Obituary of Joseph Whitley

Joseph Lee Whitley Native of Norfolk, VA JOSEPH LEE WHITLEY, age 53, of 194 Woodland Church Road, Hertford, NC, died Wednesday, October 15, 2003, in Chesapeake General Hospital. He was a native of Norfolk, VA, and had been employed with the Hess Oil Company for 26 years. He was a charter member of the Inter County Ruitan Club where he served as treasurer. Mr. Whitley was son of the late Francis E. Whitley and Frances Dunn Whitley, and was the husband of Constance ‘Connie’ Beals Whitley of the residence. Besides his wife he is survived by four daughters, Kimberly Erlene Jordan and Wendy Leigh Leighton both of Elizabeth City, NC, Michelle Dianne Whitley of Oldsmar, FL, and Casandra Lynn Raper of Hertford, NC; five sisters, Kathy Burke and Wanda Saulsbury both of Chesapeake, VA, Rita Bachar of AZ, Rosemary Stevenson of Belvidere, NC, Grace Sharber of Camden, NC; three half brothers, Richard Whitley and Albert Whitley both of PA, and Ellsworth Whitley of Chesapeake, VA; four grandchildren, Joseph Taylor Whitley, Steven Connor Jordan, Maitlin Lee Jordan and John A. Hughes V. Funeral services will be Sunday, October 19, 2003 at 2:00 PM in Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street with Minister Ronnie Woolard officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday from 7:00 until 8:00 PM and immediately following the service in the funeral home lobby. At all other times the family will be at the residence. The family requests memorial donations to be made in lieu of flowers to the Inter County Ruitan Club, 3016 West Main Street Extended, Elizabeth City, NC 27909.