Thelma E. Wheeler, age 88, of Water Valley, MS passed away Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Yalobusha County General Hospital. The daughter of the late Warren Charles Carnes and Rachel E. Cavanes Carnes, she was a retired Comptroller for the U.S. Air Force, a member of St. Johns Catholic Church in Oxford, MS and a member of the local V.F.W. Women’s Auxiliary.
No local services are planned, however a memorial service is planned for Mrs. Wheeler at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, December 20, 2006, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband Jack A. Wheeler who died June 12, 1994.
Survivors include her daughter, Jackie Ward of Water Valley, MS; son Jack L. Wheeler of Oxford, MS; sisters Lucille Brown of Bennettsville, SC and Elizabeth Workman of St. Louis, MO. She leaves three Grandchildren , Tina Marie Sikma of Chicago, IL, Michelle Renee Alvarez of Water Valley, MS and Nichole Michelle Harwell of Paris, MS ; four Great Grandchildren , Cassandra Elizabeth Shawk, Taylor Marie Sikma, William Ward Sikma and Kirkland Harwell.
The family request in lieu of flowers or food that memorials be made to either Woodlands Hills Baptist Church in Water Valley, MS or St. Johns Catholic Church in Oxford, MS.