Stuart Wells

Services will be at 2:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at the Chapel at Boys Ranch with Rev. Stephen Jennings officiating. Burial will be in Boys Ranch Cemetery with Pastor Art Hill, Trinity Lutheran Church of Tyler, officiating. Stuart Wells was born October 17, 1985 at his grandparents" home in Tyler, Texas. Years later he was born again as a child of God through Holy Baptism at a Baptist church in Overton, Texas. He graduated from Boys Ranch High School in 2004 and attended Tyler Junior College. Stuart had a special love for animals, leading him to enjoy his work at Rannals Veterinarian Clinic in Whitehouse. After being diagnosed with Hodgkin"s Lymphoma in January, 2003, his goal was to work in the field of medicine. Rare is the person who can be such an inspiration of Christian faith and kindness, while enduring great personal suffering. Stuart lived his life trying to do the impossible, which contributed to his gallant fight with cancer. Survivors include two brothers, James Whitehurst, of Longview, TX, and Scott Whitehurst, of Tyler; his grandparents, Bo and Lynda Shira, of Whitehouse; great grandparents, Melvin and Jessie Gromatzky, of Chandler, TX; many aunts, uncles, cousins and extended families, including the Hebers, Jennings, Jones, King and Spencer families. He is also survived by two extraordinary friends and brothers from the heart, Jeremy Spencer and Orry Jones. The family suggests memorials be to Cal Farley"s Boys Ranch, 600 W. 11th St., Amarillo, Texas 79101-3228.