Mr. Thomas Vernon Wheeley Sr. died Friday, June 5, 2009 in UNC Hospitals.
He was a native of Orange County and graduated from Chapel Hill High School. While in the U.S. Marines, he was stationed at Camp Lejeune and served in the Korean conflict. Until retirement he was a painter.
Surviving are his wife, Annette Kirby Wheeley; two daughters, Teresa Roberts (David), Caswell County, and Debbie Riley, Mebane; one son, Thomas V. Wheeley II (Vickie), Salisbury; nine grandchildren, four great grandchildren; his sister, Sondra Myers, Durham; and his brother, James Wheeley, Cary.