Col Henry Marvin Wellman, Jr., USMC, (Ret), 83, Advance, NC

WINSTON-SALEM - Henry Marvin Wellman Jr., 83, of Advance, died Jan. 20, 2001, at Forsyth Medical Center.

Born Feb. 8, 1917, in Rhodhiss, he was a son of the late Henry M. and Winnie Wilson Wellman. A member of Clemmons Moravian Church, he attended Duke University in Durham and graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, he landed at Guadalcanal and served two additional campaigns in the Pacific. He served 30 years, with active duty in Chile, Japan and the Pentagon, and retired as colonel and commanding officer of Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base. He retired in 1983 from Sears, Roebuck and Co. after 18 years as an executive at corporate headquarters in Chicago, Ill. He served as docent at Reynolda House and helped found the local chapter of the Chaine de Rotisseurs.

Surivors include his wife, Martha Moretz Wellman; two sons and daughters-in-law, Henry M. and Karen Lind Wellman III and Vincent A. and Margaret Walsh Wellman of Ann Arbor, Mich.; a daughter and son-in-law, Jane W. and Tate Egger of Seattle, Wash.; a brother, John Wilson Wellman of Chester, Pa.; a sister, Sara Wellman Hamrick of Kannapolis; and six grandchildren, Lt. Deke Egger, USN, Graham Egger, Ned Wellman, Daniel Wellman, Laura Wellman and Patrick Wellman.

A memorial service will be conducted by the Revs. Ray Burke and Jon Peterson at 11 a.m. Tuesday at his church. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. The family will be at Hayworth-Miller Kinderton Chapel from 7 to 9 tonight. Memorials may be made to Human Service Alliance, 3983 Old Greensboro Road, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101.

Henry Wellman (1917)