- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- In Loving Memory of Doris Berniece Wheeler, July 19, 1930- May 1, 2000, Saturday, May 6, 2000, 11:00 A.M., Glendale Cemetery, 150 Glendale Street, Akron, Ohio 44302, Rev. Leroy Adams, Officiating
- Contributor to Resource:
- African-American Historical and Genealogical Society (Washington, D.C.). Metro Atlanta Chapter
Wesley Chapel Genealogy Group - Date of Original:
- 2000-05-06
- Subject:
- African American women--Ohio--Akron--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Ohio--Akron--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Ohio--Akron---History--20th century
Funeral service--Ohio--Akron--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Ohio--Akron--History--20th century
African Americans--Ohio--Akron--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Ohio, Summit County, Akron, 41.08144, -81.51901
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Doris Berniece Wheeler. Birth date: July 19, 1930. Death date: May 1, 2000. Funeral date: May 6, 2000. Church: Glendale Cemetery (Akron, Ohio). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 866
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_wheelerdorisberniece20000506
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_wheelerdorisberniece20000506
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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PALLBEARERS Friends and Family
FLOWER BEARERS Friends and Family
"MOM" God saw that you were tried.
And a cure was not to be; So He put His arms around you, And whispered, come with me.
With tearful eyes we Watched you suffer, And slowly fade away, Although we love you dearly, We could not make you stay. A loving heart stopped beating, A weary spirit now at rest; God took you Home to be with Him; Because He alone knows best.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The family of would like to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many comforting messages, floral tributes, prayers and many other expressions of kindness and concern. A more personal acknowledgment will be made at a later date.
~twart & QiaUtnun Juntnd Bnmt
529 W. THORNTON ST. AKRON, OHIO 44307
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DORIS BERNIECE WHEELER
July 19, 1930 - May 1, 2000 Saturday, May 6, 2000
11:00 A.M. Glendale Cemetery 150 Glendale Street Akron, Ohio 44302 Rev. Leroy Adams, Officiating
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OBITUARY
On July 19th of 1930, Doris was born to Florence and Alonzo Whatley in Griffin, a small town in Georgia. Doris was the oldest of three other children and attended school there until the age of fourteen. At that time she moved to Akron, Ohio with her mother and siblings.
Doris attended North High School then on January seventh of 1948, she married Harold Lee Wheeler, son of George and Grace Wheeler. From this union were born three children, Querida and a set of twins, Harold II and Carol.
While living in Akron, Doris worked at Akron City Hospital and attended the former Friendship Apostolic Church. She had been involved with several voter registration drives in the 1960's and was active with the PTA. In her life, Doris had participated in many civic projects.
In 1969, the family moved to Wooster, Ohio. Doris continued to care for her family and involve herself with civic functions. She had been a member of the NAACP, Eastern Star, a board member of The Wooster Wayne Legal Aid Society, and had assisted the Board of Elections. She had also joined Second Baptist Church and often helped church committees with various events. She also worked for United Telephone Company as an operator for thirteen years.
Doris touched the hearts of many and was said to have spiritually fostered the care of several children and grandchildren. She often joked about giving birth to three but raising hundreds. To all of her grandchildren, both her own and others, she was known as 11Nana".
Her husband, Harold passed away on February 1, 1978.
To cherish her memory, Doris leaves her children, Querida Wheeler, Carol Wheeler, and Harold Wheeler II. She also leaves behind her brother, Alonzo (Gloria) Whatley; sisters, Edna Strayhand and LaCrecia Fuller; two other sisters, Patsy and Mary Alice; special family friend, Oliver Colt Pettis; three grandchildren, Quon Wheeler, Quyrus Epps, Quara Gant; God-grandson, Kevin Nash. Doris is also survived by many other relatives and friends.
THE ORDER OF SERVICE
PRAYER OBITUARY
REMARKS Rev. Leroy Adams
INTERMENT Glendale Cemetery
Family will receive guest after interment at 64 7 Glendora Avenue.
"I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
John 11:25-26