Funeral services will be at Bethel Baptist Church, 7451 Highway 43 North, Poplarville (Crossroads), MS, 39470 on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm. Rev. Billy Kent Smith and Rev. Kirk Hoelzel will officiate the service. Burial will follow in Crossroads United Pentecostal Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends and have visitation from 1:00 pm until the time of services, Wednesday at church.
Mr. Wheat was born June 17, 1929 in Poplarville to Otto Wheat and Laura Amacker Wheat. He was a roofer; a member of Bethel Baptist Church; and a Mississippi Army National Guard Veteran.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
Family members include his wife of 59 years, Lois Seal Wheat; six children, Sheila Knight (James), Frankie Wheat, Calvin Wheat (Jeanna), Jane Ann Hillman (Rodney), Kim Spears (Bruce), Shannon Smith (Mark); one brother, Ronald Wheat (Mollie); one nephew, Elmer Davis, Jr.; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; his granddaughter and caregiver, Shantel Abney (Beau).
Funeral services will be at Bethel Baptist Church, 7451 Highway 43 North, Poplarville (Crossroads), MS, 39470 on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 3:00 pm. Rev. Billy Kent Smith and Rev. Kirk Hoelzel will officiate the service. Burial will follow in Crossroads United Pentecostal Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends and have visitation from 1:00 pm until the time of services, Wednesday at church.
Mr. Wheat was born June 17, 1929 in Poplarville to Otto Wheat and Laura Amacker Wheat. He was a roofer; a member of Bethel Baptist Church; and a Mississippi Army National Guard Veteran.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
Family members include his wife of 59 years, Lois Seal Wheat; six children, Sheila Knight (James), Frankie Wheat, Calvin Wheat (Jeanna), Jane Ann Hillman (Rodney), Kim Spears (Bruce), Shannon Smith (Mark); one brother, Ronald Wheat (Mollie); one nephew, Elmer Davis, Jr.; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; his granddaughter and caregiver, Shantel Abney (Beau).
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