Giles County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Carl Allen Whittaker

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, June 6, 2002

Carl Allen Whittaker

PEARISBURG, Va. -- Carl Allen (Cap) Whittaker, age 84, of the White Gate 
Community, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at Asbury Place, Wytheville.

He was born Oct. 25, 1918, at White Gate, the son of the late John Marvin and 
Nellie Hamilton Whittaker. Also, he was preceded in death by his wife, June 
Galliher Whittaker. He was a longtime merchant (Whittaker's Grocery and Garage) 
and farmer at White Gate. He was a charter member of the White Gate Ruritan 
Club and was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bill Faris, Glade Spring; 
a brother and sister-in-law, Dale and Carol Whittaker, White Gate; a sister, 
Josephine W. Waller, New London, N.C.; brother-in-law, John Bernard and wife 
Elsie Galliher, Roanoke; two grandsons: Mark and wife, Stephanie Faris, Glade 
Spring; and Glenn and wife Karen Faris, Glade Spring; three great-grandchildren,
Austin Glenn Faris, Lance Allen Faris, Baileigh Parker Faris; two step-great-
grandchildren, Paiten and Megan; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home 
Chapel, White Gate, with the Rev. Donald White officiating. Interment will be 
in the Stinson Cemetery, White Gate. Pallbearers will be Jeff and Craig 
Whittaker, Glenn and Mark Faris and Tommy and Johnny Waller. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Dr. Tauro, Dr. Booker, Bill V. Breedlove, Loyd Bocock, 
Harold Rose, Owen Hershberger and many special friends. In lieu of flowers, the 
family request that contributions be made to the Mt. Zion UMC Building Fund. 
Visiting will be at the funeral home Friday after 1 p.m. and the family will 
receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.