Wheeler Cemetery
I stopped by the Wheeler Cemetery located on Rea's Bridge Road, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois and read the stones in the cemetery.
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME | BORN or AGE | DIED | ADD. INFO. | |
| ANDREWS | Donna M. (Rigg) | Jan. 20, 1949 | Oct. 10, 1989 | . | AK3 US Navy - Vietnam |
| ANDREWS | Gertie | 1890 | 1916 | . | . |
| ANDREWS | H. Elmer | 1873 | 1937 | . | . |
| ANDREWS | Jacob | 1831 | 1910 | "Father" | Military Marker - Co. D. 10 ILL Cav.; Obit |
| ANDREWS | James | 1884 | 1961 | . | . |
| ANDREWS | Nancy | 1851 | 1938 | "Mother" | . |
| BEAMAN | Isaac | 1880 | 1881 | s/o S.A. & N.L. | . |
| BEAMAN | Josephine | 1879 | 1879 | d/o S.A. & N.L. | . |
| BEAMAN | Leora May | 1886 | 1889 | d/o S.A. & N.L. | . |
| BEAMAN | Nancy L. | 1847 | 1926 | w/o Samuel A. | . |
| BEAMAN | Samuel A. | 1825 | 1900 | h/o Nancy L. | . |
| BLAIR | Viola E. | 1904 | 1979 | . | . |
| BOYD | Amanda J. | 1856 | 1939 | . | . |
| BOYD | Caleb J. | 1856 | 1941 | . | I Have Fought A Good Fight - I have Won the Faith |
| BOZARTH | Grace | 1885 | 1952 | . | . |
| BOZARTH | Harvey | 1876 | 1954 | . | . |
| BROWN | BEULAH M. | May 14, 1928 | Aug 25, 1991 | . | . |
| BROWN | Kenneth F. | April 17, 1920 | Sept 13, 1991 | Married Nov. 30, 1946 | . |
| BUXTON | Jerry D. | Dec. 6, 1896 | Oct. 28, 1986 | . | . |
| ELDER | Harold E. | 1903 | 1964 | . | . |
| FOWLER | Ada L. | 1880 | 1941 | w/o Richard E. | . |
| FOWLER | Richard E. | 1882 | 1928 | h/o Ada L. | . |
| FUNK | Amanda | @49y-7m-8d | July 28, 1900 | w/o M.C. FUNK | . |
| FUNK | Martin C. | Dec. 4, 1845 | Jan. 31, 1922 | Father | Obit |
| GLODEN | Margaret | . | Aug. 18, 1914 | w/o Michael | . |
| GLODEN | Corpl. Michael | @85y - Co. 1 | Aug. 28, 1911 | h/o Margaret | Co. 1 - 116 ILL INF. |
| GOTTLIEB | Charlotte Laverne | 1899 | 1989 | . | . |
| GOTTLIEB | Henry Edward | 1898 | 1971 | . | . |
| GRABILL | Clara | . | 1929 | . | . |
| GREGG | Glenn A. | June 27, 1920 | May 11, 1994 | . | . |
| GUERNSEY | Mae (Elder) | 1902 | 1989 | . | . |
| GUERNSEY | William P. | 1898 | 1941 | . | . |
| HAWKINS | Ethelyn Fae | 1894 | 1957 | Mother | . |
| HENON | Alonzo C. | 1898 | 1954 | . | . |
| HENON | Randy Dean | . | Dec. 20, 1954 | Infant son of Jack and Violet | "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" |
| HINES | Janet L. (Andrews) | Oct. 9, 1943 | Jan. 10, 1995 | "In Loving Memory" | . |
| HISER | Ezra E. | 1903 | 1914 | . | . |
| HISER | George | 1858 | 1942 | h/o Mary E. | . |
| HISER | Ira P. | 1907 | 1910 | . | Obit |
| HISER | John C. | 1889 | 1925 | . | . |
| HISER | Mary E. | 1869 | 1960 | w/o George | . |
| JONES | Baby | 1959 | 1959 | . | . |
| JONES | Eileen A. | Oct. 24, 1926 | March 13, 1984 | "Mother" | . |
| KEMP | Baughm, Earl & Curtis | . | . | Three small stones, no dates | . |
| KEMP | Cecil Raymond | Jan. 3, 1906 | Dec. 8, 1973 | Grandson of Phillip & Mary LEIGHTON; Grandson of George & Ella PENDELBURG; Great Grandson of Murphy KEMP | . |
| KEMP | Cornelia | March 19, 1854 | May 3, 1936 | His Wife (John) | . |
| KEMP | John L. | Oct. 13, 1848 | May 17, 1917 | . | . |
| LAVER | Anna Irene | Apr. 17, 1895 | Jan. 1, 1978 | . | . |
| LAVER | Charles | 1864 | 1947 | . | . |
| LAVER | Edgar | July 25, 1897 | Nov. 9, 1970 | . | . |
| LAVER | Everette | 1907 | 1949 | . | . |
| LAVER | Russell E. | Dec. 26, 1899 | Feb. 10, 1977 | . | PVT US Army |
| LAVER | Ruth N. | 1937 | 1983 | KISER-CRISS | . |
| LEON | Ronald | 1925 | 1928 | . | . |
| LEWIS | Charles Christopher | 30 Oct 1964 | 28 Oct 1997 | . | . |
| LINDSEY | George M. | 1863 | 1939 | . | . |
| LINDSEY | Laura J. | 1862 | 1935 | . | . |
| LINDSEY | William | 1896 | 19--(unreadable) | . | . |
| McNEE | John | 1904 | 1941 | . | . |
| McNEE | John F. | Unreadable | . | . | . |
| MICKLES | Albert Jacob | July 5, 1914 | July 5, 1945 | Michigan | IL - PVT Engineers |
| MILLER | Dolly I. | 1908 | 1973 | "Mother" | . | MILLER | Eugene F. | Oct. 27, 1927 | March 11, 1987 | "Son-Father" | . |
| MILLER | Ralph F. | 1904 | 1945 | "Father" | . |
| MOREY | John W., Jr. "Butch" | Oct. 24, 1946 | Jan. 17, 1993 | "Son, "POPPA", Brother" | . |
| NELSON | Anna M. | April 13, 1886 | Nov. 31, 1932 | . | . |
| NELSON | Cathern A. | 1847 | 1935 | w/o J.W. | "His Wife" |
| NELSON | Earl A. | Sept. 23, 1907 | April 12, 1948 | . | . |
| NELSON | Homer Ellis | Nov. 20, 1905 | Sept. 26, 1956 | . | Louisiana - T SGT 806 FOOD SVC SQAF - WW II |
| NELSON | J.W. | 1844 | 1923 | h/o Cathern A. | . |
| NELSON | William C., Jr. | 1916 | 1924 | . | . |
| NELSON | William O., Sr. | Sept. 20, 1880 | March 22, 1960 | . | . |
| NETTERVILLE | Emma | 1881 | 1959 | . | . |
| NETTERVILLE | James | 1866 | 1956 | . | . |
| OLIVER | Junior R. | Nov. 15, 1921 | Aug. 7, 1993 | . | . |
| PUGSLEY | Charles H. | 1889 | 1969 | . | . |
| PUGSLEY | Edith | 1902 | 1954 | . | . |
| PETERSON | Troy R. | April 25, 1967 | July 14, 1988 | Son - Photo on stone | "Behold I Have Engraved Thee on The Palms Of My Hands. Isiah 49:16" |
| RAMSEY | Charles F. | 1878 | 1971 | h/o Mary M. | . |
| RAMSEY | Mary M. | 1881 | 1970 | w/o Charles F. | . |
| SITES | Bessie | 1885 | 1972 | Wife | . |
| SITES | John W. | 1871 | 1949 | Husband | . |
| SMITH | Bessie Ellen | 1896 | 1967 | "Mother" | . |
| SMITH | Doris | @10m | 1918 | . | . |
| SMITH | Doyle E. | Oct 21, 1921 | July 30, 1988 | . | CPL US Army - Korea |
| SMITH | James Benjamin | . | June 11, 1941 | Michigan | Corp 1 Mech Regt - Air Service |
| SMITH | John A. Logan | 1890 | 1981 | "Father" | . |
| SMITH | Raymond E. | March 18, 1929 | May 3, 1933 | . | . |
| STUART | Dorothy P. | . | June 17, 1921 | On same stone as Mildred L. | . |
| STUART | Isabella (Funk) | @29y-9m | June 24, 1901 | w/o William S. STUART | . |
| STUART | Mildred L. | . | April 4, 1920 | On same stone as Dorothy P. | . |
| STUART | Pearl | Feb. 28, 1895 | May 11, 1979 | . | . |
| STUART | W.S. | @74y | March 15, 1940 | h/o Isabella | . |
| TUCKER | John | 1897 | 1959 | . | . |
| VINSON | Lorenzey | Aug. 31, 1922 | Dec. 29, 1986 | . | PVT US Army - WW II |
| WAGGONER | Abraham J. | @3m-12d | April 19, 1872 | s/o A.J. & M.A. WAGGONER | . |
| WAGGONER | Margarey | @35y-3m-18d | June 12, 1872 | w/o A.J. WAGGONER | . |
| WARD | Caroline Z. | Nov. 17, 1896 | Nov. 25, 1989 | w/o Luther E. | . |
| WARD | Cenie B. | 1876 | 1941 | "Mother" | . |
| WARD | Harold H. | 1914 | 1943 | . | . |
| WARD | Infant Son | . | 1901 | s/o W.J. Ward | . |
| WARD | Luther E. | April 3, 1896 | Dec. 22, 1971 | h/o Caroline Z. | . |
| WARD | Stephen N. | Oct. 23, 1954 | Aug. 12, 1995 | . | . |
| WARD | William J. | 1868 | 1926 | "Father" | . |
| WARD | Stephen N. | Oct. 23, 1954 | Aug. 12, 1995 | . | . |
| WARREN | Everett R. | July 14, 1914 | Feb. 20, 1979 | . | . |
| WARREN | Theda G. | Aug 4, 1924 | Dec 16, 1978 | . | . |
| WEATHERFORD | Charles | 1866 | 1942 | h/o Maggie | . |
| WEATHERFORD | J. Teddy | June 8, 1906 | March 24, 1964 | . | "In Loving Memory" |
| WEATHERFORD | Maggie | 1865 | 1937 | w/o Charles | . |
| WEATHERFORD | Orville M. | May 22, 1893 | Jan. 16, 1962 | . | Illinois - PVT. BTRY A 36 ARTY CAC - WW 1 |
| WEIKEL | William | . | 1928 | . | Per Obit |
| WHEELER | Cecil H. | 1918 | 1940 | . | . |
| WHEELER | Elizabeth | @53y-?? 9(illegible) | Jan. 21, 1879 | w/o Garland (d. 1863) | . |
| WHEELER | Charles G. | 1861 | 1929 | . | . |
| WHEELER | David L. | April 28, 1868 | Nov. 9, 1956 | h/o Ida M. | . |
| WHEELER | Garland | @71y-5m-16d | Dec. 28, 1863 | h/o Elizabeth | . |
| WHEELER | Garland L. | @35y-9m-4d | March 17, 1870 | . | . |
| WHEELER | Glenn | 1915 | 1937 | . | . |
| WHEELER | Ida M. | Jan 21, 1873 | Dec 8, 1941 | w/o David L. | . |
| WHEELER | Lewright W. | 1838 | 1914 | h/o Margaret | "I Am The Resurrection And The Life" |
| WHEELER | Maranda A. | @11y-3m | Oct. 10, 1862 | d/o W.R. & M. WHEELER. | . |
| WHEELER | Margaret | @55y-10m-4d | March 19, 1886 | w/o W.R. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | Margaret | 1851 | 1930 | "His Wife" (Lewright's) | "I Am The Resurrection And The Life" |
| WHEELER | Maria | @53y-6m-29d | May 23, 1889 | w/o G.L. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | Mary A. | @28y | Jan. 16, 1877 | w/o L. W. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | Matilda A. | @1y-9m-29d | Aug. 29, 1859 | d/o W.R. & M. WHEELER. | . |
| WHEELER | Oliver C. | @1y | Dec. 1, 1872 | s/o L.W. & M.A. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | R.B. | @11y | May 8, 1898 | s/o James WHEELER | Per Obit |
| WHEELER | Samuel M. | @4 Years | Oct. 15, 1868 | s/o L. W. & S.J. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | Sarah M. | @53y-6m-29d | Sept. 1860 | d/o G.L. & M WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | Sarah J. | @30y | Sept. 7, 1866 | w/o L. W. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | Thomas E. | @2 Months | Nov. 1, 1866 | s/o L. W. & S.J. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | V. Fay | 1894 | 1986 | w/o Rev. Vyron Wheeler | . |
| WHEELER | Rev. Vyron | 1892 | 1935 | h/o V. Fay | . |
| WHEELER | William A. | @13 Years | June 17, 1875 | s/o L. W. & S.J. WHEELER | . |
| WHEELER | William R. | @76y-1m-12d | Oct. 29, 1900 | h/o Margaret | . |
| GREGG | Glenn A. | June 27, 1920 | May 11, 1994 | . | . |
These were all the stones I could read. There were approximately 15 to 20 stones I was unable to read. In several of the above stones I used flour to highlight the faint engraving. Hope this is of help to some one.
Read, Typed and submitted by: Sandra Wagner
Decatur Genealogical Society
Box 1548
Decatur, IL 62525
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