Mary Wells was born Mary Edna Crawford on June 3, 1919, in Houston, TX. She passed away peacefully at her home in Houston on December 8, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband Charlie Wells and her first husband Allen Grissom, also the father of her four children. She is survived by her children JoAnn Stearns, Ray Grissom, Lloyd Allen Grissom, all of Houston, and Jane Solsbury of Lexington, KY, as well as 6 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and one niece.