Malcolm Vaughn Wells peacefully left this earthly world on October 27, 2021.

Malcolm was born on January 9, 1945 in Mexico City, Mexico to Horace Vaughn Wells and Jacqueline Judson Wells and spent his life surrounding himself with friends and family in his childhood hometowns of Tampico, Mexico and Corpus Christi, Tx. He was the oldest of 2 boys, played football, absolutely loved golf. He graduated from SMU as a Sigma Alpha Epsilon receiving his Bachelors and Master's Degrees in Business.  Malcolm married his high school sweetheart, Joyce Heitzeberg, and started a family.  Troy and Kimberly were only a year apart in age and grew up close together, always challenging Malcolm and making sure he was on his game every day.

Time passed and Malcolm and Joyce parted ways. Malcolm moved to Dallas close to Kimberly and her family.  A new chapter began here, Mary Lou entered his life and it took on a new light.  Malcolm was able to overcome a terrible diagnosis of Stage 4 cancer, and other health issues with the support and love from her by his side from day one.

This lent to his strength for him to create memories with his grandchildren, the oldest (Dalton) from Troy, two boys from Kimberly and Richard (Zachary and Ethan), three girls (Aiden, Daphne and Marlo) and one boy (Oliver) from Nathan and Shevaun and two boys (Sam and Brooks) from Meredith and Terry .

Malcolm will be sorely missed by all that knew and loved him.  His many friends and large family will forever remember his contagious smile, funny laugh and bad "dad jokes".  Malcolm was a great Husband, Father, Grandfather and  Friend. He left a legacy of kindness and loyalty for his grandchildren to emulate.  He was truly a fine gentleman.

He will be forever in our hearts and an angel on our shoulders.  We will see you when it is our turn to fly. We all know you are in heaven standing tall.

Memories:

Mary Lou: I met this awesome man at a wedding in 2003.  After months of phone calls, he asked me for a date. The rest that follows is our story book tale of cancer survival, travel and marriage. He asked me to marry him in the Sistine Chapel while on a tour of the Vatican in Rome, - what more could a woman ask for. Our life together was too short but so precious. I love him greatly and always will.

Kimberly: A memory that always makes me laugh - my Mom was out of town for a couple of weeks, we lived in Ft. Worth at the time.  I told Dad that I needed to go to the SMU library to study and he was so proud that I was going to his Alma Mater to do research.  Told me where to go, park, what to look for, the works.  Of course, I was only going to Dallas to go out with my friends.  I got away with this twice, then my Mom called, he told her where I was, then the party was over.  We loved talking about that with each other, always making us giggle.

Some of my favorite memories were in  the mornings when the rest of the house was asleep.  He was always the first one up and we would always sit and have a cup of coffee, talk about whatever we thought was important at the time.  I knew each morning were moments were my "Daddy time" and never took them for granted.  I had my last Daddy morning after my 50th birthday around 4am…we chattered until the sun came up.

Richard: Upon the passing of my father, soon after Kimberly and I were married, Malcolm shared my grief and helped me get past this rough time by telling me that although he never wanted to try to replace my father, he hoped I would accept him as a surrogate father.  Through the years he always played that role in my life.

Zach: One day about 10 years ago, Dada joined my family and I at the shooting range. My whole family decided it was a good idea if my first experience with a rifle was my Uncle's 50 caliber. After 5 minutes of trying to get me to hold it properly, my 8 year old self decided I knew more than Dada, so I shot the gun. Being that I was not holding it right, I flew backwards and fell. He walked over and stood over me, laughing, and said, "Wow, I didn't expect you to have THAT much distance, that was impressive." And no, it did not stop the shoulder pain or the tears.

Ethan: Dada would always make me and my brother laugh with his very corny dad jokes.  He would manage to say them at the worst of times, and that would just make it that much better.  It was a staple of his, and every time I spent time with him, it was a guarantee that I'd laugh my but off.  Even when I didn't see him, He would text me almost every morning a daily joke, which would start off my day with a smile.  The day before he passed, I flipped the switch and sent a dad joke to him, and he replied with "Outstanding!  A good start to your future as a jokester!"  Now, I'll try my best to fulfill the role he had of making everyone laugh every single day.  I love you, Dada.

Sam: I loved Tio soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He watched me play baseball he watch me do Ninja and Football.

Brooks: He was the greatest grandpas ever and he never gave up so l will never give up on him.

The Memorial Service will be at 10:30 A.M. on November13.2021 at St. John's United Methodist Church, 311 E. University Ave., Georgetown, Texas 78626. The family invites you to join them at the church for light refreshments after the service.

A Memorial Fund has been set up in Malcolm's name for St. John's United Church.

On line donations can be made at www.stjohnsumc.cc (Donate, Make a Donation, Fund is Malcolm Wells Memorial Fund)