Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAngelia Irene Blackwelder
Birth19 May 1924, Stanly County, NC
Death26 May 2011, Cabarrus County, NC
Burial30 May 2011, Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherFarrell Edwin Blackwelder (1900-1966)
MotherGatha Jane Furr (1908-1997)
Spouses
Birth10 Jul 1922, Catawba County, NC
Death1 Dec 1944, France
BurialCarolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
ChildrenNelson Edvin
Birth6 Jan 1922, Cabarrus County, NC
Death3 Feb 1985, Cabarrus County, NC
BurialCarolina Memorial Park, Concord, Cabarrus County, NC
ChildrenJeff
 Marty
Notes for Angelia Irene Blackwelder
Irene Whitley

CONCORD - Mrs. Angelia Irene Blackwelder Lee Whitley, 87, passed away at Universal Health Care on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

Irene was born in Stanly County on May 19, 1924. She was one of two daughters born to Farrell and Gatha Furr Blackwelder.

She was a member of First Baptist Church in Concord.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ellis Nelson Lee and later by her second husband, Marvin Durwood Whitley Sr.

Mrs. Whitley is survived by her daughter Teka King and her husband, Buddy of Concord; sons, Nelson Edvin Lee Sr. and his wife, Emily of Kannapolis; Jeff Whitley and his wife, Audrey of Concord; and Marty Whitley of Concord; sister, Ann Patterson and her husband, Grady of Raleigh; twelve grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 30 at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tom Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Wilkinson Funeral Home and will be at 538 Camrose Circle (Oakleaf Condominiums) the remaining times.

Rather than flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 643, Concord NC 28026.

Wilkinson Funeral Home is serving the family.

Independent Tribune, 27 May 2011
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