Barbara Frances Wheeler

Barbara Frances Wheeler, 85, passed away Palm Sunday, March 20, 2005, in Fort Worth. She was born March 1, 1920, in Corsicana. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. William Ridley Wheeler (Flossie Northcutt Wheeler) of Fort Worth. Barbara graduated from the Hockaday School of Dallas, in 1938. She attended Mrs. Finch's School for Girls in Manhattan, and Edgewood Park in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. before returning to the University of Texas to graduate, majoring in Interior Design. She was presented by the Steeplechase Club as a Fort Worth debutante, in 1940. Her trademarks were beautiful colors, scarfs, shawls, and always, elegant and exotic jewelry. She traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe, and was a long-time member of the Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Miss Wheeler was preceded in death by her parents and her only brother, Ridley Northcutt Wheeler. She was the oldest grandchild of the late Dr. and Mrs. William Davis Northcutt Sr. of Longview. She is survived by her two nieces and their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. William Magee (Sally Northcutt Wheeler Magee) of Dallas, and their two sons, William Ridley Wheeler Magee and Dean Flagg Magee; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heller (Nancy Howard Wheeler Heller) of San Antonio, and their two sons, Ridley Mathias Heller and Andrew Cole Heller. Locally, she is survived by her cousins, Dr. W.D. Northcutt III and family, LeGrande Northcutt and family, and Janet Henry Brown and family. Other cousins include Barbara Brown Munford and Dr. George Melville Brown of Dallas, and Bruce Edward Brown and family of Austin. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. today, March 23, 2005, at Memory Park Cemetery in Longview.