Mr. Roy Lee Wheat, age 47, of Rocky Face, Georgia, departed this life, Monday, February 27, 2012. Roy was born on September 29, 1964 in Whitfield County, Georgia, a son of the late Lee Roy and Maude Elizabeth Overby Wheat. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Kevin Overby.
He is survived by his wife, Tina Brookshire; sons and daughters-in-law, Daniel Wheat, Justin and Melanie Wheat, Preston and Pauline Wheat; daughters, Holly and April Wheat all of Rocky Face, GA; brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Kathy Wheat; sisters and brothers-in-law, Rena and Kenneth Keener, Glenda and Scott Ashley, Dianne and Alan Kimsey all of Chatsworth, GA; eight grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Services to celebrate the life of Mr. Roy Lee Wheat will be held Thursday March 1, 2012 at 12:00 noon from the Melrose Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Colonial Hills Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10:00 am until 12:00 am on Thursday.
Arrangements by LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED, Ponders Funeral Homes- Melrose Chapel, Dalton, GA. (706)226-4002 YOUR SELECTED INDEPENDENT FUNERAL HOME