Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wheelus Rites held in Texas
Rogers Ray Wheelus, 46, died Thursday at Malone and Hogan
Hospital in Big Springs, Tex., after a lengthy illness. He was born in
1932 in Winnsboro.
Funeral services were held Friday at the Sheppard Chapel of
Memories with the Rev. Claude Craven officiating. Burial was at Mt.
Olive Memorial Park.
Wheelus was an operator for Price Construction Co. of Big Springs.
He was a member of the Baptist Church, the VFW and was a
veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Wheelus of Big Springs; two
daughters, Judy Fennell of Snyder, Tex., and Lynn Wickleiffe of
Robert Lee, Tex.; two sons, Ray Wheelus of Snyder, and Marvin
McClanhan, also of Snyder; his mother, Mrs. Henry Wheelus of
Monroe; one sister, Helen Mathis of Monroe; three brothers, W. H.
Wheelus of Winnsboro, Ralph Wheelus of Atlanta, Ga., and James
Wheelus of El Dorado, Ark.; and two grandchildren.
Wednesday, July 25, 1979