POCOMOKE CITY - Dr. Duncan Buchanan Wells died at his Pocomoke City home on Friday, June 8, 2018. Born in Salisbury, he was the son of the late, Dr. Benjamin S. "Sarge" Wells and Helen Shaw Wells.
Following his graduation from James M. Bennett High School in 1982, he went on to pursue his dream of following in his father's and grandfather's footprints by becoming a third-generation dentist. He graduated from Washington College and then went on to complete dental school at the University of Maryland, College of Dental Surgery.
He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, a past president of the Pocomoke City Rotary International Club, a board member of the Pocomoke YMCA, was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity, and was a member of the Maryland State Dental Association.
He is survived by his wife, Anne Marie Connick Wells; two daughters, Katherine Rebecca Wells and Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth Wells; a son, John "Jack" Duncan Wells; two brothers, Benjamin Sargent Wells III of Snow Hill and Douglas Hall Wells of Selbyville; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Duncan was preceded in death by a brother, David Shaw Wells.
A funeral service was held Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at Salem United Methodist Church in Pocomoke City. Interment was in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Pocomoke City. Arrangements are in the care of Holloway Funeral Home in Pocomoke City.