Wheeler, Richard Otha

Passed:

Age: 73

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1970-03-13

Information: WHEELER SERVICE HELD ON SUNDAY - Funeral services for Richard Otha Wheeler, 73, of Cottageville, who died Friday in the Jackson General Hospital at Ripley, were conducted Sunday at the Hopewell Baptist Church.  The Rev. Clarence Morton and the Rev. Milton Hankins officiated with burial in the Hopewell Cemetery.  Born Feb. 17, 1897 at Cottageville, he was a son of the late Henry and Rosa Donohew Wheeler and was a member o the Mt. Alto Hopewell Church.  He was a member of the Local 927 of the UAW at Columbus, O. and was retired from the North American Aviation Co. in Columbus.  Survivors include his wife, Mable Shriner Wheeler; five sisters, Mrs. Hattie Blackburn and Mrs. Margaret Flowers, both of Mt. Alto, Mrs. Ethel Jewel, New Haven, Mrs. Thelma McDermott, and Mrs. Gladys Blessing, both of Parkersburg.  The Casto funeral directors were in charge.