Carolina "Ann" Wheeler

Carolina “Ann” Morgan Wheeler, 84, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at the Lila Doyle Nursing Home in Seneca, SC. She was born October 5, 1927, in Biltmore, NC to the late George “Weaver” and Hattie (Staton) Morgan. Mrs. Wheeler attended school in Skyland, NC, where her father was the postmaster, and graduated from Valley Springs HS in 1944. In 1946, she received a premed degree from Southern Missionary College in Collegedale, TN, and then earned a nursing degree from Mountain Sanitarium and Hospital in Fletcher, NC, and a B.S. Degree in nursing from Washington Missionary College in Washington D.C. While in school, Mrs. Wheeler met a ministerial student, Ben Wheeler, and on July 2, 1950, they were united in marriage. In 1953, after pastoring in Brunswick, GA for a short while, they accepted a missionary position in Africa. She worked at her husband's side in many capacities while raising their two sons. They served at several locations in Kenya and Uganda. In 1972, Mrs. Wheeler and her husband returned to the U.S. and attended Loma Linda University in California where they both earned Master's degrees in Public Health. They then ministered in Alabama for a couple years before returning to mission work in Rhodesia. In 1983, they returned to South Carolina to pastor several area Seventh-day Adventist churches until Mr. Wheeler’s retirement in 1993. Mrs. Wheeler also worked as a teacher's aide at the Salem Seventh-day Adventist church school. She was dedicated to service for others and was very active in church work, assisting her husband and contributing to the community in many ways. She had many interests, including nature study, fossil and shell collecting, healthful cooking, painting, crafts, sewing, and quilting. Mrs. Wheeler is survived by her two sons, David Wheeler of Salem, SC, and Carroll and Carol Ann (Bauer) Wheeler of Sheboygan, WI; and three grandchildren, Jonathan, Christopher, and Jennifer. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Wheeler was preceded in death by her brothers, Jerry, Roy, and George. A memorial service will be conducted at 3:00 pm, Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Salem, SC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Carolina Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, PO Box 44270, Charlotte, NC 28215.

Carolina "Ann" Wheeler

October 5, 1927 - June 14, 2012