Daniel Lewis Wheeless

DANIEL LEWIS WHEELESS, 72, DIED MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1998. HE WAS BORN AUGUST 25, 1926 IN NASH COUNTY, SON OF THE LATE ZOLLIE AND CLAUDIA NELMS WHEELESS. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR WHERE HE WAS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR 28 MONTHS. MR. WHEELESS WAS A RETIRED SALESMAN WITH DIXIE CUP COMPANY, AND WAS A MEMBER WITH THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, THE DORTCHES RURITAN CLUB, AND A PAST PRESIDENT WITH THE ROCKY MOUNT CIVITAN CLUB.
SURVIVING: WIFE, DORIS YARBROUGH WHEELESS OF THE HOME; SISTERS, ANN W. MORTON OF ROCKY MOUNT, DOT W. MOHANEY OF GOLDSBORO; BROTHERS, GEORGE WHEELESS OF CHAPEL HILL, JOE WHEELESS OF WILMINGTON; NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL 11AM THURSDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH THE REV. WILLIAM V. GRISHAM OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7-8:30PM TODAY AT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME, SUNSET AVE. AND OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME, 3595 S. BROWNTOWN RD., ROCKY MOUNT. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING FUND, 200 S. CHURCH ST., ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.