Gladys Mae Wheeler

GLADYS M. WHEELER (affectionately known as "Chunk") was born on June 2, 1924 to the late William and Mary Bracey Brock of Manning, South Carolina. She was the seventh child of ten children. She departed this life on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Gladys received her education through the Clarendon County school system. Gladys was joined in holy matrimony to the late John Wesley Wheeler on June 2, 1951. They moved from South Carolina to Baltimore in the early fifties. From this union, they were blessed with one child, Clovis E. Wheeler. At an early age, she gave her life to Christ while attending First Baptist Church of Gable, South Carolina. In 1952, she became a member of the First Baptist Church of Cherry Hill (then located on Carver Road) under the pastorship of the late John H. Clark. Gladys remained a faithful and devoted member serving under the late Henry Simon and now Pastor Joel M. Small (First Baptist Church of Cherry Hill). She loved everything about her church, especially reading her favorite, Psalm 23. Gladys was just happy in Jesus. Once she hit the door of the church, there was a radiant smile that she shared with everyone she met. Gladys loved coming to the Adult Sunday School Class as well as the noon day prayer and was a devoted member in serving on the missionary and flower circle boards. She also had a great love for listening to the old hymns and gospel music. It gave her great joy to be with her buddies ("The Golden Girls"), whom she shared a meal with between church programs. Rev. Joel Small honored her in 2009 for 62 years of service. Gladys worked as the head technician for the Central Supply Department at South Baltimore General Hospital (now known as Harbor Hospital) for 17 years and retired in 1988. Gladys not only shared her wisdom and motherly advice at church, but with friends and neighbors to whom she was very kind and giving, always trying to help out anyone; so much so that she could put a meal together like nobody's business! Friends, family, neighbors and especially Clovis' buddies turned her home into their personal restaurant! She thought the world of her loving granddaughter Shannel, who was her pride and joy. The time she spent with Shannel was priceless. She leaves to cherish her memory: her loving, devoted son, Deacon Clovis Wheeler; her daughter-in-law, Deaconess Angela Wheeler; grandchild, Shannel Wheeler (Atlanta, Georgia); two sisters, Anna Gipson (Detroit) and Mary Wheeler (Sumter, South Carolina); two sisters-in-law, Carrie Brock (Detroit) and Hermetta Kennedy (Columbia, South Carolina); a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends too numerous to name.

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Gladys Mae Wheeler

June 2, 1924 - March 25, 2014