Faye Wheeler, 77, of Keokuk, Iowa died Sunday, May 28, 2017 at Aledo Rehab and Healthcare, Aledo, Illinois.
Cremation has been accorded. Graveside services will be held at a later date in Grand Detour, Illinois and Evergreen, Alabama. Dennison Funeral Home, Aledo is handling arrangements.
On March 14, 1940, Selma and Louise Daw Varner gave birth to a daughter, Alice Fay…she was born and raised on a cotton farm near Evergreen, Alabama. From 1964 – 1974, Faye was married to Lawrence Allen Bull. Fay loved cooking, dancing, traveling, and writing music and poems.
She is survived by her 4 children: Robbye Leigh (Keith) Mowry of New Boston, Illinois, Tina Bergstram of Franklin, Tennessee, Lawrence Allen Bull of Columbia, Tennessee and Morrow Faye (Jimmie) Clark of Springfield, Tennessee; 10 grandchildren: Brandy Joslin, Nathan Russell, Niki Crawford, Michael Crawford, Heather Getz, Joel Getz, Jonathan Bull and Summer, DJ and Zendall; 13 great grandchildren; sister: Willette (Danny) Mitchem of Milton, Florida and several nieces and nephews.
Faye was preceded in death by her father: Selma Varner, mother: Louise Wiggins, daughter: Allison Virginia Crawford and siblings: Hagood, Gennie and Tammy.
Online condolences may be left at www.dennisonfuneralhome.com.