Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Wednesday, July 23, 1986

Winnie Cupples Wheelus

Services for Winnie Cupples Wheelus, 85, formerly of Winnsboro, were held at 3 p.m. Friday at Temple Baptist Church in Winnsboro with the Revs. Rodger Johnson and Marion Collier officiating. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Monroe.

Mrs. Wheelus died Thursday at North Monroe Community Hospital following a lengthy illness.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Sterlington, a charter member of Temple Baptist in Winnsboro and a retired saleslady for Seligman's Department Store in Winnsboro.

Survivors include one daughter, Pansye Sanders of Sterlington; one sister, Mae Ola Wheelus of Monroe; two grandchildren and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers were James Wheelus, W. H. Wheelus, John A. Curry, Ray Thomas, Elton Elridge and Don Kemp.