Isle of Wight-Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitney, William C., 1933 

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WILLIAM C. WHITNEY 

  Funeral services for William C. Whitney were held Friday afternoon at 
St. John's Episcopal church near Chuckatuck, conducted by the Rev. E.P. 
Miner, assisted by the Rev. W.A. Brown.  The church choir, accompanied 
by Miss Elizabeth Daughtrey, sang "Abide With Me", and "When the Day is 
Done".

  The casket was covered with a pall of lilies and pink roses.  There were 
many floral tributes.  Active pallbearers were Charles B., B.W. and Dr. 
F.W. Godwin, Franklin Pitt, George B. Powell, Guy Smith, William Dawson 
and Lester Ridge.

  Friends of the family were honorary pallbearers.

  Burial was made in Wesley Chapel Cemetery.


William C. WHITNEY, of Portsmouth, retired farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 9 Nov 1933, Portsmouth, age 82, 
interred in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Nansemond Co., 10 Nov 1933*, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 13, No. 32, Nov. 16, 1933 

*His D.Cert. (#23740) gives buried 10 Oct 1933 [sic! registar's error]. 
   sn/o Merritt & Martha (CARROLL) WHITNEY; 
   h/o Wortley C. (KILBY) WHITNEY, dt/o Joseph M. & Eudora, 
   m. 20 Sep 1886, Nansemond Co. (Ancestry.com) 


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