Obit of Wheeler, Lahoma Sewell (w460) - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 6 Feb 2004 Return to Roger Mills Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wheeler, Sewell, Wootton, Knauth, Lemons, Chambers, Meadows, Murray Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/5628 Lahoma Wheeler was born July 8, 1917 in the Rankin/Reydon, Oklahoma area to Minnie and Ed Sewell. She passed away January 27, 2004 in the Hemphill County Hospital, Canadian, Texs at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 19 days. She grew up east of Reydon and graduated from Reydon High School in 1935. She was married to Elmo Wheeler at Cheyenne, Oklahoma on October 9, 1937. In the fall of 1939, they moved to Canadian, Texas. After Elmo retired in 1968, they returned to Oklahoma and made their home east of Reydon on the Sewell homestead. Lahoma was active in the extension homemakers club both in Reydon and Canadian. Lahoma was concerned about her neighbors and community and kept everyone up to date with her weekly "Reydon News" article in the Cheyenne Star. She was a very active member of Reydon First Baptist Church, where she loved working with the children. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, 1 brother, Jackson Sewell. The family requests memorial donations be made to the Reydon First Baptist Church. The family greeted friends at the funeral home, Friday, anuary 30, 2004 from 2:00 till 5:00 p.m. Services were held Saturday January 31, 2004 at 11:00 am. at Reydon First Baptist Church, officiated by Kelly Smith. Burial was held at White Rose Cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. Survivors include 2 daughters Judy Wootton of Canadian, Texas and Nancxy Knauth of Round Rock, Texas; 1 son John Wheeler of Canadian, Texas; 8 grandsons Keith Lemons, Wade Lemons, Dough Wheeler, Monty Wheeler, Stacy Wheeler, Brandon Wheeler, Cody Chambers, Heath Chambers; 1 granddaughter Shannon Meadows; 20 great grandchildren; 1 borhter Gene Sewell of Cuperina, California; 1 nephew Steve Sewell of St. Joseph, Missouri; 1 sister-in-law Pat Murray and husband, Lee of Pampa, Texas; and a host of relatives and friends. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 5-Feb-2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html