Obit of K. G. Whitley (w340) - Grady County, Oklahoma Transcribed by: Sandi Carter 23 Jan 2003 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ==================================================================== The Verden News 27 July 1945 K. G. WHITLEY PASSES AWAY WEDNESDAY; FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY Funeral services for K. G. Whitley, pioneer citizen of the Verden community will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, July 27, at the Methodist Church with Rev. J. D. Salter, Chickasha, officiating. Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery with the Hansen Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. The music will be furnished by a mixed quartet composed of Mrs. E. W. Peters, Mrs. B. F. Loveless, Floyd Adkisson and F. G. Ransbarger who will sing "Never Grow Old," "What A Friend," and "When They Ring Those Golden Bells," with Mrs. F. G. Ransbarger playing the piano accompaniment. Pallbearers will be C. R. Dahms, E. W. Peters, P. S. Kern, J. N. Kern, A. S. McVey, and Fred Freeman. Kirby Green Whitley was born December 7, 1865, at Albany, Missouri and died at his home in Verden at 1:10 p.m. July 25, 1945, at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 18 days. He was married to Lillie Lee Williams March 24, 1890, at Albany. He moved his family from Albany to a farm four miles south of Verden in 1902 where he lived until 1917 when he moved to Verden. He was a member of the Methodist church and the Masonic Lodge. "Life will never be quite the same to those who knew him, while those who were nearest to him will long for him with unutterable longings - long for a father's counsel and advice, and a husband's gentle and loving sympathy. He was a man of strong Christian character, patient and loving and self-sacrificing." Surviving members of the family include his wife, Lillie Lee; one daughter, Mrs. Mae Helser; two sons, A. W. Whitley, and Kirby Whitley, all of Verden; nine grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Frank Griffin, Albany, Missouri and three brothers, Emery W. and Charles H., Albany, and Hurley H., King City, Missouri. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html