Father: Dr. Thomas Adrian Wheat, Sr.
Mother: Frances Bridges
At a very young age, Adrian would make rounds to his father's patients' homes and was exposed to a role model selflessly helping others. Adrian continued throughout his life to follow his father's example of kindness, generosity and selflessness. Adrian grew up in Shelbyville, Tenn., graduated from the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Medical School and thus forever his blood flowed orange. He served 27 years in the U.S. Army as a surgeon, including nine months in a battlefield hospital during the First Gulf War. He retired with the rank of Colonel.
Woven throughout his Tennessee childhood was his keen interest in the Civil War. He combined his knowledge of medicine and his interest in the Civil War to become one of the top authorities in the nation on Civil War medicine. He volunteered thousands of hours to the cause of the study of Civil War medicine. He was a founding member of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and served on its Board of Directors. He was also a founding member of the Society of Civil War Surgeons and vice president of its Board of Directors. Adrian willingly and graciously shared his knowledge of Civil War medicine with hundreds of groups. He worked with many National Park Service Civil War battlefield sites in the United States in interpreting the war to the visitors, as well as helping to train the staff. Adrian's wit, charm and expertise can be seen in his Banner Lecture on Civil War medicine, which is available on the Virginia Historical Society's website.
He married the love of his life, Marla, 30 years ago this December, thus acquiring the titles of husband and stepfather to Courtney and Brittney. Marla and Adrian's marriage was a daily testament to the marriage vows of honoring and cherishing each other. No title-historian, lecturer, surgeon, re-enactor, did he love more than that of "Poppy" to his three adored grandchildren. He shamelessly spoiled them with his time, love and ability to weave a fantasy world for them with his great imagination and humor. He is survived by his wife, Marla Martin Wheat; stepdaughters, Courtney Hewitt Griffith and Brittney Hewitt Van Deusen; and son-in-law, Mark Van Deusen. He is also survived by his beloved grandchildren, Jackson Griffith, Marla Margaret Van Deusen, and Winifred Wheat Van Deusen. Other survivors include three sisters and their husbands, Dr. Judy Wheat Wood and Dr. William Chadwick Wood, Katherine Jean Wheat and Russell Stevens, Rosemary Bobo and David S. Curtis; as well as nieces and nephews, Col. Sam and Ann Curtis, Dr. Claire Somervell Curtis, Dr. Carrie Wood Waller and Benjamin Waller, Rachel and Ron Striewig and Dawn and Sydney Pickett.
Mother: Frances Bridges
At a very young age, Adrian would make rounds to his father's patients' homes and was exposed to a role model selflessly helping others. Adrian continued throughout his life to follow his father's example of kindness, generosity and selflessness. Adrian grew up in Shelbyville, Tenn., graduated from the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Medical School and thus forever his blood flowed orange. He served 27 years in the U.S. Army as a surgeon, including nine months in a battlefield hospital during the First Gulf War. He retired with the rank of Colonel.
Woven throughout his Tennessee childhood was his keen interest in the Civil War. He combined his knowledge of medicine and his interest in the Civil War to become one of the top authorities in the nation on Civil War medicine. He volunteered thousands of hours to the cause of the study of Civil War medicine. He was a founding member of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and served on its Board of Directors. He was also a founding member of the Society of Civil War Surgeons and vice president of its Board of Directors. Adrian willingly and graciously shared his knowledge of Civil War medicine with hundreds of groups. He worked with many National Park Service Civil War battlefield sites in the United States in interpreting the war to the visitors, as well as helping to train the staff. Adrian's wit, charm and expertise can be seen in his Banner Lecture on Civil War medicine, which is available on the Virginia Historical Society's website.
He married the love of his life, Marla, 30 years ago this December, thus acquiring the titles of husband and stepfather to Courtney and Brittney. Marla and Adrian's marriage was a daily testament to the marriage vows of honoring and cherishing each other. No title-historian, lecturer, surgeon, re-enactor, did he love more than that of "Poppy" to his three adored grandchildren. He shamelessly spoiled them with his time, love and ability to weave a fantasy world for them with his great imagination and humor. He is survived by his wife, Marla Martin Wheat; stepdaughters, Courtney Hewitt Griffith and Brittney Hewitt Van Deusen; and son-in-law, Mark Van Deusen. He is also survived by his beloved grandchildren, Jackson Griffith, Marla Margaret Van Deusen, and Winifred Wheat Van Deusen. Other survivors include three sisters and their husbands, Dr. Judy Wheat Wood and Dr. William Chadwick Wood, Katherine Jean Wheat and Russell Stevens, Rosemary Bobo and David S. Curtis; as well as nieces and nephews, Col. Sam and Ann Curtis, Dr. Claire Somervell Curtis, Dr. Carrie Wood Waller and Benjamin Waller, Rachel and Ron Striewig and Dawn and Sydney Pickett.
Father: Dr. Thomas Adrian Wheat, Sr.
Mother: Frances Bridges
At a very young age, Adrian would make rounds to his father's patients' homes and was exposed to a role model selflessly helping others. Adrian continued throughout his life to follow his father's example of kindness, generosity and selflessness. Adrian grew up in Shelbyville, Tenn., graduated from the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Medical School and thus forever his blood flowed orange. He served 27 years in the U.S. Army as a surgeon, including nine months in a battlefield hospital during the First Gulf War. He retired with the rank of Colonel.
Woven throughout his Tennessee childhood was his keen interest in the Civil War. He combined his knowledge of medicine and his interest in the Civil War to become one of the top authorities in the nation on Civil War medicine. He volunteered thousands of hours to the cause of the study of Civil War medicine. He was a founding member of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and served on its Board of Directors. He was also a founding member of the Society of Civil War Surgeons and vice president of its Board of Directors. Adrian willingly and graciously shared his knowledge of Civil War medicine with hundreds of groups. He worked with many National Park Service Civil War battlefield sites in the United States in interpreting the war to the visitors, as well as helping to train the staff. Adrian's wit, charm and expertise can be seen in his Banner Lecture on Civil War medicine, which is available on the Virginia Historical Society's website.
He married the love of his life, Marla, 30 years ago this December, thus acquiring the titles of husband and stepfather to Courtney and Brittney. Marla and Adrian's marriage was a daily testament to the marriage vows of honoring and cherishing each other. No title-historian, lecturer, surgeon, re-enactor, did he love more than that of "Poppy" to his three adored grandchildren. He shamelessly spoiled them with his time, love and ability to weave a fantasy world for them with his great imagination and humor. He is survived by his wife, Marla Martin Wheat; stepdaughters, Courtney Hewitt Griffith and Brittney Hewitt Van Deusen; and son-in-law, Mark Van Deusen. He is also survived by his beloved grandchildren, Jackson Griffith, Marla Margaret Van Deusen, and Winifred Wheat Van Deusen. Other survivors include three sisters and their husbands, Dr. Judy Wheat Wood and Dr. William Chadwick Wood, Katherine Jean Wheat and Russell Stevens, Rosemary Bobo and David S. Curtis; as well as nieces and nephews, Col. Sam and Ann Curtis, Dr. Claire Somervell Curtis, Dr. Carrie Wood Waller and Benjamin Waller, Rachel and Ron Striewig and Dawn and Sydney Pickett.
Mother: Frances Bridges
At a very young age, Adrian would make rounds to his father's patients' homes and was exposed to a role model selflessly helping others. Adrian continued throughout his life to follow his father's example of kindness, generosity and selflessness. Adrian grew up in Shelbyville, Tenn., graduated from the University of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee Medical School and thus forever his blood flowed orange. He served 27 years in the U.S. Army as a surgeon, including nine months in a battlefield hospital during the First Gulf War. He retired with the rank of Colonel.
Woven throughout his Tennessee childhood was his keen interest in the Civil War. He combined his knowledge of medicine and his interest in the Civil War to become one of the top authorities in the nation on Civil War medicine. He volunteered thousands of hours to the cause of the study of Civil War medicine. He was a founding member of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and served on its Board of Directors. He was also a founding member of the Society of Civil War Surgeons and vice president of its Board of Directors. Adrian willingly and graciously shared his knowledge of Civil War medicine with hundreds of groups. He worked with many National Park Service Civil War battlefield sites in the United States in interpreting the war to the visitors, as well as helping to train the staff. Adrian's wit, charm and expertise can be seen in his Banner Lecture on Civil War medicine, which is available on the Virginia Historical Society's website.
He married the love of his life, Marla, 30 years ago this December, thus acquiring the titles of husband and stepfather to Courtney and Brittney. Marla and Adrian's marriage was a daily testament to the marriage vows of honoring and cherishing each other. No title-historian, lecturer, surgeon, re-enactor, did he love more than that of "Poppy" to his three adored grandchildren. He shamelessly spoiled them with his time, love and ability to weave a fantasy world for them with his great imagination and humor. He is survived by his wife, Marla Martin Wheat; stepdaughters, Courtney Hewitt Griffith and Brittney Hewitt Van Deusen; and son-in-law, Mark Van Deusen. He is also survived by his beloved grandchildren, Jackson Griffith, Marla Margaret Van Deusen, and Winifred Wheat Van Deusen. Other survivors include three sisters and their husbands, Dr. Judy Wheat Wood and Dr. William Chadwick Wood, Katherine Jean Wheat and Russell Stevens, Rosemary Bobo and David S. Curtis; as well as nieces and nephews, Col. Sam and Ann Curtis, Dr. Claire Somervell Curtis, Dr. Carrie Wood Waller and Benjamin Waller, Rachel and Ron Striewig and Dawn and Sydney Pickett.
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