CROSBYTON - Services for Gaylon Wheeless, 54, of Crosbyton will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Crosbyton First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Lee Crouch officiating and the Rev. Dave Treat assisting.Burial will be in Crosbyton Cemetery under the direction of Adams Funeral Home.
He died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2002.
He was born Oct. 10, 1947, in Brick, Okla. He married Pamela Marley on May 27, 1967, in Crosbyton. He was a 1966 graduate of Crosbyton High School. He attended Sul Ross State University, where he was on the football team. He was a May 1970 graduate of Texas Tech, where he received his bachelor of business administration degree. He was co-owner of the Crosby County Pump Co. in Crosbyton. He lived in Crosbyton most of his life.
He was a member of Crosbyton First United Methodist Church, where he served as chairman of the administrative board. He served on the board of directors of the Crosbyton Chamber of Commerce, the Crosby County Appraisal District and the Pioneer Memorial Museum. He served on the Crosbyton School Board for 10 years, a portion as president. He coached Little Dribblers Basketball for several years.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Brett Andrew of Portland, Ore., Beau Christopher of Houston and Jason Benjamin of Salem, Ore.; and two brothers, Richard of Houston and Edmond of Brownwood.
The family suggests memorials to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in Dallas or the Joe Arrington Cancer Center, 4101 22nd Place, Lubbock, TX 79410
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Sunday, August 25, 2002
Services for Gaylon Wheeless, 54, of Crosbyton, were held at Crosbyton First United Methodist Church Monday the 26th at 2:00 with the Rev. Lee Crouch officiating and the Rev. Dave Treat assisting.He died Saturday, Aug. 24, 2002, after a long and courageous struggle.
He was born Oct. 10, 1947, in Erick, Okla., and moved to Crosbyton, TX with his family while still very young. He was a 1966 graduate of Crosbyton High School, and in 1967 he married Pamela Marley, also a long-time Crosbyton resident. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1970 with a degree in Business Administration, before returning to Crosbyton. At the time of his death he was co-owner of the Crosbyton Pump Co.
During his many years of residence in Crosbyton, he served at various times on the local Chamber of Commerce, the Crosby County Appraisal board, the Pioneer Memorial Museum board, and for ten years on the Crosbyton School board, a portion as president, and was for several years a coach of Little Dribblers. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and had served as chairman of the administrative board.
Gaylon was the beloved husband of Pam and father of Brett Andrew of Portland, OR., Beau Christopher and wife Brandi Hope of Houston, TX., and Jason Benjamin of Salem, OR. He is also survived by two older brothers: Edmond of Brownwood and Richard of Houston.
He will be remembered as a gardener, a carpenter, a maker of exotic bird houses, a man who could build anything and fix anything, a collector of ducks, a lover of music, a connoisseur of fine food, a tireless worker, and a man of gentle disposition and ironclad belief in right and wrong. He took from life, and gave back to it, only good. He will be greatly missed. He was an unconditionally devoted husband, father and best friend.
The family suggests memorials to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the Joe Arrington Cancer Center, 4101 22nd Place, Lubbock, TX.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Tuesday, August 27, 2002
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