Lance Cpl. Wells was Cathy Well’s only child.
Via AJC.com:
Sprayberry High School’s heart is broken at the death of Marine Lance Cpl. Skip Wells, struck down by a terrorist’s bullet in Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, and yet it beats on.
You could hear it Tuesday night in the snap of American flags, whipping in the wind at half-staff as a vigil got underway in the high school stadium.
You could hear it in the mournful cadence of the military band. You could hear it in the rumble of the motorcycles whose riders held Old Glory in honor of the fallen Marine.
Thunder boomed overhead as the memorial started, and it sounded like the very heartbeat of God.
“What a hero we are here to honor tonight, ” said First Baptist Church Woodstock Executive Pastor Jim Law, who began the evening with prayer.