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Robert “Kent” Wheatley

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Robert “Kent” Wheatley

Birth
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Death
17 Feb 2021 (aged 70)
Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Union City, Obion County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.4221192, Longitude: -89.0380317
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Kent Wheatley
May 16, 1950 - February 17, 2021

Mr. Robert Kent Wheatley, 70, of Union City passed away 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Saturday.

Pallbearers will be Chase Wallace, DJ Gammons, Blake Walton, Drew Gammons, Mike Gammons and Brad Walton.

Honorary pallbearers will be Russ Thomas and Joey Johnson.

Kent was born May 16, 1950, in Memphis, son of the late Thomas Ervin and Ruth Marie (Milner) Wheatley. He married Elisha (Gammons) Wheatley September 23, 1971. She survives. Kent was a 1969 graduate of Union City High School. He had been employed as a truck driver at the former Reelfoot Packing Company and for A & J Salvage.

He is also survived by two sons, Chad Wheatley of Union City and Steve Wheatley of Gadsden, Alabama; four grandchildren, Brooklyn Wheatley, Jacob Wheatley, Averie Wheatley and Lillian Wheatley; and one great grandchild, Kyree Wheatley.

He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Kelly Michelle Wheatley; and two sons, Scott Wheatley and Christopher Michael Wheatley.

Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
Kent Wheatley
May 16, 1950 - February 17, 2021

Mr. Robert Kent Wheatley, 70, of Union City passed away 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Saturday.

Pallbearers will be Chase Wallace, DJ Gammons, Blake Walton, Drew Gammons, Mike Gammons and Brad Walton.

Honorary pallbearers will be Russ Thomas and Joey Johnson.

Kent was born May 16, 1950, in Memphis, son of the late Thomas Ervin and Ruth Marie (Milner) Wheatley. He married Elisha (Gammons) Wheatley September 23, 1971. She survives. Kent was a 1969 graduate of Union City High School. He had been employed as a truck driver at the former Reelfoot Packing Company and for A & J Salvage.

He is also survived by two sons, Chad Wheatley of Union City and Steve Wheatley of Gadsden, Alabama; four grandchildren, Brooklyn Wheatley, Jacob Wheatley, Averie Wheatley and Lillian Wheatley; and one great grandchild, Kyree Wheatley.

He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Kelly Michelle Wheatley; and two sons, Scott Wheatley and Christopher Michael Wheatley.

Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home


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