SUFFOLK - Julia Parker Poole Whaley went to be with the Lord, surrounded by loved ones at Obici Hospital Feb. 7, 2006.
Born in Eure, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Lula Ann Umphlette and Henry Fletcher Parker. Mrs. Whaley was predeceased by her two husbands, Leslie Poole and Dennis Whaley, two brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Whaley graduated as valedictorian of Gatesville High School. She then graduated as a registered nurse from Saint Vincent DePaul School of Nursing in 1942 in Norfolk where she worked for some years. She was director of nurses in East Orange, N.J., and later worked at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City and for a short time at Obici Hospital. Many of her happiest years were spent at her home on Churches Island, Coinjock, N.C., where she enjoyed watching the water fowl and working in her garden.
Survivors include her sisters, Mary P. Luke and Velma Askew Dilday of Suffolk; stepson, Stephen C. Whaley and his wife Beverly and their children, Seth, Aaron and Ellen of Williamsburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Thursday at Cool Spring Baptist Church in Eure at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Wayne Gardner and Lois Hunt. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.
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Born in Eure, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Lula Ann Umphlette and Henry Fletcher Parker. Mrs. Whaley was predeceased by her two husbands, Leslie Poole and Dennis Whaley, two brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Whaley graduated as valedictorian of Gatesville High School. She then graduated as a registered nurse from Saint Vincent DePaul School of Nursing in 1942 in Norfolk where she worked for some years. She was director of nurses in East Orange, N.J., and later worked at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City and for a short time at Obici Hospital. Many of her happiest years were spent at her home on Churches Island, Coinjock, N.C., where she enjoyed watching the water fowl and working in her garden.
Survivors include her sisters, Mary P. Luke and Velma Askew Dilday of Suffolk; stepson, Stephen C. Whaley and his wife Beverly and their children, Seth, Aaron and Ellen of Williamsburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Thursday at Cool Spring Baptist Church in Eure at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Wayne Gardner and Lois Hunt. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.
Edition: VP - The Virginian-Pilot
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Copyright (c) 2006 The Virginian-Pilot
SUFFOLK - Julia Parker Poole Whaley went to be with the Lord, surrounded by loved ones at Obici Hospital Feb. 7, 2006.
Born in Eure, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Lula Ann Umphlette and Henry Fletcher Parker. Mrs. Whaley was predeceased by her two husbands, Leslie Poole and Dennis Whaley, two brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Whaley graduated as valedictorian of Gatesville High School. She then graduated as a registered nurse from Saint Vincent DePaul School of Nursing in 1942 in Norfolk where she worked for some years. She was director of nurses in East Orange, N.J., and later worked at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City and for a short time at Obici Hospital. Many of her happiest years were spent at her home on Churches Island, Coinjock, N.C., where she enjoyed watching the water fowl and working in her garden.
Survivors include her sisters, Mary P. Luke and Velma Askew Dilday of Suffolk; stepson, Stephen C. Whaley and his wife Beverly and their children, Seth, Aaron and Ellen of Williamsburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Thursday at Cool Spring Baptist Church in Eure at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Wayne Gardner and Lois Hunt. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.
Edition: VP - The Virginian-Pilot
Page: B4
Copyright (c) 2006 The Virginian-Pilot
Born in Eure, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Lula Ann Umphlette and Henry Fletcher Parker. Mrs. Whaley was predeceased by her two husbands, Leslie Poole and Dennis Whaley, two brothers and three sisters.
Mrs. Whaley graduated as valedictorian of Gatesville High School. She then graduated as a registered nurse from Saint Vincent DePaul School of Nursing in 1942 in Norfolk where she worked for some years. She was director of nurses in East Orange, N.J., and later worked at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City and for a short time at Obici Hospital. Many of her happiest years were spent at her home on Churches Island, Coinjock, N.C., where she enjoyed watching the water fowl and working in her garden.
Survivors include her sisters, Mary P. Luke and Velma Askew Dilday of Suffolk; stepson, Stephen C. Whaley and his wife Beverly and their children, Seth, Aaron and Ellen of Williamsburg; and numerous nieces and nephews.
A funeral will be held Thursday at Cool Spring Baptist Church in Eure at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Wayne Gardner and Lois Hunt. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. R. W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family. Condolences may be registered at www.rwbakerfh.com.
Edition: VP - The Virginian-Pilot
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Copyright (c) 2006 The Virginian-Pilot
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