Nansemond-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, George F., 1961 

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George Whitley, Banker, Succumbs 

  George Franklin Whitley, 72, vice president of the American Bank and Trust 
Company, died last night at 11:20 at Obici Memorial Hospital after an illness 
of several weeks.  He lived at 329 Cedar Street. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Hill Funeral 
Home by the Rev. John C. Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the 
Rev. Walter H. Whichard, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.  Burial will 
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, with Masonic rites at the graveside. 

  Mr. Whitley had been associated with the American Bank for 45 years, during 
which time he was a member of the board of directors and at the time of his 
death, secretary of the board of directors. 

  Mr. Whitley died three weeks after A.W. Ballard, also a vice president of 
the American Bank. 

  Mr. Whitley was a member of Suffolk Masonic Lodge No. 30 AF and AM, the 
First Baptist Church and the Men's Bible Class of the church. 

  A native of Wakefield, he was the son of the late Joel Fauntleroy [sic; 
Flournoy] Whitley and Lellie [sic; Lillie] Moody Whitley of Isle of Wight 
County. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dolly Ann Bell Whitley of the home; two 
daughters, Mrs. S. Burch Watson of Suffolk and Mrs. Claude Clifford Lilly of 
Atlanta, Ga., and a son George Franklin Whitley Jr., of Binghamton, N.Y.; two 
sisters, Mrs. Frank Cobb of Franklin, Mrs. Jeff Roberts of Newport News; two 
brothers, Sidney J. Whitley of St. Petersburg, Fla. and Willard F. Whitley of 
Washington; seven grandchildren said two great-grandchildren. 

[photo, captioned:] 
George F. Whitley . . . banker succumbs at 72 
                                   Hamblin's Studio 


George Franklin WHITLEY, banker, 
b. 11 Mar 1889, Wakefield, Sussex Co., d. 26 Mar 1961, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block S, Lot 28*), Suffolk, 28 Mar 1961, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 73, Mon., Mar. 27, 1961, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91652271. 

D.Cert. 7870 (Chuckatuck #109) gives son of Joel Flournoy & Lellie W. (MOODY) 
   WHITLEY; his mother's name was Lillie Wingfield MOODY. 

His father is buried with his third wife in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin - 
   Annex 2, Plot 16.  SCHS Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Mar. 19, 1937) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w340j1ob.txt 

His brother-in-law died five days later: 

"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 77, Fri., Mar. 31, 1961, p. 3 

Suffolk Woman's Brother Succumbs 

  Frank L. Bell, 68, of Waycross, Ga., brother of Mrs. George Franklin Whitley 
of Suffolk, died unexpectedly today in Waycross. 

  Funeral services will be conducted there Sunday at 4 p.m. 

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Kate Parker Bell of the home, and two sons, 
June Bell of Savannah, Ga., and Frank L. Bell, Jr. of Atlanta, Ga. 


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