Dr. Wheelus

Dr. Clarence Wheelus, age 79, of Northport, died Sept. 17, 2011, at home. Services will be 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 19, 2011, at Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North with Bro. Carroll Jones and Bro. Terry Joe Oswalt officiating and Magnolia Chapel Funeral Home North directing. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Susie Wheelus; his brothers, Frank and Bobby; his sisters, twin sister Catherine, Ruth, Johnnie Mae, Lucille, and Gertrude; and his grandchildren, Christina Wheelus and John David Clarence Wheelus. Survivors include his wife, Betty Wheelus; his daughters, Cathy Elmore (Terry) and Rita Price (Templen); his son, Randy Wheelus (Lydia); his sister, Pat Wright (Herman); his grandchildren, Nikki, Joey, and Xander Wheelus, Brittany E. Milligan, Megan E. Sanford, and Saje and Faith Price; and his great-grandchildren, Archie Layne Milligan, Shelton Milligan, and Haven Sanford. Clarence Wheelus grew up in Winter Haven, Florida. He enlisted in the Navy at a young age and traveled the world. He then followed his dream of becoming a preacher. He loved the Lord and preached his funeral through his life. He visited the Holy Land to walk even closer to God. At the beginning of his ministry he preached at a small church in Tuscaloosa County and met his future faithful and godly wife and life partner for 54 years. We look forward to meeting him at his mansion in Heaven soon. Honorary pallbearers are friends and family from the Northside community, fellow ministers too numerous to name, and all the doctors, nurses, and caregivers who have lovingly taken care of our beloved husband, father, and grandfather.