Wyvetta Craun Wells

Wyvetta Craun Wells, 89, known to friends and family as Vettie, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2009. She was born in Orange, Va. and grew up in the Roanoke area. She returned to Orange as a young woman where she met her husband of 69 years, Robert William Wells. Wyvetta moved to the Tidewater area during WWII where she worked at the Merchant Marine Hospital while her husband Bob served in the Merchant Marines. Wyvetta and Bob remained in Norfolk and Virginia Beach for the next 60 years. She shared a close life with her husband, two children, her parents and her sister and family. She filled her life with neighbors, friends and reading. Her keen mind and love of books fueled her adventurous heart. She and Bob traveled to many faraway places together. Her job was to provide a home anywhere, frequently with very little. His job was to complete a construction project. They loved the adventure but she loved to return to her home and garden in Virginia Beach. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is survived by her daughter Nancy Wells and her husband Richard Drury of Jamesville (Wyvetta and her late husband have resided with their daughter in Jamesville on the Eastern Shore for the past three years); her son Robert H. Wells and wife Janice of Virginia Beach; granddaughter Lee Anne Drury McMurry, her husband Thomas and two great-granddaughters Clare Lee and Mary Wells McMurry of Williamsburg; and her grandson Robert Lee Drury and wife Carole of Topsom, ME.

A private memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Sunday, November 1st at Bethel United Methodist Church in Jamesville, VA. A private gathering will follow at the Drury's home, 4620 Peaceful Shores Drive, Jamesville, VA. The family asks that memorial donations be made to the Arthritis Foundation, 5101 Cleveland Street, Suite 307, Virginia Beach, VA 23462 in Wyvetta's name.

You may offer condolences to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements made by Doughty Funeral Home in Exmore.