GREENVILLE – Fairfield B. “Mickey” Wells, 71, died Dec. 26, at C.A. Dean Hospital in Greenville, following a short illness, surrounded by his family.

He was born March 13, 1937, in Sherman, son of George and Sarah (Lane) Wells.

He was a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and served in Germany following World War II. He worked as a trucker for all of his life, and for the past eight years he had been working for Boothbay Regional Refuge and Disposal Facility.

He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Angela (Carlow) Wells, of Sangerville; five sons, Thomas Wells and his wife, Kathy, of Benton, Randy Spaulding of Dover-Foxcroft, Darrell Spaulding and his wife, Shannon, of Sangerville, Cory Wells and his wife, Jennifer, of Newnan, Tony Wells and his wife, Michelle, of Oxford; two daughters, Tina Golden and her husband, Gary, of Monson, and Kathy LaBelle and her husband, Mike, of Bradford; 16 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a son, Frankie Wells, in 1986.