Nellie Issa Purviance and Cecil Gray Wells
CECIL GRAY WELLS was born October 3, 1897,7768 and died December 27, 1983.7768
He married NELLIE ISSA PURVIANCE on July 1, 1923 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma,6738 daughter of MARY ALMA DILLEY and JAMES A. PURVIANCE. She was born November 29, 1898,456 and died February 23, 1972 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.456, 10701
Education
- Cecil Gray Wells graduated from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma in 1922 in Engineering.6823
- Activities: A. I. E. E.; Engineering Society; Billy Club
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Work History
- Nellie Issa Purviance was a teacher at Crescent High School before her marriage.10692
Marriage Announcements and News
Stillwater Gazette, July 6, 192310692
Wells-Purviance
Mr. Cecil Wells, of Oklahoma City, and Miss Nell Purviance, of Guthrie were married at Guthrie, Ok., Sunday, July 1, 1923. Mr. Wells is a 1922 graduate of Oklahoma Agriculturist and Mechanical college, and is an employe of the American Tank Co., of Oklahoma City. Mrs. Wells, who is a sister of Mrs. ALmira Abernathy, county home demonstration agent, was formerly a student of A. and M. She has taught two years at Crescent.
Obituaries
Tulsa Daily World, February 24, 197210701
Rites for SS Woman Slated
SAND SPRINGS — Services are schedule at 10:30 a.m. Friday in Firsts Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Cecil G. (Nellie I.) Wells, wife of a consultant and former executive vice president of National Tank Co.
She died Wednesday in a Tulsa hospital following an extended illness. Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery directed by Mobley - Dodson - Lakeside Funeral Home.
Mrs. Wells, 73, moved to Sand Springs 16 years ago after a 30-year residence in Tulsa.
She was a charter member of Tulsa Garden Club and a member of First Presbyterian Church, Sand Springs.
Survivors, besides her husband, include two sons, James L. Wells, and Dr. C. G. Wells, Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Nelda Lamb, all of Sand Springs; three brothers, including Raymond and Harold Purviance, and three sisters, Mrs. Laura Wicks and Maude Purviance, all of Guthrie, and Mrs. Pearl Miller, Oklahoma City; eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
|---|---|---|
| June 21, 190010688 | Waco, Sedgwick, Kansas |
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| May 16, 19104733 | Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma | |
| May 13, 192010695 | Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma |
