

  <p>Wheeler, Roy John</p>
  <p>Passed: 2009-11-17</p>
  <p>Age: 65</p>


  <p>Source: Charleston Gazette</p>

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  <p>Obituary Date: 2009-11-18</p>
  <p>Information: Roy John Wheeler, 65, of Mount Alto, peacefully departed this world on November 17, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family following a brave battle with prostate cancer.  Roy was born January 17, 1944, in Mount Alto, the only son of the late Floyd and Margaret (Shinn) Wheeler.  He was also preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Larry Morrison, and a nephew, Bret Lee Hutton.  Roy was a 1961 graduate of Ripley High School, where he served as Senior Class President and was recognized as the class salutatorian.  He also attended Marshall University and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering.  He retired from Century Aluminum after 27 years of employment.  He and his wife, Sheila, also ownen and operated the Mountaineer Pride Car Wash in Charleston for 18 years.  Together, with daughter Melissa, the family owned the 30 Acre Woods craft business.         Along with his attirbutes of honesty and integrity, he was blessed with the gift of innumerable talents in the areas of woodcarving, oil painting, drafting, carpentry and poetry.  Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Sheila (Carrillon) Wheeler; daughters and sons-in-law, Kristi and Jack Bailey of St. Albans and Melissa and Johnny Stewart of South Point, Ohio; grandchildren, who were the light of his life, Alexander and Ethan Bailey and Ellie Stewart; sisters and their husbands, Rosa May and Eugene Blackburn of Barberton, Ohio, Annabelle and Richard Taylor of Ravenswood, Wilma and Roger Hutton of Mount Alto, Maxine Morrison of Mount Alto, and Linda and Brice Gilpin of Mount Alto, Wanda and Bill LeFever of Akron, Ohio; and many nieces and nephews.  A service to celebrate Roy&#39;s life will be held 1 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2009, at Casto Funeral Home, Evans, with John Gunther officiating.  Burial will follow in the Hopewell Cemetery, Mount Alto.  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Hopewell Cemetery Fund, 703 Fleming Ave., Ravenswood WV 26164 or Hospice Care, 1606 Kanawha Blvd. W., Charleston, WV 25312.  A Ripley High School Scholarship Fund will be established through the Jackson County Community Foundation in Roy&#39;s memory and honor of the Wheeler Family.</p>


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