Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameJerome Willie Whitley
Birth11 Mar 1924, Stanly County, NC
Death1 Mar 2011, Stanly Regional Medical Center, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial4 Mar 2011, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
FatherJames Luther Whitley (1891-1973)
MotherBessie Hinson (1894-1981)
Spouses
Birth4 Mar 1929, Stanly County, NC
Death19 Jun 2015, Oakboro, Stanly County, NC
Burial22 Jun 2015, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Stanly County, NC
MotherEmma Hatley (1891-1955)
Marriageabt 1949
ChildrenDudley J.
Notes for Jerome Willie Whitley
Jerome Whitley

Thursday, March 3, 2011 — Jerome Willie Whitley, age 86, of 18848 Graham Road, Oakboro, NC, passed away on March 1, 2011 at Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle.

The family will receive friends on Friday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, 2:30-4 p.m. At other times the family will meet at his home. The funeral will be Friday, at 4 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Dr. Wayne Bennett and Rev. Tab Whitley will officiate.  Burial will be in the church cemetery. Military honors will be conducted by Stanly County DAV, Chapter 12.

He worked in shipping for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry for 25 years. He was a WWII Army Vet and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

Born in Stanly County on  March 11, 1924, he was the son of the late James Luther Whitley and the late Bessie Hinson Whitley. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Fred H. Whitley and a sister, Hettie Whitley.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Gatha Cornell Barbee Whitley of  the home; son, Dudley J. Whitley and wife Betty of Oakboro; and grandson, Shawn C. Whitley.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001 or Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Frog Pond Road, Oakboro, NC 28129.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the family.

Stanly News & Press, 4 Mar 2011
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