Mrs. Rosa Wheeler, 73, widow of the late Edgar P. Wheeler, died suddenly Thursday morning at 12:30 at her home near Stem. She had been in declining health for several months.
The funeral service is to be conducted at Gooch Memorial Church at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31. Elder D.V. Spangler of Danville, Va., will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the church and hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Wheeler was born and reared in Stem, the daughter of Eliza and Elijah Gooch. She had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church in Stem for many years.
She was married on Oct. 21, 1896 to Edgar P. Wheeler, whose death occurred in January, 1928. Surviving are two sons, Garland L. Wheeler of Oxford and Hazel H. Wheeler of Stem; two daughters, Mrs. Eula Wheeler Collier of Wilmington, and Mrs. Lettie Wheeler Parrish of Stem; three brothers, R.L. Goss of Durham, T.C. Goss of Varina and L.O. Goss of Stem; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Fowler of Garner and Mrs. W.T. Roberts of Durham, and nine grandchildren.
Active pallbearers ill be J.H. Daniel, M.L. Fowler, Elbert Hill, M.H. Moore, Ernest G. Clayton, and L.W. Hall.
Mrs. Rosa Wheeler, 73, widow of the late Edgar P. Wheeler, died suddenly Thursday morning at 12:30 at her home near Stem. She had been in declining health for several months.
The funeral service is to be conducted at Gooch Memorial Church at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31. Elder D.V. Spangler of Danville, Va., will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will be taken to the church and hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Wheeler was born and reared in Stem, the daughter of Eliza and Elijah Gooch. She had been a member of the Primitive Baptist Church in Stem for many years.
She was married on Oct. 21, 1896 to Edgar P. Wheeler, whose death occurred in January, 1928. Surviving are two sons, Garland L. Wheeler of Oxford and Hazel H. Wheeler of Stem; two daughters, Mrs. Eula Wheeler Collier of Wilmington, and Mrs. Lettie Wheeler Parrish of Stem; three brothers, R.L. Goss of Durham, T.C. Goss of Varina and L.O. Goss of Stem; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Fowler of Garner and Mrs. W.T. Roberts of Durham, and nine grandchildren.
Active pallbearers ill be J.H. Daniel, M.L. Fowler, Elbert Hill, M.H. Moore, Ernest G. Clayton, and L.W. Hall.
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