Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Sarah T. Jones, 1973 

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Mrs. Sarah J. Whitley 

  WINDSOR - Mrs. Sarah Jones Whitley, 80, died Friday at Williamsburg 
Community hospital after a short illness. 

  She was the daughter of Edward C. and Oleona Andrews Jones.  A native of 
Louisburg, N.C., she was a graduate and music major from Louisburg College and 
a member and former organist of the Windsor Congregational Christian Church. 

  She lived in Windsor for 60 years and taught music in the area public and 
private schools for 45 years. 

  She was the widow of Leonard Homer Whitley. 

  She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lyman L. Peters of Williamsburg, 
Mrs. Palmer M. Simpson of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. William A. Rainey of 
Wilmington, N.C.; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. 

  Funeral services will be held today (Sunday) at 2 p.m. in the Windsor 
Christian Church by Rev. G.A. Knauer and the Rev. W.A. Grissom. 

  Burial will be in the Antioch Cemetery near Windsor.  The body will be taken 
from the Purviance Funeral Home in Wakefield to the church at 1 p.m. today. 


Sarah Tallullah (JONES; Mrs. Leonard H.) WHITLEY, of Windsor, 
   retired music teacher, 
b. 16 Oct 1892, Louisburg, Franklin Co., NC, d. 23 Feb 1973, Williamsburg, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 25 Feb 1973, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 51, No. 48, Sun., Feb. 25, 1973, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104683850. 

D.Cert. 73-005589 

Her parents are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Louisburg, Franklin Co., NC. 


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