Elizabeth Ann WELLS^[1]

1934 - 2019  (85 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Ann WELLS  [2, 3, 4]
  Birth	7 Feb 1934	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [3]
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina at death- she had a grandson, Justin Ryan Caraway- who are his parents? She also had a foster grandson, Carson Rollins. ELIZABETH WELLS MCCATHERN Posted Saturday, September 21, 2019 6:00 am Elizabeth Wells McCathern, 85, widow of Daniel A. McCathern, passed away Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born Feb. 7, 1934, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Leonard Rowland Wells and Thelma Elizabeth Pack Wells. She was a member of Home Branch Baptist Church. She was employed for many years at Pioneer Ltd. and retired from Pritchard Brothers Mechanical. Survivors include two sons, Daniel A. McCathern Jr. and Ralph F. McCathern (Janice), both of Sumter; two grandchildren, Justin Ryan Caraway and Hayleigh A. McCathern; a foster grandson, Carson Rollins; a brother, Leonard R. Wells Jr. of Albany, New York; and special cousins, George Campbell, Randy Campbell, Debra Gibbs, Beth Stoney and Libby DuBose. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Norma Lynn McCathern; a brother, Waverly M. Wells; and a cousin, Ricky Campbell. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Allan Glass, the Rev. Pete Mixon and the Rev. Ronnie Morris officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Justin Ryan Caraway, Todd McDonald, George Campbell, Preston McDonald, Tyler Gibbs and Johnnie Gibbs. Honorary pallbearers will be Harvey McDonald, Frankie McDonald, Mike DuBose, Randy Campbell and the Ladies' Sunday School Class of Home Branch Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Ralph and Janice McCathern, 3930 Nazarene Church Road. Memorials may be made to Home Branch Baptist Church, 2398 Home Branch Road, Manning, SC 29102. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.  [1, 5]
  Reference Number	850
  _UID	D086189989054110BC6BB96D6AFFB4B404B1
  Death	19 Sep 2019	Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	23 Sep 2019	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, 802 N. Guignard Drive, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I18316	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Leonard Rowland “Boots” WELLS, Sr.,   b. 16 Jan 1908, Carson, Dinwiddie County, Virginia d. 8 Sep 1944, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Thelma Elizabeth PACK,   b. 4 Jun 1913, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 14 Feb 2003, National Health Care, Sumter, South Carolina (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1930	Graham Baptist Church Parsonage, Sumter, SC   [6]
  _UID	865D1C165F4849B9B85BD6D6D9BA3A3E8813
  _UID	865D1C165F4849B9B85BD6D6D9BA3A3E8813
  Family ID	F12955	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel Addison (Freeman) McCATHERN, Sr.,   b. 17 Mar 1928, Goodland, Orange Co., SC d. 1 Feb 1989, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	10 Apr 1951	Providence Baptist Church, Sumter County, South Carolina
  _UID	50195C42A3504F6EA3D4E53F80E7AFB82029
  _UID	50195C42A3504F6EA3D4E53F80E7AFB82029
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Norma Lynn McCATHERN,   b. 23 Jan 1956, Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 15 Oct 2010, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F13020	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Born at the corner of Church and Calhoun Street.

  
  

• Sources

  [S27135] Elizabeth Wells McCathern. [S325] Brunson.ged. [S168] Kenneth C. & F. Delores Schmidt, page 106. [S15013] Lynn George. [S2119] Thelma E. Wells. [S5425] Marriage License Index- By Brides’ Name, page 1790.