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Former House of Delegates Member Dies

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 2, 2016

Former TBA House of Delegates member and Lafayette attorney Jon Anthony Wells died Aug. 25 after a battle with ALS. He was 77. Funeral services were held Aug. 27 at the Lafayette Church. Wells earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1964 and practiced law on the town square in Lafayette for 48 years. After closing his office, Wells became the full-time executive director of the Lafayette Housing Authority, where he had worked part time since 1970. He was an active member of the community, serving as president of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Macon County Jaycees, president of the Lafayette Rotary Club, counsel for the Lafayette Industrial Development Board and secretary of the Lafayette Regional Planning Commission. The Macon County Times has more on his life.