Edith Cain Wells

Edith Loflin (Cain) Wells, died July 9, 2010. She was 92 years old. She was born in the Handy Community to Daniel Walter (D.W.) Loflin and Myrtle Troy (Harrison) Loflin. Edith was widowed twice. Her first husband, John W. Cain, died in 1965 and both children from that marriage, Paul Cain and Pauline Cain McElyea are deceased. Amos (Jack) Wells, her second husband, died in 2000. Edith was employed for 23 years as an LPN at Mountain Vista Health Park and was a resident there at the time of her death. She was the last of her parents 6 children, Dallas L. Wood, Freda L. Stroud, Glen, Wade and Fred Loflin and also preceded in death by 3 half siblings, Edward and Ralph Loflin and Vinie L. Hale who were the children of D.W. Loflin and second wife Virginia. Edith is survived by 2 sisters, Eva L. Warnstaff and husband Clifford and Dr. Dorothea L. Martin and husband Dr. Daniel Hoffman, all of Charlotte; a son-in-law, Donald McElyea, of the Charleston, SC area, several step children and their families who live in Texas, 2 nieces, Linda and Janet Loflin of Winston-Salem and nephew Gary Loflin and wife Brenda of Trinity. Several first cousins, all grandchildren of “Pap” Harrison, still live in the Handy area. Services and burial will be in Texas. Her lifetime of service touched many lives. Edith was a longtime member of the Thomasville Seventh Day Adventist Church. Donations in her memory may be given to her church, PO Box 1027, Thomasville NC 27361