Safely Home

I am now at home in heaven;
All’s so happy, all so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.

All the pain and grief are over,
Every restless tossing past;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in heaven at last.

Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the Valley of the Shade?
Oh! But Jesus’ love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.

And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus’ arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt or dread?

Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still;
Try to look beyond earth’s shadows,
Pray to trust our Father’s will.

There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idle stand;
Do your work while life remaineth –
You shall rest in Jesus’ land.

When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you home;
Oh, the rapture of the meeting!
Oh, the joy to see you come!

    Helen Virginia Wells, 86, of Mexico, died at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005, at Pin Oaks Nursing Center.

   Mrs. Wells was born on June 5, 1919, in Vandalia, a daughter of William and Ethel Jackson Bryant. She was a graduate of Lincoln University, taught grade school in Rolla, and served as office manager for Richardson Collision Body Shop until she retired. In June 1971 in Vandalia she married Elgin H. Wells, who survives at the home in Mexico. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Mexico.

   In addition to her husband, survivors include a stepson, Dr. Elgin Eugene Wells and wife Carolyn, Pearland, Texas; a brother, William Bryant, Philadelphia, Pa.; and two sisters, Elizabeth Shepard and husband Orey, and Edith Salmon, all of Vandalia.

   Her parents and five brothers preceded her in death.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Wells will be at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, 2005, at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Randall Sawyer officiating. Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Vandalia Cemetery.

   Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association and sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N. Western, Mexico, MO 65265.

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