Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Thursday, April 9, 1959

Mrs. Pernesie Wheelus

Final rites for Mrs. Pernesie Wheelus of Oak Grove community were conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Oak Grove Baptist church, with the Rev. T. J. Ratcliff officiating. The Rev. Joe Mongle assisted. Interment in Oak Grove cemetery followed.

A housewife, Mrs. Wheelus was born April 5, 1873 in Winn parish. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist church. Death came after a long illness at 8 a.m. Saturday at her home.

Survivors of Mrs. Wheelus are a son, Henry Wheelus, Winnsboro; 10 grandchildren; two brothers, Norvel McCarty, Winnsboro, and Willis McCarty, Center, Tex.; eight great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Wesley Herrington, John Guimbellot, Julius Mercer, Jack Carpenter, Harold Robinson and Fred Hitt.