McMinnville resident and Van Buren County native Havern Wheeler, 76, was born Aug. 13, 1939 and died Aug. 27 at Alive Hospice in Nashville following an extended illness.The owner of Oak Tree Furniture Shop, a master woodworker, and a member of the Non-Denominational Church Bridges of Hope, he was the son of the late Luther Hawkins and Austie Mae Fisher Wheeler. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by daughter, Patty F. Grissom; and two grandsons, Chad Nunley and Toby Harper. He was married April 28, 1957 to Paulette Taylor Wheeler of McMinnville.