Obituaries:  James Hayman Wheless, Sabine, DeSoto Parish       W-420
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 28, 1973
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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James Hayman Wheless

  James Hayman Wheless, 35 years old, of Logansport, drowned about
2:30 p.m., Monday, June 25, in a farm stock pond on the J. C.
Forbus place in the Cedar Grove community near Many.

  According to witnesses, Wheless was wading with four children,
whose ages ranged from 6 years to 13 years old, when he
apparently waded into deep water, and couldn't swim. Cliff
Varnado was nearby, and heard the children screaming. He rushed
to the scene, but was too late to save Wheless. He recovered the
body.

  The Sabine Parish Sheriff's Department was notified at 2:45
p.m., and Deputies Dub Jeter, and Travis Bennett went to the
scene. The body was carried to Warren Meadows Funeral Home, and
Dr. V. M. John, Sabine Parish Deputy Coroner, held the inquest.

  Wheless was a lifelong resident of Logansport, and a member of
Bethel United Methodist Church.

  Services were held Wednesday, at 11 a.m., in Cool Springs
Baptist Church, with Rev. Reuben Monk officiating, assisted by
Rev. Jackie Meeks. Burial was in Cool Springs Cemetery, under the
direction of Price-Caraway Funeral Home.

  Survivors include his mother, Mr. Lawrence Cordova; his
stepfather, Lawrence Cordova of Logansport; three sisters, Mrs.
Nan Ruth Gibbs of DeBerry, Tex., Mrs. Elizabeth Anne Anderson of
Shreveport, and Mrs. Nattie Kay Bush of Many; three brothers,
John Edward Wheless of Joaquin, Tex., Kenneth Wayne Wheless, and
Walter Orie Wheless, both of Logansport; his grandfather, James
Thomas of Logansport; two sisters, Mrs. Bonnie Louie Taylor of
Deadwood, Tex., and Mrs. Mary Ann Mahalika of Mercerville, N. J.;
two step brothers, Lawrence Edward Cordova of Logansport, and
Billy Gene Cordova of Orange, Tex.; a number of aunts and uncles;
and also a number of nieces and nephews.