MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Clyde Wade Whitson, 24 Jul 2001
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CLYDE WADE WHITSON

BAKERSVILLE 
Clyde Wade Whitson, 87, died in McDowell County Hospital on Tuesday, July 24, 
2001. He was the son of the late John and Bertha Thomas Whitson, and husband 
of the late Carrie Johnson Whitson and Lora Stamey Whitson. He was also 
preceded in death by a sister, Arba Renfro; and brothers, Rev. Park Whitson 
and Floyd Whitson. He was a self-employed homebuilder and member of
Greenlee Baptist Church. He was a former deacon and Sunday School teacher at 
Bakersville Baptist Church and former Sunday School teacher at Red Hill 
Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Frances Woody Whitson of the home; a daughter, 
Eileen Boone of Old Fort; son, Ellis Whitson of Penland; step daughters, Carol 
Markum of Los Angles, CA, and Ruth Woody of Marion; three sisters, Rosa
Silvers, Ruby Grindstaff and Lois Gortney, all of Bakersville; one brother, 
Sherwood Whitson of Burnsville; six grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; 
one step grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday at Bakersville Baptist Church. 
Revs. Vernon Buchanan, Coy J. Jeans Jr. and Travis Newton officiated. Burial 
followed in Bakersville Memorial Cemetery. The family received visitors from
7-9 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. 
Memorial donations may be made to the Scholarship Fund at Greenlee Baptist 
Church, Hwy. 70 West, Old Fort, NC 28762.