Earl Wheeler

Earl Wheeler, of Midland City, AL passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. He was 93.

A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2009 at 2 p.m. in the Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gillis Crenshaw officiating. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society, 2346 W. Main Street, Dothan, AL 36301.

Mr. Wheeler was born on July 7, 1915 in Tioga County, PA and was raised in the Southerntier of New York and the Northerntier of Pennsylvania. He graduated from Southside High School in Elmira, NY in 1933. During WWII, Mr. Wheeler served as a defense contractor on a classified project with the U.S. Navy. He was employed for several years with Remington Rand in Elmira, NY and retired from Jim Walter Corporation as a District Manager in Birmingham, overseeing Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, which was eventually the position that brought him to Dothan. After retiring, Mr. Wheeler went to work with Loftin Equipment Sales and retired after 17 years at 85 years old when the company was sold. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and working in his yard in which Mr. Wheeler received an award for the “Yard of the Year” in Midland City.

Mr. Wheeler was preceded in death by his parents, Halsey and Sylvia Johns Wheeler and his brothers, Roy Wheeler and Robert Wheeler.

Survivors include his wife of 45 years, Mildred Wheeler, Midland City, AL; his children, Jeanette Callaghan, Elmira, NY, James Joanne Wheeler, Durham, NC, Jack Carol Wheeler, Fassett, PA, Thomas Virginia Wheeler, Lewisburg, PA, Donald Charlene Wheeler, Lebanon, PA, Judy Gary Morseman, Breckenridge, CO, and Gene Kathleen Wheeler, Big Flats, NY; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; his brother, Louis Wheeler, Trumansburg, NY; and his sister, Myrtle Lee, Burdett, NY also survive.