Surry County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whiteman, Evelyn Faison, 2005 

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EVELYN FAISON WHITEMAN 

  NEWPORT NEWS - Evelyn Faison Whiteman, 88, passed away peacefully on May 16, 
2005, in Yorktown, Va.  Born in Dendron, Va., Evelyn was the daughter of 
Robert Fulton Faison and Harriet Davis Faison.  She was a lifelong Peninsula 
resident and retiree of Nachman's Department Store, Millenary Department.  She 
was a charter member of Temple Baptist Church.

  Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years. Thomas F. Whiteman; 
her sisters, Mildred Garrett, Katherine Greco, Charlotte Bruggs, Harriet Davis 
Whitmore; and a brother, Robert Fulton Faison, Jr.

  She is survived by three sons, Robert Fielding Whiteman, and his wife, 
Brenda, of Yorktown, Va., Douglas Faison Whiteman and his wife, Tina, of 
Toronto, Canada, and Thomas Cameron Whiteman of Newport News, Va.; six 
grandchildren, Robert F. Whiteman, Jr., Edmund Lewis Whiteman, Rebecca Anne W. 
Platt, Adrian Whiteman, Harriet Whiteman and Angel Murphy; seven great-
grandchildren; two sisters, Frances Bloxom and Barbara Seward; and one 
brother, Wallace Faison.

  A graveside service will be held a 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, in Peninsula 
Memorial Park, with Rev. John Burtis officiating.  The family will receive 
friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, in Amory Funeral Home, Grafton.

  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Temple Baptist Church, 
235 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA 23601, or to Dendron Baptist Church, 
General Delivery, Dendron, VA 23839.


Evelyn (FAISON; Thomas F.) WHITEMAN, retired from Nachman's Department Store, 
b. 21 Jun 1916, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 16 May 2005, Yorktown, 
interred in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, 19 May 2005, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Tues., May 17, 2005, p. C5; 
   compiled by Mia Bailey, Mandy Malone and Norman Tippens, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #100686147 

Her parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Oct. 14, 1990, p. D6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/newportnews/obits/w355t1ob.txt 

Her father's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Apr. 5, 1953, p. 80) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f250f2ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 5, 1969, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/f250h1ob.txt 


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