ELIZA JANE WHEELER
AGED WOMAN DIED MONDAY AT AGE OF 73
Mrs. W. H. Wheeler Member of Baptist Church 50 Years
Mrs. Eliza Jane Wheeler, age 73, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
S. K. Preston, of Preston street, East Paintsville, Monday at 11 a.m.
Mrs. Wheeler had been ill for three months, suffering from a
complication of diseases and the infirmities of age.
Although in good spirits the end came peacefully while she was being
served her noonday meal.
Mrs. Wheeler was a devout Christian and had been a member of the
United Baptist Church for half a century. Her husband, W. H. Wheeler,
preceded her in death ten years ago.
She is survived by the following children: Mrs. A. T. Pack, Mrs. B. J.
Hall and Wm. Wheeler, of Paintsville; Mrs. Wiley Ward, Winifred, and
Mrs. A. L. Williams of Ashland. She is also survived by the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. John Sparks, Paintsville; Mrs. M. M.
Salyer, Flat Gap; M. P. Phillips, Van Lear; Harry Phillips, Louisa,
and Rev. Sandy Phillips, of Lucasville, Ohio.
Funeral services were held at the United Baptist Church, corner of
Second and Church streets, at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Interment was made in the family cemetery at Flat Gap in charge of the
Preston Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
10-19-1939
Eliza Jane Phillips Wheeler, daughter of William and Margaret Phillips
was born October 5, 1866, deceased October 16, 1939, age 73 years and
11 days.
She was married to W. H. Wheeler, December 12, 1884 and to this union
were born nine children; three of whom and her husband preceded her in
death. Surviving are: W. M. Wheeler, Mrs. B. J. Hall, Mrs. A. T.
Pack, Mrs. S. K. Preston, of Paintsville, Ky.; Mrs. Wiley Ward,
Winifred; and Mrs. A. L. Williams of Ashland. All being present
except Mrs. Williams who was a recent patient in the Kings' Daughter's
Hospital.
She also leaves the following brothers and sisters: M. P. Phillips,
Van Lear; Harry Phillips, Louisa; Sandy Phillips, Lucasville, O.; Mrs.
John Sparks, Paintsville; Mrs. M. M. Salyer, Flat Gap.
She was converted and joined the United Baptist Church at Bethel and
was baptized by Elder J. Powell Ferguson about fifty years ago. She
lived a faithful, devoted christian life, and exemplified the teaching
of our Savior in her daily walks and in her teaching her family and
friends by example.
The children have lost a wonderful mother, the church a real soldier
for Christ, the neighbors a true friend. She was loved and respected
by all who knew her. Her deeds and words will live long in the memory
of her friends. We sorrowfully submit it all into the hands of God
with the hope we will meet again in the Land where we will never grow
old.
Funeral services were conducted at the Paintsville United Baptist
Church with Rev. Guy W. Preston, Alonzo Wright and F. F. Riggsby
officiating. Burial was in the family cemetery at Flat Gap.
A precious one from us has gone
A voice we loved is stilled;
A place is vacant in our home,
Which never can be filled.
God in His Wisdom has recalled
The boon his love had given,
And though the body slumbers here,
The soul is safe in Heaven.
Paintsville Herald
Thursday
October 19, 1939
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