Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, George W., 1938 

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GEORGE WESLEY WHITLEY 

GEORGE W. WHITLEY DIES SUDDENLY 

  Newport News, April 2 - George Wesley Whitley, 63, brick contractor, who 
served two terms on the old Common Council of Newport News, died at 4:45 
o’clock this afternoon at his home, 1145 Twenty-six street.

   He had been somewhat ill in the morning and early afternoon and lay down 
to rest.  His wife came into his room to find him dead.

   Mr. Whitley was a native of Isle of Wight county, born December 22, 1874. 
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillian A. Whitley: a brother, Eddie W. 
Whitley, of Hampton; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Cook and Mrs. Estelle Rountree 
of Hampton.

   He was a member of Chestnut Avenue Methodist Church, the Men’s Bible Class 
of that church and the Business Men’s Evangelist Club.

   Burial was in Green Lawn Cemetery.


George Wesley WHITLEY, brick contractor, former Councilman, 
b. 22 Dec 1874. Isle of Wight Co., d. 2 Apr 1938, at home, Newport News, 
interred in Green Lawn Memorial Park*, Newport News, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Thurs., Apr. 7, 1938, p. 1, col. 2 

*Find a Grave Mem. #85227109 

His parents, Julius W. & Hattie A. (HARRISON) WHITLEY, are also buried there. 
   They m. 6 Apr 1873 in Weldon, NC. 
   (Halifax Co., NC M.Reg. p. 6 {Index gives Bk. 2, p. 9}) 


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