Mrs. Junell Wheeler, age 95, of Middleton, passed from this life on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at home.
She was the daughter of the late Monroe and Monnie McKee Bryant and a life-long resident of Hardeman County. She married Mr. Benjamin Franklin "Bo" Wheeler on Saturday, September 7, 1957. Mr. Wheeler died on Monday, January 20, 2014 following 56 years of marriage. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Wheeler was preceded in death by a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Howard and Earline Wheeler of Bolivar.
A homemaker, Mrs. Wheeler attended Second Baptist Church in Selmer and had formerly been a member of Reaves Methodist Church near Middleton. In her leisure time, she enjoyed reading, gardening and helping cattle farm with her husband.
She leaves her "adopted" children, Kenny and Judy Glueck of Middleton; cousin, Tommy Stone of Olive Branch, MS; niece, Becky Marshall of Bartlett, TN; great-niece, Angela Jennings of Bartlett; great-nephew, Randy Marshall of Mississippi; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins on both the Bryant and McKee sides of her family.
Memorials can be sent to the Hardeman County Food Pantry, P. O. Box 183, Bolivar, TN 38008.