ROSALIE JONES WHITMAN, 66, DIED THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 AT NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS BORN OCTOBER 22, 1932 IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE HUNTER JONES AND OZELLA ANDERSON JONES. MS. WHITMAN WAS A RETIRED BOOKKEPPER FOR ROCKY MOUNT RECYCLERS. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND JESSE RETIOUS WHITMAN. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ENGLEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, JESSE ALAN AND TAMMY WHITMAN OF SHARPSBURG; THREE DAUGHTERS, LINDA AND BILL OWEN OF MESA, AZ., SANDY AND JETT DAUGHTRIDGE AND BECKY AND PATRICK THIGPEN, ALL OF ROCKY MOUNT; NINE GRANDCHILDREN; AND TWO GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 11AM TODAY, MARCH 20, 1999 AT BOWLING FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, WITH THE DR. CARLETON MCKITA OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
THE FAMILY RECEIVED FRIENDS FRIDAY FROM 7-8:30PM AT BOWLING FUNERAL HOME, 661 ENGLISH RD, ROCKY MOUNT.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE OF NASH GENERAL HOSPITAL.