Mary Esther Wells (1943 - 1992)

Born 13 May 1943 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 26 Jul 1992 at age 49 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Mary Wells is Notable.

Mary Wells was an American singer, known for a string of hit singles composed mainly by Smokey Robinson, including "The One Who Really Loves You", "Two Lovers", "You Beat Me to the Punch", all in 1962, plus her signature hit, "My Guy" (1964). She was one of Motown's first singing superstars.^[1]

Mary Wells married twice: first, in 1960, to Detroit singer Herman Griffin. They divorced in 1963. In 1966 Wells married singer-songwriter Cecil Womack. The marriage lasted until 1977^[2] and produced three children. Wells began an affair with another Womack brother, Curtis, during her marriage to Cecil. She split with Curtis in 1990. Mary had four children: sons Cecil, Jr. and Harry, and daughters Stacy and Sugar.

She passed away in 1992.^[3][4] She is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Wells
2. ↑ "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP5K-LRD : 15 May 2014), Mary E Wells and Cecil D Womack, Sep 1977; from "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
3. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGP5-PYR : 26 November 2014), Mary Esther Wells, 26 Jul 1992; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK8C-H6X : 9 January 2021), Mary E Wells Womack, 26 Jul 1992; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #2101

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 351; Sheet Number: 12; Enumeration District: 85-778
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #176470335
  Mary E Wells (6), single daughter, in household of Geneva Wells (39) in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Born in Michigan.