Wheeler, Lucy

Passed:

Age: 90

Source:

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2008-03-23

Information: Lucy Margaret (Shinn) Wheeler of Mount Alto passed away Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 in the Pleasant Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Point Pleasant, while surrounded by her family.  She was born Dec. 7, 1918, in Evans, a daughter  of the late Roy Russell and Laura Mae (Stover) Shinn.  Her husband, George Floyd Wheeler;  brothers, George Thurman Shinn  and Henry Lee Shinn;  grandson, Bret Lee Hutton;  and son-in-law, Larry Morrison also preceded her in death.  In her early years, she and her husband owned and operated a grocery store and post office. She was a member of the Homemakers Club and attended the Hopewell Baptist Church and the Creston Church.  For many years, she hosted the community Ice cream social.  She is survived by her children and their spouses, Rosa May and Eugene Blackburn of Barberton, Ohio, Carrie Annabelle and Richard Taylor of Ravenswood, Wilma Louise and Roger Hutton of Mount Alto, Wanda Lucille and William LeFever of Akron, Ohio; son and his wife, Roy John and Sheila Wheeler;  Maxine Marie Morrison, Linda Sue and Brice Gilpin, all of Mount Alto; her siblings, Arnold Wesley Shinn, Robert Leroy Shinn, Eliza Jane Critchfield and Elise May Hess; sister-in-law, Yvonne Shinn; 18 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren and three great-great- grandchildren.   Casket bearers will be her grandsons, Jeffrey Blackburn, Mark Blackburn, Brent Blackburn, Todd LeFever, Timothy LeFever, Greg Hutton, Mathew Morrison, Michael Morrison and Joseph Gilpern. Service at Casto Funeral Home, Evans and burial at Hopewell Cemetery, Mount Alto.