Wallace Funeral Home
Obituaries
(2020)

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  1.    Lake,  Donna Leann
  2.    Day,  Paul E.
  3.    Wheeler,  Gerald
  4.    Spears,  Monica Louise
  5.    Dillman,  Everett Lee
  6.    Brewster,  Carolyn
  7.    Edwards,  Cordell Kirk
  8.    Mason,  Karen Louise
  9.    Pyle,  James Christopher
  10.  O'Neal,  Bill Marshall
  11.  Ashworth,  Doris
  12.  Brown,  Raymond David
  13.  Cyrus,  Charlotte Nadine
  14.  Duncan,  Janet Sue
  15.  Wooten,  Adam
  16.  Abbott,  Dorothy Mae
  17.  Jeffery,  Allie Lee
  18.  Raub,  George Fredrick
  19.  Gilkerson,  Keith Roy
  20.  Persinger,  Barbara
  21.  Campbell,  Virginia Dare
  22.  Bowyer,  Lillian Marie
  23.  Vipperman,  Robert Lee
  24.  Wilson,  Johnnie Lee
  25.  Current,  Mandy Avis
  26.  Mosrie,  Maged
  27.  Hatfield,  Tomie
  28.  Jenkins,  Curtis Randal
  29.  Garrett,  Betty Jane
  30.  Burns,  Elnora May

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabell County
Doors to the Past

Obituary

Gerald Wheeler
(March 13, 1945 - January 9, 2020)


Gerald “Mitchell” Wheeler, 74, of Huntington, WV, made his heavenly crossing from his boyhood home on January 9, 2020. Born March 13, 1945, the son of Jewell Hensley Wheeler. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Barbara Wheeler, who loved him with all of her heart, also by two sisters, Marian Broughton of Kettering, Ohio and Carolyn Jones of Athelia, Ohio. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Raymond, Kenneth, David and Cricket; three sisters, Phyllis Wheeler, Ramona Gibson, and Patricia Eubank. Mitchell began his career as a tree trimming perfectionist at the age of 17 under the direction of his father-in-law Thomas Orie Brooks. He began his own business in 1975, he named it Wheeler’s Tree Service. He retired in 2010. Mitchell loved to travel, hunt, fish, bowl, and play horseshoes. He loved having his cattle on the home place til he was no longer able to care for them. He was a member and trustee of Bowen Ridge Church which he loved dearly. He is survived by lots of nieces and nephews. He is also survived by special nieces, Michelle Dotson, Kay Dick, Missy Means, Vonda Wheeler, Tiffany Fitzpatrick, Rita Blake and Sabrina Bellomy; a special nephew, Pearl Dotson; special brothers-in-law, Don Gibson and Tommy Brooks; special sister-in-law, Trish Dotson; and good friends, Brenda Hysell and Sharon Hogsett. Mitchell is also survived by really special close friends that was more like brothers to him, Joe Hogsett, Greg Brooks and Earl Fortner. All of these people made his last days as good as possible. Pallbearers will be Tommy Brooks, Joe Hogsett, Greg Brooks, Earl Fortner, Matt Fortner and Randy Mullin. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, January 13, 2020 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, by Pastor Jesse Lacy and Brother Dave Gladwell. Burial will be in Baylous Cemetery, Salt Rock. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Wallace Funeral Home, Barboursville. A special thank you to Teresa Davis for her love and care. Special thanks to HIMG, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Paramount Senior Living and Hospice of Huntington.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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