Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Elvin H., 1972 

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ELVIN HARRELL WHITLEY 

   CARRSVILLE - A funeral service for Elvin Harrell Whitley, 80, of Carrsville 
was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Beaver Dam Baptist Church by the Rev. Edwin C. 
Thornton Jr. and the Rev. Robert D. Fridley.

   Burial was in Beaver Dam Church Cemetery.

   A native of Hertford County, N.C., he lived in the Carrsville area 70 
years.  He was a retired farmer.

   He was the husband of the late Mrs. Mary Lou Lankford Whitley and a son of 
Charles Henry and Mrs. Sallie Ann Whitley.

   He was a life deacon of Beaver Dam Baptist Church and a member of its Men’s 
Bible Class, Charter member of Walters Ruritan Club, and member of Walters 
Woodmen of the World Camp.

   Surviving are two sons Elvin Harrell Whitley Jr. and Charles Roland Whitley 
of Franklin; a brother Percy A. Whitley of Carrsville; four grandchildren; and 
three great grandchildren.

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ELVIN HARRELL WHITLEY 

   CARRSVILLE - A funeral service for Elvin Harrell Whitley, 80, of 
Carrsville, was held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Beaver Dam Baptist Church by 
the Rev. Edwin C. Thornton Jr., the Robert D. Fridley and the Rev. Sidney 
Cowles.

   Burial was in the church cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Robert J. Goodrich, Carson Whitley Jr., Marvin Worrell, 
Wallace Butler, Sam D. Butler Jr. and Eugene Cook.

   A native of Hertford County, N.C. and a resident of Carrsville for the 
past 70 years, he was the husband of the late Mary Lou Lankford Whitley and 
a son of Charles Henry and Mrs. Sallie Ann Whitley.

   A retired farmer, he was a life deacon of Beaver Dam Baptist Church, a 
member of its Men’s Bible Class, a charter member of Walters Ruritan Club 
and a member of Walters Ruritan Club and a member of Walters Camp, Woodmen 
of the World.

   Surviving are two sons Elvin Harrell Whitley Jr. and Charles Roland Whitley 
of Franklin; one brother Percy A. Whitley of Carrsville; four grandchildren 
and three great grandchildren.


Elvin Harrell WHITLEY [Sr.], of Carrsville, retired farmer, 
Hertford Co., NC native, d. 6 Mar 1972, age 80, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 8 Mar 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 9, 1972, Sect. B, p. 2; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 13, 1972, Sect. A, p. 6 

*Beaver Dam list (BD-78), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," July 24, 1969, p. 8) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/w340m3ob.txt 


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