Roy Edward Wells was born July 1, 1963, in Seymour, Indiana to LaReta Faye (Fetty) and John Edward Wells. He passed away on Friday, October 23, 2026 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 63 years, 3 months and 22 days. 

Roy grew up in Reydon, Oklahoma, where he attended school. He graduated from Reydon High School in 1981, and began his career in the oil and natural gas industry. He began pumping wells for Fred Trout until the late 1980's.

Roy was married to Judy (Whitson) in Cheyenne, Oklahoma, on June 28, 1986. After their marriage, they made their home in the Reydon community where they began their family. Later Roy began driving a truck cross-country hauling refrigerated foods for Willis Shaw Express. In 1999 he returned to the oil and natural gas industry, owning and operating Wells Contract Pumping Service. He ended his career and retired with Forrest/Templar Oil Company in 2020.

Roy was a member of the Spring Creek Regulators, an 1880's reenactment group that did historical gunfights. Roy also enjoyed playing music, especially the drums, and fishing, traveling with Judy in their RV, working on and collecting old vehicles, and spending time with his family and friends. Roy was a member of the Hammon Community Fellowship and was active in the praise band playing drums.

He was preceded in death by his father, John Edward Wells; two  brothers, Richard Thomas Wells and Frederick Bert Wells, and parents-in-law, Gene and Shirley Whitson.

Roy is survived by his wife, Judy, of the home; three children, Jennifer Purcell and husband, Josh, of Briscoe, Travis Wells of  Unionville, Missouri, and Mac Wells of Cheyenne; two grandsons, Landry and Baker; his mother, Reta Wells of Reydon; and sister-in-law Jymay McLeod of Cheyenne, as well as a host of other relatives and friends.