Rodis Leon Wheeler, 79, long time resident of Crosby, Mississippi. passed away Monday, November 27, 2023 at the University Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS.

He was born March 3, 1944 to Corbert Cortez Wheeler and Myrtle Lee Wheeler.

He was a retired saw mill operator and worked for MDOT. He was a longtime member of Crosby Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years Barbara Davis Wheeler; one son Stacy Wheeler and wife Melanie; one daughter Melissa Tillson and husband Tim; three grandchildren, Chase Wheeler, Morgan W. Oxford and husband Mike, and Shelby Tillson; two great grandchildren Hunter Oxford and Aren Oxford; one brother Butch Wheeler and one sister Bettye Causey.

He is preceded in death by his parents Corbert Cortez Wheeler and Myrtle Lee Wheeler; one sister Ethel Kelly; four brothers Herman Wheeler, Earl Wheeler, Jim Wheeler, and Charles Wheeler.

Visitation will be Thursday, November 30, 2023, at the Crosby Baptist Church in Crosby, MS. from 6:00pm until 8:30pm. Visitation will resume Friday December 1, 2023 at the Crosby Baptist Church at 9:30am until time of funeral service at 10:30am. at the church, officiated by Rev. Bart Houston. Interment will follow at Roseland Cemetery in Gloster, Mississippi.