Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Cordelia Elizabeth Sawyer October 5, 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dorothy Strawhand https://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008405 July 20, 2017, 5:54 pm The Virginian Pilot Wednesday October 6, 1976 CHESAPEAKE - Mrs. Cordelia Elizabeth Sawyer Whitley, 84, of 2135 Campostella Road, the widow of Leroy Whitley and an area resident most of her life, died Tuesday morning in a Norfolk nursing home. She was a member of Providence Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Hattie Riggs of Chesapeake; a son, William Lemuel Whitley of Long Pine, Neb.; a brother, L.K. Sawyer of Norfolk; nine grandchildren; 23 great grandchildren; and a great-great- grandchild. A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Providence Baptist Church by the Rev. M.E. Hillard of the church and the Rev. John H. Johnson, associate pastor of Victory Tabernacle. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with Graham Funeral Home, Battlefield chapel, in charge. The body will be in church at 1 p.m. Thursday. Additional Comments: Magnolia File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/w/whitley13487gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb