Gayle Wells Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Gayle Wells (Richmond, Virginia), who passed away at the age of 84, on December 6, 2025. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Roland Harvey Childress and Helen Louise Wilkinson; and her sister Joyce Ann Childress. She is survived by: her former husband Robert Joseph Makowsky (Bob); her husband Richard Lee Wells; her daughter Kimberly Gayle Reynolds (Eric); her stepchildren, Scott Wells (Alice) and Susan Ward (Matt); her grandchildren, Christopher Wootton (Emily), Justin Wootton, Joshua Wootton (Katie), Sarah Elizabeth Zupanc (Fred), Aaron Reynolds (Marybeth), Joshua Reynolds and Ryan Reynolds (Brittany); and her great grandchildren, Ian Wootton, Benjamin Wootton, Kiera Zupanc and Reese Reynolds.

Memorial donations can be made to Communities In Schools of Chesterfield, Manchester Middle School, P.O. Box 10, Chesterfield, VA 23832.