Funeral services for George Leonard Wheatley, 85, of Metasville were held Sunday, February 24, 2008, at Rehoboth Baptist Church, Metasville, with Rev. Dale Fincher and Rev. Steve Rayner officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. He died Thursday, February 21, in the University Hospital, Augusta.
Mr. Wheatley was a native of Wilkes County and the son of the late Leonard B. Wheatley and Maude Thornton Wheatley. He was a farmer and a past member of the Wilkes County Young Farmers and Wilkes County Cattlemen's Association. He was a former director of the Washington Loan and Banking Company, Rayle EMC, and the Oglethorpe Power Corporation. Some of the awards he earned over the years include Woodman of the World Conservation Award; Future Farmers of America Honorary Chapter Farmer; Wilkes County Cattlemen's Commercial Beef Cattle Producer; Broad River Soil and Water District Farm Family of the Year; and Wilkes County Cattlemen's Environmental Stewardship Award. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and was a member of the Rehoboth Baptist Church. In his early years, he was a logger and in land clearing and pond building with Wheatley Brothers. His latter years were spent enjoying his grandchildren great-grandchildren, and raising beef cattle.
Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Sara Hopkins Wheatley; sons and daughters-in-law, George Douglas and Sandra Wheatley, Leonard Herman and Amelia Wheatley, and JoAnn Wheatley; a daughter and son-in-law, Claunette and Perry Morgan; three brothers, Stanley Wheatley, Thomas Wheatley, and Manual Wheatley; two sisters, Talitha Hopkins and Irene Raffini;nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; and four step-greatgrandchildren.
Pallbearers included grandsons, Lenny Wheatley, Bruce Wheatley, Jason Wheatley, Greg Wheatley, Paul Wheatley, George Morgan, and Gerome Morgan.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rehoboth Baptist Church Christian Life Center or the American Cancer Society.
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.
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