C.B. Wheat raises his hat while friends, family and former players sing "Happy Birthday" during his 100th birthday celebration at Harvest Manor Nursing Home on Dec. 13, 2017. Wheat coached Live Oak's only boys' basketball state champion team in 1956 during his two tenures with the Eagles from 1948-56 and 1958-60.
C.B. Wheat (left) greets a friend while sitting beside retired Air Force Col. G.B. Lang during his 100th birthday party at Harvest Manor Nursing Home on Dec. 13, 2017.
C.B. Wheat celebrates his 100th birthday with his sons, Jonathan (left) and Charlie, along with a host of toher family, friends and former players.
Friends, family and former Live Oak basketball players gathered at Harvest Manor Nursing Home for C.B. Wheat's 100th birthday party on Dec. 13, 2017.
Former Live Oak basketball players and connections of C.B. Wheat's 1956 state champion team attended his 100th birthday party at Harvest Manor Nursing Home on Dec. 13, 2017. First row (center): C.B. Wheat, coach. Second row: J.L. "Cub" Covington, player; Charles Kemp, player; Akmon Welch, trainer; Jimmy King, player; Sam King, player; and John Durwin, statistician.
Members of C.B. Wheat's family attended his 100th birthday celebration at Harvest Manor Nursing Home on Dec. 13, 2017. First row (center): C.B. Wheat. Second row (left to right): Brenda Wheat, Jonathan Wheat, Jessie Dee Thompson and Julie Thompson Mayeaux. Third row: Jerry Thompson, Charlie Wheat, Terry VanVynckt Culver and Jeff Thompson.
