OBITUARY - R. E. Wheless Rites Will Be Held Today - Bossier Parish Plantation Owner Succumbs at 80 - Funeral services for Roger English Wheless, 80, plantation owner and member of a prominent Bossier Parish family, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home, The Alden Plantation on Highway 80. Graveside services in the Greenwood Cemetery will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday by Dr. J. Lawrence Plumley, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Shreveport. Mr. Wheless died Tuesday at 12:32 p.m. in Highland Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Washington, Ark., where he was born on Feb. 18, 1885, Mr. Wheless was the son of Hewitt Hobson and Elvira Eakin Wheless. The family moved to Shreveport in the early 1890's, and to Alden Bridge in Bossier Parish in 1895, which was then a lumber manufacturing town of some magnitude.
Mr. Wheless was educated in Shreveport public schools and at Sewanee Military Academy and the University of the South of Sewanee, Tenn. During his adult life, he was engaged in several phases of the lumber and pulpwood business and later acquired and operated the Alden Plantation which was his home until the time of his death.
Mr. Wheless was prominent in business and civic affairs in both Caddo and Bossier parishes, and played an important part in the lives and well-being of many of the people of Bossier Parish.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Breazeale Wheless of the Alden Plantation; one daughter, Mrs. M. Reeves Pope of Plant City, Fla.; one son, Hewitt Hail Wheless of Shreveport; one stepson, Shirley Carter Friend of New Orleans; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his brother, N. Hobson Wheless of Shreveport; his sister, Mrs. Charles W. Owens, also of Shreveport; seven nephews and four nieces.
Mr. Wheless was predeceased by three other brothers, Wesley E. Wheless and Eakin L. Wheless of Shreveport and Hewitt H. Wheless of Menard, Tex.
Source: "The Times" (Shreveport, LA) - May 26, 1965
A native of Washington, Ark., where he was born on Feb. 18, 1885, Mr. Wheless was the son of Hewitt Hobson and Elvira Eakin Wheless. The family moved to Shreveport in the early 1890's, and to Alden Bridge in Bossier Parish in 1895, which was then a lumber manufacturing town of some magnitude.
Mr. Wheless was educated in Shreveport public schools and at Sewanee Military Academy and the University of the South of Sewanee, Tenn. During his adult life, he was engaged in several phases of the lumber and pulpwood business and later acquired and operated the Alden Plantation which was his home until the time of his death.
Mr. Wheless was prominent in business and civic affairs in both Caddo and Bossier parishes, and played an important part in the lives and well-being of many of the people of Bossier Parish.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Breazeale Wheless of the Alden Plantation; one daughter, Mrs. M. Reeves Pope of Plant City, Fla.; one son, Hewitt Hail Wheless of Shreveport; one stepson, Shirley Carter Friend of New Orleans; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his brother, N. Hobson Wheless of Shreveport; his sister, Mrs. Charles W. Owens, also of Shreveport; seven nephews and four nieces.
Mr. Wheless was predeceased by three other brothers, Wesley E. Wheless and Eakin L. Wheless of Shreveport and Hewitt H. Wheless of Menard, Tex.
Source: "The Times" (Shreveport, LA) - May 26, 1965
OBITUARY - R. E. Wheless Rites Will Be Held Today - Bossier Parish Plantation Owner Succumbs at 80 - Funeral services for Roger English Wheless, 80, plantation owner and member of a prominent Bossier Parish family, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home, The Alden Plantation on Highway 80. Graveside services in the Greenwood Cemetery will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday by Dr. J. Lawrence Plumley, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Shreveport. Mr. Wheless died Tuesday at 12:32 p.m. in Highland Hospital after a long illness.
A native of Washington, Ark., where he was born on Feb. 18, 1885, Mr. Wheless was the son of Hewitt Hobson and Elvira Eakin Wheless. The family moved to Shreveport in the early 1890's, and to Alden Bridge in Bossier Parish in 1895, which was then a lumber manufacturing town of some magnitude.
Mr. Wheless was educated in Shreveport public schools and at Sewanee Military Academy and the University of the South of Sewanee, Tenn. During his adult life, he was engaged in several phases of the lumber and pulpwood business and later acquired and operated the Alden Plantation which was his home until the time of his death.
Mr. Wheless was prominent in business and civic affairs in both Caddo and Bossier parishes, and played an important part in the lives and well-being of many of the people of Bossier Parish.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Breazeale Wheless of the Alden Plantation; one daughter, Mrs. M. Reeves Pope of Plant City, Fla.; one son, Hewitt Hail Wheless of Shreveport; one stepson, Shirley Carter Friend of New Orleans; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his brother, N. Hobson Wheless of Shreveport; his sister, Mrs. Charles W. Owens, also of Shreveport; seven nephews and four nieces.
Mr. Wheless was predeceased by three other brothers, Wesley E. Wheless and Eakin L. Wheless of Shreveport and Hewitt H. Wheless of Menard, Tex.
Source: "The Times" (Shreveport, LA) - May 26, 1965
A native of Washington, Ark., where he was born on Feb. 18, 1885, Mr. Wheless was the son of Hewitt Hobson and Elvira Eakin Wheless. The family moved to Shreveport in the early 1890's, and to Alden Bridge in Bossier Parish in 1895, which was then a lumber manufacturing town of some magnitude.
Mr. Wheless was educated in Shreveport public schools and at Sewanee Military Academy and the University of the South of Sewanee, Tenn. During his adult life, he was engaged in several phases of the lumber and pulpwood business and later acquired and operated the Alden Plantation which was his home until the time of his death.
Mr. Wheless was prominent in business and civic affairs in both Caddo and Bossier parishes, and played an important part in the lives and well-being of many of the people of Bossier Parish.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Breazeale Wheless of the Alden Plantation; one daughter, Mrs. M. Reeves Pope of Plant City, Fla.; one son, Hewitt Hail Wheless of Shreveport; one stepson, Shirley Carter Friend of New Orleans; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; his brother, N. Hobson Wheless of Shreveport; his sister, Mrs. Charles W. Owens, also of Shreveport; seven nephews and four nieces.
Mr. Wheless was predeceased by three other brothers, Wesley E. Wheless and Eakin L. Wheless of Shreveport and Hewitt H. Wheless of Menard, Tex.
Source: "The Times" (Shreveport, LA) - May 26, 1965
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