Judy Williams Wells

COLUMBIA - Judith Williams Wells died at home on Monday, November 25, 2019, surrounded by her children. Judy was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Louisa Williams and was born in Florence, SC on January 15, 1933.

Judy attended Catawba College and graduated from USC with a teaching degree. She married Ernest Crosby Lewis, a Columbia attorney and legislator with whom she had two daughters, Lisa LaVelle and Allyson Lee Lewis. After teaching elementary school for many years, she went on as social director and to co-manage the Summit Club, the Capital City Club, and directed the renovation and refurbishment of the USC Faculty House with her long-time business partner, Robert Funderburke. She later married Ames Haltiwanger Wells.

A beloved lady of the city of Columbia, Ms. Wells was known for her great compassion for others, her exquisite taste, joyful spirit and great beauty. She is a member of First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by her daughters, Lisa L. Meyer, Allyson L. Taylor and her son-in-law, Tony Byrne of Columbia; her grandchildren, Charles Andrew Taylor of Nashville, TN, and Judith Grace and Charlotte Catherine Meyer of Charleston SC.

A private memorial service will be held in January around the time of her birthday.

Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.