Madison County NcArchives Obituaries.....Wheeler, Gillie M. Reed June 3, 1969
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News Record, Marshall, Madison Co. NC
Mrs. Wheeler Dies at 102, Spent Life in Big Laurel

Mrs. Gillie Reed Wheeler, 102, of Mars Hill Rt. 3, died Tuesday morning, June 
3, 1969, at her home after a brief illness.  

She lived in the Big Laurel Township all of her 102 years and died less than a 
mile of the house where she was born.

Her parents were one of six white families to first settle the remote 
community in Madison County.  She once told a Citizen reporter her only school 
books were a "blue backed speller and a second reader."

When Mrs. Wheeler was 11 years old she joined the Laurel United Methodist 
Church.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ada Crain and Mrs. John E. Jenkins, both of 
Mars Hill Rt. 3; three sons, Emerson of Flag Pond, Tenn., and Sam and Mattie 
Wheeler, both of Mars Hill Rt. 3; three brothers, John and Ernest, both of 
Spartanburg, S.C., and Arthur Reed of Orlando, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Lee 
McElreath of Marshall; 19 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren, and nine 
great-great-grandchildren.

Services were held at 2 p.m. today (Thursday) in Laurel United Methodist 
Church, of which she was a member for 91 years.

The Rev. Jim Long, the Rev. Joe Rice and the Rev. Johnny Jones officiated.  
Burial was in Reed Cemetery.  Grandsons served as pallbearers.

Additional Comments:
(Gillie's parents were Jasper J. Reed and Sarah Melvina Banks.  Her middle 
name may be Melvina.

Her husband was Samuel Harrison Wheeler, born Yancey Co. 1864, died 31 Mar 
1925.  Samuel was the son of John Henry Wheeler and Axey Mariah Honeycutt.  
They married about 1886.)

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