Evelyn Ezzell Whitley

EVELYN LOUISE EZZELL WHITLEY, 77, DIED SEPTEMBER 26, 2002. BORN IN NASH COUNTY, DECEMBER 26, 1925, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE SYLVESTER MONROE AND ADA BELLE INSCOE EZZELL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FALLS ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. WHITLEY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS, CHARLIE, CLIFF, TOM AND VESTER EZZELL AND SISTER, MARY CLAY STONE.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBANDM EDDIE WHITLEY JR. OF THE HOME; DAUGHTER, DEBORAH PAINE AND HUSBAND, PAT OF ROCKY MOUNT; SONS, RONNIE WHITLEY AND WIFE, CAROL OF ROCKY MOUNT, LEE WHITLEY OF ROCKY MOUNT; TEN GRANDCHILDREN; EIGHTEEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHERS, LUKE EZZELL OF ROCKY MOUNT, SAM EZZELL OF WHITEVILLE AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
A GATHERING TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE WILL BE HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2003, AT 2PM AT JOHNSON FUNERALS AND CREMATIONS, 1912 SUNSETG AVE., WITH THE REV. DAVID BRUCE WHITLEY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK. THE FAMIKY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE FUNERAL HOME THIS EVENING 7-8:30PM AND OTHER TIMES AT THE HOME.