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Dennis Draper, Jr. officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery with full military
honors.
O may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old,
And win with them the victor’s crown of gold.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!
– William C. Simpson, Jr.
Dixie Poe Huske Wells
1928 – 2011
Dixie Poe Huske Wells, 83, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, died
on November 14, 2011. She was a much loved wife, mother,
grandmother, friend, and teacher.
She was born and reared in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the
only child of Thomas Hybert and Hilda Poe Huske. She is
survived by her husband of 45 years, William M. (“Bill”) Wells,
Jr., of Laurinburg, and their only child, Dixie T. Wells, of
Greensboro. She is also survived by Dixie’s husband, L. Patrick
Auld, and her beloved granddaughter.
She was determined and courageous. She overcame a polio
diagnosis on her twelfth birthday in 1940. After spending a year without her parents at the
rehabilitation hospital in Warm Springs, Georgia, she returned to Fayetteville wearing braces
from the neck down. For years to come, she worked at improving her mobility until, at the
age of 48, she climbed the steps to the top of Big Ben (in London) – no braces, no cane. She
survived a broken ankle, breast cancer, a broken femur, and colon cancer.
She loved learning and teaching. She was graduated from Greensboro College in 1950 and
earned a masters degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She read
passionately – everything from the newspaper to the latest novel – and enjoyed her book club.
She taught math for a number of years – first in Hope Mills and later at Greensboro Senior
High School (which became Grimsley Senior High School). She was honored professionally
with induction into Delta Kappa Gamma, but took even greater satisfaction in showing her
six-year old granddaughter how to borrow tens when subtracting and how to solve simple
algebraic equations.
She devoted herself completely to whatever she did and her loyalty inspired loyalty in others.
After she married Bill, she dedicated herself to supporting his ministry as State Director of
Campus Ministry and pastor in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist
Church and in England. Churches served included Saint Luke UMC (Laurinburg),
Knightdale UMC, Duke’s Chapel UMC (Durham), Conway UMC, Robersonville UMC,
Saint Andrews Methodist Church and Queensgrove Methodist Church (Northampton,