EDWARD J. WESLEY

VISITATION: 1 PM, WED., MARCH 16, 2011 AT HIS HOME FUNERAL: 10 AM, SAT., MARCH 19, 2011 AT PEARL RIVER GYM INTERMENT: PEARL RIVER MENNONITE CHURCH CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN STEPHENS, REV. DUANE REINHARDT AND REV. GLENN MYERS MR. WESLEY, 53, PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2011 AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER. IN HIS EARLY LIFE, EDWARD GREW UP IN THE NANIH WAIYA COMMUNITY. AT AGE 18, EDWARD MOVED TO THE PEARL RIVER COMUNITY WHERE HE SETTLED AND RAISED HIS FAMILY. IN APRIL 1986, HE MARRIED LINDA SOCKEY OF THE RED WATER COMMUNITY AND THEY HAD TWO SONS. MRS. LINDA S. WESLEY PASSED AWAY IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN 1989. IN 2002, HE MET BARBARA LEWIS AND THEY WERE WED IN 2007 UNTIL HIS TIMELY PASSING. SOME OF HIS HOBBIES INCLUDED HUNTING, FISHING, SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN, HELPING PEOPLE OUT IN GENERAL, BEING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND LISTENING TO HIS FAVORITE GOSPEL MUSIC CD. AS A TEENAGER, HE ENJOYED PLAYING STICKBALL. EDWARD SERVED IN MANY VARIOUS POSITIONS WITH THE TRIBE - ASSISTANT PLANT MANAGER, TRANSPORTATION CUSTODIAL COORDINATOR, MAINTENANCE PLANT MANAGER PEARL RIVER TRIBAL COUNCILMAN FROM 1995-2007 AND MOST RECENTLY, PEARL RIVER TRIBAL COUNCILMAN SINCE 2009. HE SERVED AS COMMITTEE SYSTEMS COORDINATOR UNTIL HIS DEATH. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, JOHN H. WESLEY AND CECILE LEWIS WESLEY; 1ST WIFE, LINDA WESLEY; SISTERS, RITA FAYE WESLEY AND RUTH HICKMAN; BROTHER, JOHNNY WESLEY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE WIFE, BARBARA WESLEY; DAUGHTERS, CHANTAY FRAZIER AND VANESSA FRAIZER; SONS, ADRIAN WESLEY, JEREMY WESLEY, JUSTIN WESLEY, HENRY DIXON, JR. AND DOMINIQUE FRAZIER; SISTERS, JOANNE BEN AND JANICE LEWIS; BROTHERS, DANNY WESLEY, JERRY WESLEY, JOHN LEWIS AND EDWARD WESLEY; 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. PALLBEARERS WERE SOUP HILL HUNTING CLUB MEMBERS: FRED DIXON, SR., BUTCH BILLIE, MICHAEL WILLIS, KIMBALL WILLIS, ALVIN SOCKEY, DEWAYNE BILLY, LUKE ALLEN, JR., GILBERT WILLIS AND GARETH GAUTHEN. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE ELI SOCKEY, RODGRICK SOCKEY, JAMIE BILLY, TERRY DIXON, DUDLEY DENSON, PETE MILES YAZZIE, BENSON LEWIS, ALLEN LEWIS, TERRANCE KINSOLVING, WILSON DIXON, JR. AND BILL BOUNDS.

EDWARD J. WESLEY

September 11, 1957 - March 14, 2011