Rachel Wheeles (Study Hall and eventually became teacher)

ROCK HILL - Mrs. Rachel Grubbs Wheeles, 77, of 3083 India Hook Road, died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Dr. Mark Verdery officiating. Burial will be in Ebenezer Presbyterian Church cemetery.

A native of Fair Play, Mrs. Wheeles was a daughter of the late John W. Grubbs and Mildred Mickle Grubbs. She was a retired teacher, having taught at Rock Hill and Northwestern high schools and York Technical College. She received her master's degree from Winthrop University. She was a member of the Business Women's Club, was active in the York County Historical Society and was well-known for Wheeles Barbecue. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was an officer and an ordained elder and was active in Providence Presbytery.

Surviving are her husband, E. P. "Pete" Wheeles; two sons, E. Paul Wheeles Jr. of Orlando, Fla., and Jerry Wheeles of Columbia; her daughter, Joye Carr of North Little Rock, Ark.; her sister, Barbara G. Thompson of York; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Bass Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 234 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC 29730.