Nansemond-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitmore, Joseph W., 1973 

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JOSEPH WESLEY WHITMORE 

  Joseph Wesley Whitmore, 82, of Nansemond, husband of Mrs. Helen Howell 
Whitmore, died May 4, in a Suffolk hospital. 

  A native of Surry County, he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Minnie 
Faison Whitmore and a member of the First Baptist Church of Suffolk and the 
Portsmouth Moose Lodge 898.

  In addition to his wife survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Paul J. Collette 
of Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. Kenneth Eley of Suffolk; four sons, Lt. Col. 
Wesley C. Whitmore of Columbus, Ohio, and Robert B. Frederick M. and Charles 
T. Whitmore of Nansemond; a stepdaughter, Mamie L. Clary of Richmond; three 
stepsons, Corbel Claud of Charlotte, N.C., Leslie Claude of Courtland and 
Sedrick Claud of Richmond; four sisters, Mrs. Edna Slade, Mrs. Hilda 
Glazebrook of Newport News, and Mrs. Russell Clark of Florida and Mrs. Lillian 
Conway of Hopewell; one brother, Everett O. Whitmore of Jarratt; and nine 
grandchildren.

  The funeral was conducted May 6 at the First Baptist Church of Suffolk by 
the Rev. Ralph Logan.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

  The Harrell Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.


Joseph Wesley WHITMORE, of Nansemond, retired contractor, 
b. 30 Oct 1890, Surry Co., d. 4 May 1973, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 78*), Suffolk, 6 May 1973, 
"Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Wakefield, VA), May 6, 1973 

*His in-laws are buried in the same lot.  Cedar Hill list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

His widow's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Nov. 11, 1993) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w356h2ob.txt 

His parents & his first wife, Lelia Florence (SMITH CLAUD) WHITMORE 
   (1884 - 1919), are buried in Union Christian Church Cemetery, Surry Co. 
   (Find a Grave Mem. #52429505 &c.) 

His mother's (donated, 1949) obit is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/w356m3ob.txt 


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