Dick, her husband of 54 years, and her children Susan (Ray) Bowling and Johnny (Kandace) Peppers, and her grandchildren Michael, Laura, and Rachel Bowling and Davey and Josh Peppers and Becca, Sammie, Thomas, Lucas, and Matthew Peppers. She is also survived by her step-children Sandra Peppers, Linda Hays, and Sheri Cotham and their children Katie Hays and Lisa Hays, Carla Cotham (Brian) Moyer, Christi Cotham (Mark) Hale, and their children Kenna and Everly Moyer and Crockett Hale. She is also survived by numerous extended family members including 13 nieces and nephews and her extra-special friends Lindalu Lovier, Nina Peppers, and Keisha Beard. She is pre-deceased by her parents, Charles and Nelle Waller, and her siblings and in-laws Margaret (Frank) John, Mary Frances (Lewis) Tyree, Thomas (Elizabeth) Waller, Eugene (Ellen) Waller, Percy (Judy) Waller, and Sam (Ruth) Waller.
Wylene began her career in secretarial work after graduating from Hume Fogg High School. She later shifted her focus to support her husband’s many entrepreneurial pursuits and to raise her children. She balanced her time working, volunteering, and taking care of her family. To know her was to love her. She always put others first and was a great role model and rock for the family. She will be deeply missed.
A celebration of life will be at eleven thirty, Friday, November First at Woodlawn’s Dignity Hall with a gathering of friends and family to begin at ten o’clock officiated by Pastor Paul Bane. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to Franklin Road Academy or to any charity of your choice.
