HELENA, Ala. — Bobby Joe Wheeler Sr., 69, died June 17, 2014, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Services are 3 p.m. Saturday at Dowdle Funeral Home Chapel in Millport, Alabama, with the Rev. John Kitchens officiating. Burial will follow at Meadow Branch Cemetery in Kennedy, Alabama. Visitation is one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Mr. Wheeler was born in Kennedy on August 17, 1944, to the late William David and Vaudean Stripling Wheeler. He served as a Sgt. in the US army in the Vietnam War, and was formerly employed with Merchants and Farmers Bank in Millport. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Bobby Joe Wheeler Jr. He is survived by his wife, Dora Wheeler of Helena; sons, Billy Wheeler and David Wheeler, both of Helena; sister, Shirley Battle of Macon; brothers, Donald Wheeler of Columbus, Bill Wheeler of Vernon, Alabama, and Tim Wheeler of Juniper Hills, California; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are Mark Battle, Ted Malone, Jacob Wheeler, Stan Wheeler, Lee Battle, William David Wheeler, John Paul Kitchens and Trey Wheeler.