Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitmore, Samuel A. Sr., 1998 

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SAMUEL AUBREY WHITMORE

  WAKEFIELD - Samuel Aubrey Whitmore, 90, died Aug. 13, 1998.  Born Jan. 22, 
1908, in Surry County, he was a son of the late Joel Claude and Sala Branch 
Whitmore.  Mr. Whitmore owned and operated Whitmore Brothers Store in 
Wakefield from 1938 through December 1994 and had a combined total of 68 
years with the store, having worked for the previous owners, Farmers Produce 
Exchange Corp., 12 years prior to buying it.  He was a member of Wakefield 
United Methodist Church.

  Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Damsel Whitmore; a son, Samuel 
Aubrey Whitmore, Jr. of Wakefield; two grandsons, Jeffrey Ellis Whitmore of 
Mechanicsville and Gregory Joel Whitmore and his wife Lisa, of Claremont; a 
sister, Sue Whitmore Jones of Surry; and three brothers, J. Braxton Whitmore 
of Smithfield and W. Grady Whitmore and J.C. Whitmore, Jr., both of Wakefield. 
He was predeceased by a sister Elizabeth Whitmore Harrison, and a daughter-in-
law, Faye Ellis Whitmore.

  The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Wakefield United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. Randy Duncan.  Burial will be in Wakefield 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at 7:30 p.m. today at Wakefield 
United Methodist Church and other times at the residence and suggest that 
memorials be made to the Wakefield UMC, P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA. 23888, or 
to a favorite charity.  Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, is in charge of 
arrangements.


Samuel Aubrey WHITMORE, Sr., retired Wakefield merchant, 
b. 22 Jan 1908, Surry Co., d. 13 Aug 1998, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
Wright Funeral Home obit 

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

His widow's obit (Wright Funeral Home, 2004) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/w356d1ob.txt 

His parents & step-mother are buried in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, 
   Surry Co.  (Find a Grave Mem. #23403333 &c.) 


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