Joe L. Wheeler:
Born 1936; son of Lawrence Anthony (teacher, administrator, musician, family counsellor, pastor and missionary) and Barbara (teacher, elocutionist, fundraiser, writer and missionary; maiden name, Leininger) Wheeler; married Connie Palmer; children: Greg, Michelle. Ethnicity: ‘Caucasian.’ Education: Pacific Union College, B.A., 1959, M.A. (history), 1963; University of California, M.A. (English), 1968; Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., 1975. Politics: Republican. Religion: Adventist. Hobbies and other interests: Book collecting, story collecting, philately, music, travel, people, writing, anthologies, the world of Zane and Dolly Grey, and utopian and dystopian literature.
There is something incredibly nostalgic and meaningful about the annual waterfall of autumn leaves.