Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Diana Beale, 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ DIANA DIZZIE BEALE WHITLEY BOYKINS - Mrs. Diana Dizzie Whitley, 67, died Wednesday morning in her home. A native of Southampton County, she was the wife of Henry Floyd Whitley. Her parents were Walter and Mrs. Leithe Cobb Beale. She was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church. Besides her husband, surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Jennie Lee Moody of Kinston, N.C., Miss Mary Lee Barnes of Boykins and Miss Bonnie Mae Barnes of Boykins; two sons, Walter Thomas Griffin of Murfreesboro and James Barnes of Suffolk; two step-daughters, Mrs. Daisy L. Hedgepeth and Mrs. Margarette Green of Roduco, N.C.; four stepson, Julian Whitley of Sedley, Floyd R. Whitley of Ft. Riley, Kan., William Thomas Whitley of Boykins and George R. Whitley of Hampton; two sisters, Mrs. J.H. Joyner and Mrs. Hurley Edwards of Franklin; two brothers, T.R. Cobb Sr. of Franklin and Sam J. Cobb of Roanoke Rapids; and two grandchildren. A funeral service was conducted Friday at 2 p.m. in Black Creek Baptist Church by the Rev. C.L. Gatling. Burial was in the church cemetery. The body was taken from McDowell Funeral Home to the church at 1 p.m. Friday. [Diana "Dizzie" (BEALE; Mrs. Henry F.) WHITLEY, Southampton Co. native, d. 24 Mar 1965, at home, age 67, interred in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (unmarked*), 26 Mar 1965, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 29, 1965, p. 2] [*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Black Creek list (BC-30): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/blkcrk.txt] Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w340d1ob.txt