriage5 Aug 1939, Grayson Co, VA
Divorce28 Aug 1980, Rowan Co, NC