Mary Ellen Wells Lewis, 72

SALISBURY - Mary Ellen Wells Lewis, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, in her home. She was 72. Born in Crisfield on Nov. 13, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Howard B. Sr. and Kathryn Harbaugh Wells. She had been making her home in Salisbury for the past 20 years. A graduate of Crisfield High School, she was a social worker, working with unwed mothers and the elderly at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. She retired after 20 years. She truly loved her job, and enjoyed helping others. She was also very thankful for the special care she received and the relationships she developed with her caregivers during the last few months of her life. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Henry George Wells, and Howard B. Wells Jr. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she is survived by her husband, Samuel James Lewis Jr.; two sons, Jeffrey Scott Lewis and his wife, Sherry Lynn, of Delmar, and Tracy Mark Lewis and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, of Hebron; two grandchildren, Kevin Michael Lewis of Hebron, and Emmaline Katherine Lewis of Delmar; a brother, Charles H. Wells of Crisfield; and her special friends, Joyce Abbott Granger, and the late Gene H. Granger, of Salisbury, and their family. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at the Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield, where friends may call one hour prior to the service. The Rev. Philip Morris will officiate. Burial will be in Sunnyridge Memorial Park. In memory of her, donations may be made to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, MD 21802-1733. To send condolences to the family please visit www.bradshawandsonsfuneralhome.com.