CAMBRIDGE - Ernestine Belle "Teenie" Wheatley passed away on Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2017, at Mallard Bay Care Center in Cambridge. She was born on Jun. 21, 1930, in Cambridge to the late Thomas Adams, Sr., and Rowena Robinson Adams.
On Mar. 2, 1967, she married Bobby Thomas Wheatley, who passed away on Oct. 5, 2002. Mrs. Wheatley was a very hardworking woman. She worked for over 20 years at the Eastern Shore State Hospital as a seamstress, and she also worked for 15 years at Airpax in Cambridge. Everyone who knew her knew her as a strong woman. She also collected doll babies and stuffed animals of all kinds.
Mrs. Wheatley is survived by her sons, Ronald Monroe Jones, of Cambridge, and Gary Hart and his wife, Denise, of Secretary; a sister, Daphne Legg and her husband, George, of East New Market; a brother, Thomas Adams, Jr. and his wife, Wayne, of Cambridge; numerous step-children, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, Mrs. Wheatley was preceded in death by her first husband, Clarence "Spot" Jones; her second husband, William Melvin Hart; her third husband, Bobby Thomas Wheatley; and a brother, James Adams.
A funeral service was held at Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge on Monday, Apr. 17, 2017, at 2 p.m. Rev. Richard Prahl officiated. Interment followed at Dorchester Memorial Park. Family received friends one hour prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Thomas Funeral Home, P.A., 700 Locust St., Cambridge, MD 21613 to help defray funeral cost.