Timothy Shack Wheat

Dr. Timothy Shack Wheat, 64, a lifetime resident of Gulfport, went to be with our Savior Jesus on Tuesday September 15, 2020. What a celebration in Heaven! Tim was a Clinical Coordinator of Pharmacy at Memorial Hospital. Previously he worked at Forrest General. He graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Doctorate of Pharmacy. He loved his Rebels. Tim was a wonderful classical guitarist. He was a great brick layer, carpenter and loved working in his cellar. There are no words adequate enough to describe what an amazing man Tim was. He loved his family with Christ like love daily. Tim was kind, patient, brilliant and humble. He is the example of a God-loving man. He was preceded in death by his grandson Timothy Jeremiah Kirby; his father Claiborne Tom Wheat; his mother Sarah June Cliburn Wheat; his sister Jenny Wheat Goekler. Leaving to cherish him daily is the love of his life, his wife Tammy, his children, Martha June Kirby (Eddie), Cherry Elizabeth Graves (Brian), Rayanne Marie Cox (John), Alexis Reneé Wheat, Jacob Claiborne Wheat, Sara Isabella Wheat; grandchildren, Eddie Kirby (Adrienne) Mosie Kirby, Chloé Kirby, Duke Kirby, Jackson Graves, Eli Graves, Bella Graves, Breleigh Knight, Destinee, Brooklyn and Abbie Cox. Tim’s siblings are Benny Cliburn Wheat (Hilda), Tommie June Patterson (Fred), Cherry Nell Wheat, and many nieces and nephews, cousins and loved ones. The funeral service will be Saturday, September 19, 2020, at the Crosspoint Church, 15046 N. Swan Road, Gulfport, at 2:00 p.m. where friends may begin visiting at 1:00 p.m. Interment will be in Finley Cemetery. Bradford O’Keefe Funeral Home, 15452 O’Neal Road, is honored to serve the family.