J. Eugene M. Wells

Background

Wells, J. Eugene M. was born on December 23, 1925 in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States. Son of Alva Lee and Rebah Christine (Stewart) Wells.

Education

Student, University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1943-1944; Bachelor in Education, Southern Illinois U., 1946; Master of Science in Education, Southern Illinois U., 1951; postgraduate, Lincoln College Law, Springfield, Illinois, 1949-1951; postgraduate, Worcester College, Oxford (England) U., 1982; postgraduate, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England, 1990; HHD, U. Simon Boliver, Ecuador, South America, 1972.

Career

Teacher, Jefferson County School, Mount Vernon, Illinois, 1946-1954; school administrator, Jefferson County School, 1954-1957; salesman, Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens, 1957-1958; owner, manager, Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens, since 1958; treasurer, Pre-Interment Association American, 1958-1963; owner, Dudley & Wells, Waltonville, Illinois, 1960-1972; owner, Wells & Associations, Carbondale, Illinois, 1962-1980; owner, Murdale Gardens of Memory, Musphysboro, Illinois, since 1974. Owner, manager Tel Aviv Farms, Jefferson County, since 1946. Tax consultant Jefferson County Government, Mount Vernon, 1978-1982.

Vice president Big Muddy Block Grant, Ziegler, Illinois, 1982-1988. Treasurer Pre-Interment Association American, Minneapolis, 1961-1964;president Southern Illinois Cemetery Association, Carbondale, 1958-1970. Member speakers' bureau Rend Lake College, Illinois, 1970-1975.

Achievements

• J. Eugene M. Wells has been listed as a noteworthy Cemetery operator, farmer, governmental official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of the board Jefferson County, since 1974. Director Rend Lake Development Corporation, since 1987;sponsor girls athletic programs, Jefferson County, 1958-1990. Chief elected official Job Partner Training Act, since 1988.

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member National Association County Board Chairman, Southern Illinois Associated Management (president), Charlois Breeders Association, World Traveler, American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion.

Connections

Married Betty Ruth Baker, April 27, 1946. Children: Catheryn Stanford, Janice Senftleber.

Father:

Alva Lee Wells

Mother:

Rebah Christine (Stewart) Wells

Spouse:

Betty Ruth Baker

child:

Janice Senftleber Wells

child:

Catheryn Stanford Wells