Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitley, Thomas C., 1942 

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THOMAS CLEVELAND WHITLEY

   Thomas Cleveland Whitley, 56, lumberman and business man here for 30 years, 
died at his home in Chestnut St. Sunday night.  Mr. Whitley was the son of the 
late Charles H. Whitley and Sallie Ann Whitley.

   He is survived by his wife, Floy Piland Whitley; four sons, Thomas Carroll, 
John Otis, Julian Piland and Roger Chapman Whitley and a daughter, Mary E. 
Whitley; four brothers, F.L. and L.A. Whitley of Franklin and P.A. and E.H. 
Whitley of Carrsville.

   Mr. Whitley was a member of High Street Methodist Church and of the 
Franklin Lodge Woodmen of the Word.  Services were conducted from the Holland 
Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon by his pastor, the Rev. B.B. Bland, assisted by 
Rev. R.D. Stephenson and the Rev. J.P. Batkins at 3 o’clock with burial in 
Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Pallbearers were P.A., F.L. and E.H. Whitley, F.W. 
Wellons, E.B. Dixon, Geo. H. Parker, J. Edward Moyler and Jim Whitley.

   Mr. Whitley was a man of high integrity and one who could be depended upon 
as faithful and trustworthy in the affairs of life.  He had been engaged in 
the lumber business here for many years, selling his products principally to 
jobbers in the Norfolk area, and was a man of untiring energy and industry. 
He had many friends in all walks of life and enjoyed the confidence and 
respect of his employees and all with whom he had business relations.


Thomas Cleveland WHITLEY, lumberman & businessman, 
d. 4 Jan 1942, at home, Franklin, age 56, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 145*), Franklin, 
   6 Jan 1942, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 9, 1942 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 


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