Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 26, 1994 TAG: 9404260150
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By BOB TEITLEBAUM STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BUENA VISTA LENGTH: Short
Chris Wheeler, 23, was pronounced dead at Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington.
Three other men who were riding with Wheeler were injured. Stephen Wayne Gibson remained hospitalized; Daniel W. Higgins - the driver - and Billy Wayne Higgins were treated and released, according to the Buena Vista police.
Wheeler was the quarterback for Parry McCluer when the Fighting Blues won Group A Division I state championships in 1986 and 1987. He was All-Timesland in football in 1987 and also was named all-state in Group A by both The Associated Press and the Virginia High School Coaches' Association.
Wheeler played quarterback in the 1988 East-West all-star football game in Lynchburg. He also was a member of Parry McCluer's baseball and basketball teams.
His younger brother, Shaam Wheeler, was one of the key players this past year for a Parry McCluer team that made the Group A Division I playoffs.
The police said none of the four men was wearing a seat belt.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Buena Vista.
Keywords:
FATALITY
by CNB