Shelby Mae Wheatley, 17, of Effingham formerly of Vandalia passed away on August 25, 2015.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Northside Christian Church in Vandalia with Rev. Carl Rhodes officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00 am until time of service Saturday also at the church. Per Shelby’s family’s wishes her body will be cremated following services Saturday. Burial of the cremated remains will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to the family of Shelby Wheatley.
Shelby was born October 26, 1997, the daughter of Timothy Wheatley and Courtney Swick. She grew up in Vandalia and was a former student at Vandalia High School. Shelby loved anything girly from hair and makeup and wearing dresses to doing her nails, she aspired to be a cosmetologist one day.
Shelby will forever be loved and missed by her mother Courtney Swick of Vandalia; step father Donald Roberts of Vandalia; paternal grandparents Michael and Alice Wheatley of Vandalia; maternal grandparents Gary and wife Patsy Swick of Vandalia and Melissa Swick with Dudley Porter of Moweaqua; brothers Donald Roberts Jr. and Brody Roberts; sisters Morgan Rexford and Alexia Wheatley-McNeely; and her many family members and friends.
Shelby was preceded in death by her father Timothy Wheatley.