Henrietta Hope (Phillips) Wheat (1924 - 2012)

Wife of James Edward Wheat — married Apr 1967 in Jefferson, Alabama, United States

Died 28 Feb 2012 at age 87 in Jefferson, Alabama, United States

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Biography

First woman elected to Office in Pickens County

Obituary

REFORM, Ala. - H. Hope "Tootsie" Wheat, 87, died Feb. 28, 2012, at St. Martins in the Pines. Services are Friday at 11 a.m. at Reform First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ray Etherton and Susie Knedlik officiating. Burial will follow in Graham Memorial Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to services. Skelton Funeral Home of Reform is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Wheat was born Oct. 13, 1924, to the late George Phillips and Lillian Stallings Phillips. She was a member of Reform First United Methodist Church and retired as Circuit Clerk of Pickens County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Wheat; and sisters. Survivors include her daughters, Sara Nell Wheat Williamson of Gardendale, Ala., and Norma Faye Wheat Strong of Vestavia Hills, Ala.; four grandchildren; and six grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Reform First United Methodist Church, 807 3rd St. NE. Reform, AL 35481. Published in Commercial Dispatch on Mar. 1, 2012.

Sources

• Year: 1930; Census Place: Forkland, Greene, Alabama; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 0003; FHL microfilm: 2339753

• Alabama Center for Health Statistics. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Montgomery, Alabama.

• Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File

• Publication Date: 4/ Aug/ 2009; Publication Place: Carrollton, Alabama, USA; URL: http://www.pcherald.com/Obituaries.htm

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86040689/henrietta-hope-wheat : accessed 20 May 2022), memorial page for Henrietta Hope Phillips Wheat (13 Oct 1924–28 Feb 2012), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86040689, citing Graham Memorial Cemetery, Reform, Pickens County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Memory Keeper (contributor 47231847) .