Mary Carolyn (Parks) Wheeler was born December 25, 1942 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to L.L. "Cotton" and Clara (Cannon) Parks. After living in Wagoner her first few years Carolyn moved with her family to Muskogee where she made her home all her life. She graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1961 and attended Draughn's Business School and Northeastern State College. Carolyn was a member of the Boston Avenue Baptist Church and ESA. She enjoyed flowers and liked to garden, an activity she and her son, Irvin did together. Carolyn was a teacher and had been employed at the VA Regional Office and with the Assisted Daily Living program at the Oklahoma School for the Blind before retirement. Carolyn died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 in Muskogee, OK, just two days past her 68th birthday. She was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Glenn Wheeler; a daughter, Edith (Wheeler) Bingham; her father, Cotton Parks; and grandparents, Thomas Bessie and Bess Cannon. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Irvin and Kim Wheeler of Muskogee; her mother, Clara (Cannon) Parks of Muskogee; grandchildren, Whitney Wheeler, Shelby Lee Bingham and Russell Wayne Bingham; a sister and brother-in-law, Janet and Ray Grandstaff of Checotah, OK; many cousins, nephews and nieces; and many friends, including her best friend, Gayle Cooley. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today, Monday, January 3, 2011 at the Boston Avenue Baptist Church in Muskogee. The Reverend John Curtis and the Reverend Donny Echols will officiate. Pallbearers will be David Anderson, Purvis McDaniels, Lester Wheeler, Darrel Armstrong, Jeff Blankenship, Bill Goodwin and Harvey Edwards. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery in Wagoner, OK.