Anna Beth Wheat passed away in Holdenville on Friday morning, August 22, 2014, at the age of 75 years.

Anna was the daughter of Franklin Jefferson McGhee & Evelyn Anna (Limpkul) McGhee, born on July 8, 1939 in Garber, Oklahoma. She was brought up in Oklahoma City during her younger years. The family moved to Holdenville when Anna was 14, and for most of her adult life, Holdenville has been her home. She was married one month after her 16th birthday to Bumon C. Wheat in Oklahoma City on August 12, 1955. They made their home in Holdenville and were blessed with a son, Danny, and three daughters, Dixie, Paula, and Carla.

Anna had the generous heart of a genuine homemaker. She loved cooking and sewing, and was an exceptional seamstress. She loved caring not only for her own children, but for the many children she looked after for more than fifteen years in her day care home. Until recent weeks when failing health made her unable to speak, she loved telling stories about every child she ever kept. She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. Her passing leaves an empty space in many hearts and homes, and she will be missed. Her legacy of love will always remain.

Anna is preceded in death by her parents, Franklin & Evelyn McGhee; her beloved husband of 40 years, Bumon C. Wheat, on July 2, 1996; her son, Danny E. Wheat, on May 11, 1996; her grandson, D. J. Jester, on March 26, 1999; son-in-law Curtis Johnson, on November 22, 1992; four brothers and two sisters; special friend George Sharp.

She is survived by three daughters: Dixie L. Wheat, Paula J. Wheat, and Carla S. Johnson, all of Holdenville; two daughters-in-law, Donna Hamilton and husband Larry of Holdenville, and Jody Wheat of Ada; eight grandchildren: Angela Wheat, Kimberly Lasater, Charles Buck Wheat, Joseph Anthony Wheat, Amber Clark (Joey), Anna Rae Jett (Jimmie), Scotti Jo Johnson, Silas Hamilton; eleven great grandchildren: Seth, Wesley, Macy, Colt, Ashtyn, Boe, Ethan, Jasmyn, Davin, Weston, and Abby; one great great grandson Jaxon Jett; many other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral service will be Tuesday, August 26, 1:00 p.m. at Fisher Funeral Home's Lillye Chapel with Rev. Gary Dodson officiating. Honorary pallbearers are Jimmy Sanford, Jimmie Jett, Frank Orso, Donnie Rogers, Jeep Castleberry, Tony McGhee, and Chris McGhee.