Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameErnest Whitley
Birth19 Apr 1925, Stanly County, NC
Death21 Sep 2013, Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial24 Sep 2013, Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
FatherChalmers Levi Whitley (1888-1952)
MotherEster Mary Fesperman (1893-1985)
Spouses
Birthabt 1922
Death30 Nov 2004, Stanly Memorial Hospital, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial2 Dec 2004, Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
ChildrenPerry
 Patricia
Birth7 Dec 1928, Madison County, NC
Death4 Mar 2021
Notes for Ernest Whitley
Ernest Whitley

Tuesday, September 24, 2013 — Ernest Junior Whitley, 88, of Albemarle, N.C., died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at Stanly Regional Medical Center.  

His funeral was at 3 p.m. Tuesday, September 24, 2013, in Stanly Funeral Home Chapel, Albemarle, with Rev. Charles Curtis officiating. Burial followed in Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle, with full military rites by the Stanly County DAV. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday, September 23, 2013, at Stanly Funeral Home.  

Born April 19, 1925, in Stanly County, he was the son of the late Chalmers Levi Whitley and Esther Fesperman Whitley.  

He was a retired employee of E.J. Snyder. He also enjoyed sandblasting and farming.

Mr. Whitley was a member of Zion United Methodist Church of Gold Hill, N.C.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during World War II in Switzerland, France, Germany, England, Austria, Belgium and Italy. He was honorably discharged in 1946. He was a member of the V.F.W. of Richfield.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Annabel Perry Whitley, in 2004.  

He is survived by his wife Roxie Eudy Whitley of the home. Survivors also include a son, Perry Whitley and wife Lynette of New London, N.C.; a daughter, Patricia Whitley Matthews and husband David of Lake Norman; three grandchildren, Tina Haywood, Candice Whitley and Brooke Whitley; and three great-grandchildren.

Stanly Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

Stanly New & Press, 25 Sep 2013
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