Beckham Co. OK - Obit for James Everett Wheeler Submitted by: Wanda Purcell wpurc25758@aol.com ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Graveside services for James Everett Wheeler, age 83, of san Diego, California were held Thursday, February 25, 1988 at 2:00 p.m. at White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Fathree-Albert Funeral Home of Erick, Carl Hill officiating. Mr. Wheeler died Friday, Feburary 19, 1988 in San Diego, California. James Everett Wheeler was born July 23, 1904 in Rankin, Oklahoma to George W. and Ursual Pyland Wheeler. He had lived in Reydon, Oklahoma and Fort Wayne, Indiana before moving to San Diego. He entered the armed forces in 1942 and served in Germany during World War II. He was retired from the Naval Air Station in San Diego in 1970. Mr. Wheeler is preceded in death by his parents, five brothers and one sister. Survivors include two brothers, Ralph Wheeler of Ceres, California and Murray Wheeler of Long Beach, California and one sister, Fern Howell of Erick, OK