Background
Wheeler, Charles Edwin was born on October 3, 1927 in Lexington, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Woodard and Mattie Luella (Miller) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Charles Edwin was born on October 3, 1927 in Lexington, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph Woodard and Mattie Luella (Miller) Wheeler.
Graduated from high school, Malesus, Tennessee.
Carman Gulf, Mobile & Ohio R.R., Jackson, Tennessee, 1942-1956. General chairman G.M. & O. Joint Protective Board, 1956-1972. Assistant to president Railway Employees' Department American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago, 1972-1976.
General vice president Brotherhood Railway Carmen of the United States and Canada, Chicago, Jackson, Tennessee, 1976-1984, general president Kansas City, Missouri, 1984-1986, Brotherhood Railway Carmen division Transportation Communications Union, Kansas City, since 1986. International vice president Transportation Communications Union, since 1986.
President Malesus Men's Civic Club, Tennessee, since 1970.
Married Donna Edith Kerby, May 22, 1927. Children: Danna Richard, Donna Jan Armour, Lisa LuAnn Clark, Charles Edwin Junior.