Audrey Diane Pulliam Wells, 83, of Jasper, GA, passed away on February 18th, 2023 peacefully in her sleep. Diane was born on November 13th, 1939 in Steamboat Springs, CO to Audrey and Roy Pulliam.
Diane is survived by her husband Donald Wells, their three children; Mark Wells, Lynn Wells, and Roy Wells, four grandchildren; Patrick Wells, Ansley Hiles, Jenna Pearson, and Addington Hobbs, and two great-grandchildren; Ashton Wells and Audrey Hiles.
Diane and her husband Don started dating when they were Sophomores at Albany High School in Albany, GA where they graduated together in 1957. Diane attended Georgia Southern University and Don attended the University of South Carolina. They were married at 5pm on June 1st, 1962 after Don was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Navy at 8am and graduated from University of South Carolina at 10am on the same day. They spent 28 years as a Navy couple in the Civil Engineer Corps and retired together in 1990 after Don was relieved as the Commanding Officer of the Navy Civil Engineering Laboratory in Port Hueneme, CA. They enjoyed 60 years of happy marriage together.
Diane taught junior high school for 20 years and also ran a tutoring center for students with learning difficulties in Alexandria, VA. She was an active member of the Daughter's of the King at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family in Jasper, GA where Don and Diane are church members.
Don is the President of the Mountain Stewards, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in Jasper, GA. Don and Diane have been the principal researchers for the Indian Cultural Heritage Program. Together they published two books; The Mystery of the Trees and Deciphering the Signs, Sacred Indian Trees and Places, and one documentary with the help of Bob Wells; The Mystery of the Trees. They have also documented and written the history of the mountain communities in North Georgia and many other reports on Indian culture.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family in Jasper, GA with more details to be announced shortly. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Mountain Stewards to carry on her remarkable legacy.