Glenn T. Wheeler

Glenn T. Wheeler, age 87, of Bismarck died Monday, March 14, 2016 at his home. He was born February 21, 1929 in Amity, Ark. the son of William Otis and Minnie Watson Rowe Wheeler. Glenn was a 1948 graduate of Amity High School and a 1957 graduate of Henderson State University with a BA in Economics and Accounting, He worked for the Clark County Clerk's office, Chief Deputy and Tax Collector for Clark County, served on the Clark County Mounted Patrol, self employed dealer in land and timber, owner and manager of the Tastee-Freeze franchise in Arkadelphia and member of First Baptist Church of Arkadelphia. Glenn served in the US Army 1948-1954 with three of those years served in Japan. He was preceded in death by a brother, William Lafayette Wheeler and two sisters, Anita Hancock and Virginia Danner. Survivors include one son, William Lance Wheeler of Irving, Texas, one daughter, Tammy (Carl) Burr of Alexander, Ark., the mother of his children, Alma Jean Wheeler, one sister, Nell (James) Bardwell of Arkadelphia, and one grandson, Matthew Aaron Burr. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, March 17th in the Ruggles-Wilcox Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Owens officiating. Burial will be in the Jones Cemetery in Amity. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Jones Cemetery Fund, c/o Dora Lea Bean, 316 North Hill St., Amity, Ark. 71921. Sign on line guest book at www.ruggleswilcox.com.