‘Lord have mercy on your soul’ Nolan Wells’ mother responds to anonymous hate mail before funeral

Nolan Wells’ mother, Christine Wells-Wonsley, revealed that hate mail was sent to the family’s home just days before her son’s funeral, calling out the anonymous sender.

Days before she is set to bury her 18-year-old son, Christine Wells-Wonsley says someone mailed hate to her home. The mother of Nolan Wells shared the development on her Instagram page, where she has kept supporters updated throughout the family’s search for answers since the teen’s death on Horn Island earlier this month.

Wonsley did not mince words in addressing whoever was responsible. “Whoever sent this to my home, may the good Lord have mercy on your soul,” she wrote. She pointed to the anonymity of the sender as its own kind of cowardice, noting they were “bold enough to send this crap but not bold enough to list your return address.”

The post cuts to the heart of what the family has endured since Nolan failed to return from a Fourth of July boat trip with friends. His body was recovered two days later, and in the weeks since, his parents have publicly pressed for a full accounting of what happened, retaining legal representation and commissioning an independent autopsy while awaiting results from the state.

That pursuit, Wonsley made clear, is what she believes has made her family a target. She framed the letter as a grim commentary on the country itself, writing that “this is America where a grieving mother and father have to deal with this type of behavior because we asked a simple question of what happened to our son and accepted all the help we could get to find answers.”

She closed the message with a blunt dismissal of the sender, telling them to “please go touch some grass,” and tagged the post with the hashtags #JusticeForNolanWells and #Forever18.

The disclosure lands at a particularly raw moment. Nolan’s funeral services are scheduled for Monday, July 20, at Center Pointe Church in Ocean Springs, with a visitation beforehand and a celebration of life to follow. Throughout the ordeal, Wonsley has repeatedly urged those supporting her family to keep any demonstrations peaceful, stressing that her son would have wanted nothing else.

For a family already navigating grief under an intense national spotlight, the letter represents an especially cruel intrusion, arriving in the narrow window between losing a child and laying him to rest.