Southampton-Isle of Wight County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Joel F., 1937 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ JOEL FLOURNOY WHITLEY Joel F. Whitley, formerly of Isle of Wight County and father of Mrs. F.M. Cobb of Franklin, died Sunday at Newport News, aged 73. Mr. Whitley was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John F. Whitley of Isle of Wight and was born near Smithfield. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Fowler Whitley; five children by a former marriage, Mrs. F.M. Cobb of Franklin, George F. Whitley of Suffolk, Sidney J. Whitley of Hampton, W.F. Whitley of Washington and Mrs. Jessie Roberts of Cape Charles. One son by the second marriage survives, Joel W. Whitley of Newport News. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Archibald Johnson of Newport News and two half-sisters, Mrs. Jesse J. Thomas of Abingdon and Mrs. Frances Holland of Allen, Md. Besides several grandchildren and a great- granddaughter. Funeral services were conducted from the Chesnut Avenue Methodist Church, Newport News, on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment being made in Poplar Spring Cemetery here. With the Masonic rites used at the grave. Joel Flournoy WHITLEY, of Newport News, inspector, former shipyard machinist, b. 9 Apr 1864, Isle of Wight Co.*, d. 14 Mar 1937, Newport News, interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 53*), Franklin, 16 Mar 1937, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 19, 1937 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Poplar Spring list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt The record of his second marriage (of 3) gives b. & res. Sussex Co: Joel Flourney Whitley, 41, w, Sussex Co., Sussex Co., Va., s/o John Franklin "Frank" and Mary A. Wilkins Whitley, Sawmilling m. 12-27-1905 Peter Warren's residence by Rev. W.D. Harward Virginia H. Peters, 41, s, So.Co., So.Co., d/o Joseph Henry B. and Ellen A. Spivey Peters (Southampton Co. MB12:324; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb12pt.txt) D.Cert. 5779 (Newport News #155) gives middle name as Fernoid. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by William J. DelMonte (JazzyBill@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w340j1ob.txt