The family of Timothy Wheatley, of Monkton -- killed in a car accident Oct. 5 that critically injured his 9-year-old daughter -- is asking that contributions in his name be made to the hospital and the church that the family says have been invaluable to them since the accident.

At the same time, local community members have established a fund to help the family. In addition, all gate proceeds from Hereford High School junior varsity's last home game Oct. 22 will be donated to the Wheatley family. David Wheatley is a sophomore at Hereford High and plays on the junior varsity team. Proceeds from the Oct. 8 junior varsity game were also given to the family.

Wheatley, 48, was killed at the intersection of York and Corbett roads, in Monkton, shortly before 9 a.m. Oct. 5 when his 1999 Honda Civic was hit by a United Parcel Service truck.

The driver of the UPS truck, Kevin Callahan, 28, of Owings Mills, was not injured.

Funeral services were held Oct. 13 at Grace Fellowship Church, in Timonium, where Timothy Wheatley was a lay leader with "Wildfire," the church's middle school ministry. Will Wheatley is an eighth-grader at Hereford Middle School. Sarah Wheatley, who remains in critical condition at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, is a fourth-grader at Sparks Elementary School.

At the time of his death, Wheatley was business editor of The Baltimore Sun. He was past vice president of the Associated Press Sports Editors Association and had worked at the Spartanburg Herald, in South Carolina; the Florida Times Union, in Florida; the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, in Georgia, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, in Minnesota, and the Indianapolis Star, in Indiana.

Wheatley is survived by his wife, Beth Rhodes; parents Wilford and Theresa Wheatley, of South Carolina; brother Paul Wheatley and his wife, Linda, of Florida; sister Donna Troup of, Virginia, and six nieces and two nephews.

Contributions in Wheatley's name can be sent to The Wheatley Family Fund, P.O. Box 144, Monkton, MD 21111; the Johns Hopkins Children's Center Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Office of Development, 100 N. Charles St., Suite 200, Baltimore, MD 21201, or Grace Fellowship Church Building Fund, 9505 Deereco Rd., Timonium MD 21093.

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