Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Whaley, Grady A March 29, 2008
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Elizabethton Star  March 31, 2008
Grady A. Whaley 


    Grady A. Whaley, 94, formerly of 358 McQueen Street, Butler, passed away 
Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton following a 
brief illness. 


    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late William and Ethel 
Estella Timbs Whaley. 


    Mr. Whaley was retired from North American Rayon Corporation and was a 
previous employee of Bemberg Corporation. He enjoyed making music, hunting and 
fishing. 


    Mr. Whaley was a member of the Tennessee Hall of Fame Horseshoe Pitchers 
and the National Horseshoe Pitching Association. He was of the Baptist faith. 


    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Offie 
Holloway Whaley, November 16, 1987, and by four daughters, four sons and five 
brothers. 


    Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and Robert Finney, 
and a son and daughter-in-law, James and Sandy Whaley, all of Butler; five 
grandchildren, Kay Ellis, Rogersville, Tenn., Bobby Finney, Ricky Finney and 
Chuck Finney, all of Butler, and Patrick Whaley, Mountain City; eight great-
grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; a sister, Frances Stewart, Butler; 
two sisters-in-law, Doris Whaley, Elizabethton, and Callie Lockmiller of 
Michigan; and special friends, Ethel Garland and her family. 


    A graveside service and interment for Mr. Whaley will be conducted at 11 
a.m. Tuesday, April 1, in the Lakeview Cemetery, Butler, with Rev. Charles 
Cable officiating. Active pallbearers will be selected from his grandsons and 
nephews. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Seniors Citizens Center 
of Mountain City, his music friends, his horseshoe pitching buddies and his 
many additional friends and neighbors. Those wishing to attend the graveside 
service are asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday. The family 
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 31, in the Tetrick Funeral 
Home Chapel of Peace or at Mr. Whaley's residence, 358 McQueen Street, Butler, 
at other times. The family would like to extend a special "Thank You" to the 
staff of Life Care Center of Elizabethton for their love and care shown to the 
Whaley family. Condolences may be sent to the family electronically by 
visiting www.tetrickfuneralhome.com and signing the guestbook or by fax to 
(423) 542-9499. 


    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Whaley family. 
Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232. 



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