Jack Wheless

A Graveside service celebrating the life of Jack Eugene Wheless, 85, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, November 4, 2024, at Bethel Cemetery in Logansport, Louisiana with Rev. Terry Wheless officiating. Visitation will be held at Bethel United Methodist Church from 1:00 p.m. until service time. 

Jack was born on December 6, 1938, in Logansport, Louisiana to Jacob Jackson Wheless and Eva Mae Register and passed away October 30, 2024, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 

He liked to work in the garden, woodworking and sitting on the porch. You could always find him in the blueberry patch. His grandchildren and great grandchildren were his world. 

Jack was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob “Jack” and Eva Mae Wheless; brothers, Jimmy Wheless, and John Paul Wheless; and nephew, Tim Wheless. 

Left to cherish his memory are his wife Drucilla Wheless (60 years); sons, Rev. Sam Wheless (Stephanie) and Rev. Terry Wheless (Angela); daughter, Lesa Blankenship (Tuffy); grandchildren, Cody Wheless, Michael Blankenship (Molly), Hunter Wheless (Clara), Raymond Northcutt, Angel Savage (Greg), Levi McCormick, and Zoey Wheless; great-grandchildren, Lilly Savage, Saige Savage, James Savage, Jaxson Savage, Esther Wheless, Henry Wheless, Rylie Tippett, and Hayes Hanson; and a host of nieces and nephews; along with many bonus grandkids whom called him Papaw or Papaw Jack.

Honoring Jack as pallbearers will be Cody Wheless, Michael Blankenship, Hunter Wheless, Raymond Northcutt, Levi McCormick, Jerry Wheless, and Nathan Wheless. 

Serving as honorary pallbearers are Tuffy Blankenship, Jason Wheless, Justin Boseman, and Caleb Wheless.