Roll Call Tribute
Jim Wheeler '49 August 27, 2014 1:10 PM
(Published in) Amarillo Globe-News, July 8, 2014
Dr. Jim E. Wheeler
BORGER — Dr. Jim E. Wheeler, 86, of Borger died Thursday, July 3, 2014.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Minton Memorial Chapel with Denny Sneed of Borger Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Jim was born Jan. 14, 1928, in Wichita Falls. He was raised in Fort Worth, where he attended Meadowbrook Elementary and Jr. High Schools. He graduated from Pascal High School in 1945. He played in the high school band and was a member of ROTC. He got a Bachelor of Science degree at Texas A&M University in 1949, where he was in the “Fightin” Texas A&M Band, playing clarinet in the A&M orchestra for college dances. He began as a chemistry major, but changed to pre-medicine. After graduation, he entered medical school in Galveston, earning his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 1953. During his junior year, he met Verta Pauline Bates, who was working at Galveston Hospital as a pediatric nurse. They married Nov. 21, 1952, in First Presbyterian Church in Galveston.
He served his internship at Weld County Hospital in Greely, Colo., from 1953 to 1954. He served in the Air Force for two years as Captain of Medical Corps, stationed at McConnell Air force Base. He practiced in Dumas from 1956 to 1959, and came to Borger in 1959, to start a practice with Knowles, Holmes and Wheeler. He was semi-retired for many years and discontinued his practice in 2013. He was county health officer for Hutchinson County from 1960 to 1997, and city health officer in Borger until 2004. His interests through the years were hunting, fishing, rock hunting, genealogy and playing clarinet in the Borger community orchestra.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ira E. and Istalena Cunningham and Ellis A. and Mary Ellen Wheeler; his parents, Laura Mildred and Dudley B. Wheeler; a brother, D.B. “Bo” Wheeler; his first wife Polly; and his second wife, Loretta Antwine.
Survivors include his sons, Michael D. Wheeler and wife Liz of Jewett and Douglas A. Wheeler and wife Joyce of Pocahontas, Ark.; a daughter, Janet B. Moore of Borger; his grandchildren, Jack N. Moore and Jo Ward, both of Arlington, Benjamin A. Wheeler and Jesseca of Paris, Texas, and Samuel D. Wheeler and Candice of Amarillo; his great-grandchildren, Justice M. Moore of Harker Heights, Jesse Wheeler, Sophie and Ashton Smallwood of Paris and Korbin and Becca Wheeler, both of Amarillo.The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 8, 2014
Dr. Jim E. Wheeler
BORGER — Dr. Jim E. Wheeler, 86, of Borger died Thursday, July 3, 2014.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Minton Memorial Chapel with Denny Sneed of Borger Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements are by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Jim was born Jan. 14, 1928, in Wichita Falls. He was raised in Fort Worth, where he attended Meadowbrook Elementary and Jr. High Schools. He graduated from Pascal High School in 1945. He played in the high school band and was a member of ROTC. He got a Bachelor of Science degree at Texas A&M University in 1949, where he was in the “Fightin” Texas A&M Band, playing clarinet in the A&M orchestra for college dances. He began as a chemistry major, but changed to pre-medicine. After graduation, he entered medical school in Galveston, earning his medical degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 1953. During his junior year, he met Verta Pauline Bates, who was working at Galveston Hospital as a pediatric nurse. They married Nov. 21, 1952, in First Presbyterian Church in Galveston.
He served his internship at Weld County Hospital in Greely, Colo., from 1953 to 1954. He served in the Air Force for two years as Captain of Medical Corps, stationed at McConnell Air force Base. He practiced in Dumas from 1956 to 1959, and came to Borger in 1959, to start a practice with Knowles, Holmes and Wheeler. He was semi-retired for many years and discontinued his practice in 2013. He was county health officer for Hutchinson County from 1960 to 1997, and city health officer in Borger until 2004. His interests through the years were hunting, fishing, rock hunting, genealogy and playing clarinet in the Borger community orchestra.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ira E. and Istalena Cunningham and Ellis A. and Mary Ellen Wheeler; his parents, Laura Mildred and Dudley B. Wheeler; a brother, D.B. “Bo” Wheeler; his first wife Polly; and his second wife, Loretta Antwine.
Survivors include his sons, Michael D. Wheeler and wife Liz of Jewett and Douglas A. Wheeler and wife Joyce of Pocahontas, Ark.; a daughter, Janet B. Moore of Borger; his grandchildren, Jack N. Moore and Jo Ward, both of Arlington, Benjamin A. Wheeler and Jesseca of Paris, Texas, and Samuel D. Wheeler and Candice of Amarillo; his great-grandchildren, Justice M. Moore of Harker Heights, Jesse Wheeler, Sophie and Ashton Smallwood of Paris and Korbin and Becca Wheeler, both of Amarillo.The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 8, 2014
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