Billie Clifton Whaley

BILLIE CLIFTON WHALEY, AGE 69, OF ARAPAHOE, NC AND FORMERLY OF ROCKY MOUNT, DIED ON SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2003, AT CRAVEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. A NATIVE OF JONES COUNTY, NC HE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 12, 1934 TO THE LATE GUY FRANKLIN AND VENARYA THIGPIN WHALEY. MR. WHALEY SERVED HIS COUNTRY HONORABLY IN THE US ARMY DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT.
HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY, HIS WIFE JEAN DENNIS WHALEY OF THE HOME; CHILDREN, BRENDA GRIFFIN AND SIGNIFICANT OTHER RUSTY BRYANT OF SMITHFIELD, NC, ASHLEY WHALEY OF ROLESVILLE, NC, BILLY GENE WHALEY AND WIFE TERESA WHALEY OF CREEDMORE, NC, SHEILA WHALEY AND SIGNIFICANT OTHER JOEL SMOLEN, BOTH OF THE HOME, AND SHARON M. CARROLL AND HUSBAND SAM CARROLL OF ELM CITY, NC. ALSO SURVIVING ARE BROTHERS, TED WHALEY AND WIFE MILLIE WHALEY OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC AND DAVID WHALEY OF GOLDSBORO, NC. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND SEVEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
A GATHERING TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE WILL BE HELD AT 2PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2003 AT THE CHAPEL OF JOHNSON CUSTOM FUNERALS & CREMATIONS, 1912 SUNSET AVE., ROCKY MOUNT. REV. MARC TILLEY WILL BE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS TODAY FROM 7-9PM AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER, SHARON M. CARROLL, 138 KAELEY LANE, ELM CITY.