THOMAS O. WHELESS, MD


LOUISBURG - Dr. Thomas O. Wheless, 87, died Monday, June 19, 2006, at his home.
Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Oakwood Cemetery with the Rev. Carl Dulaney officiating.

Dr. Wheless was a son of the late Frank W. Sr. and Dona Purnell Wheless. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Frank W. Wheless Jr., Dr. James B. Wheless and Louis A. Wheless Sr.

He graduated from high school in Louisburg and went on to graduate from Wake Forest University, and then was in the first class of Bowman Gray Medical School in Winston-Salem.

Dr. Wheless was an Army veteran of WWII. After the war he came to Louisburg and opened his medical practice, practicing for more than 40 years until his retirement in 1988.

Surviving: his wife, Lois B. Wheless; daughter, Kay W. Woodward (Rick) of Atlanta, Ga.; son, Thomas O. “Tommy” Wheless Jr. (Cheryl) of Eagle, Ind.; and five grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Person Place Preservation Society, P.O. Box 135, Louisburg, NC 27549

Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home.