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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000105532</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WELLCO ENTERPRISES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WLC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>WOOD RICHARD A JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ASHEVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>28804</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Secretary</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>COMMON STOCK</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2007-05-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionCode>G</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1900</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">THIS FORM 4 VOLUNTARILY REPORTS, EARLIER THAN REQUIRED, BONA FIDE GIFTS OF COMMON STOCK.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>RICHARD A. WOOD, JR.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-05-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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X0202
4
2007-05-04
0
0000105532
WELLCO ENTERPRISES INC
WLC
0001229081
WOOD RICHARD A JR
120 BEAVER RIDGE ROAD
ASHEVILLE
NC
28804
0
1
0
0
Secretary
COMMON STOCK
2007-05-04
4
G
0
1900
D
0
D
THIS FORM 4 VOLUNTARILY REPORTS, EARLIER THAN REQUIRED, BONA FIDE GIFTS OF COMMON STOCK.
RICHARD A. WOOD, JR.
2007-05-04