per d/c
p - John Auston Whitten & Margaret Virginia Campbell
death: Congestive heart failure, A - S. heart disease, chronic brain sydrome
died: home, 6 B Abney Circle, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
93 y.o.
Widowed
occupation: Architect
ever in U.S. Armed Forces: No
informant: Maud Walton, Charleston, WV
race: White
WHITTEN, Rufus Lee - 93, of 6-B Abney Circle, Friday, at home. Architect, member of Baptist Temple, Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Shrine, West Virginia Board of Architects, attended Greenbrier Military Academy, Capitol City Commercial College, Cooper Union School of Art, New York City. Surviving: nephew, John S. Whitten of Charleston; nieces, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama, Mrs. Hallie Helmintoller, Clifton Forge, Va. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. Mount View Cemetery.
--Charleston Gazette [WV] Oct 8, 1966 Sat
R.L. Whitten Architect, Dies
An extended illness claimed the life today of a 93-year-old Charleston Architect.
Rufus Lee Whitten of 6B Abney circle died at his home.
Mr. Whitten attended Greenbrier Millitary School and in 1910 enrolled at the Capital City Commercial College. Later, he graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City.
He was a member of Kanawha Lodge No. 20, AF & AM Scottish Rite Bodies and the Beni Kedem Shrine Temple and former member of the West Virginia Board of Architects.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews, including John Whitten of Charleston, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama and Mrs. Hallie Helminteller of Clifton Forge, Va.
The body is at Barlow - Bonsall Funeral Home.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Oct 7, 1966 Fri
p - John Auston Whitten & Margaret Virginia Campbell
death: Congestive heart failure, A - S. heart disease, chronic brain sydrome
died: home, 6 B Abney Circle, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
93 y.o.
Widowed
occupation: Architect
ever in U.S. Armed Forces: No
informant: Maud Walton, Charleston, WV
race: White
WHITTEN, Rufus Lee - 93, of 6-B Abney Circle, Friday, at home. Architect, member of Baptist Temple, Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Shrine, West Virginia Board of Architects, attended Greenbrier Military Academy, Capitol City Commercial College, Cooper Union School of Art, New York City. Surviving: nephew, John S. Whitten of Charleston; nieces, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama, Mrs. Hallie Helmintoller, Clifton Forge, Va. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. Mount View Cemetery.
--Charleston Gazette [WV] Oct 8, 1966 Sat
R.L. Whitten Architect, Dies
An extended illness claimed the life today of a 93-year-old Charleston Architect.
Rufus Lee Whitten of 6B Abney circle died at his home.
Mr. Whitten attended Greenbrier Millitary School and in 1910 enrolled at the Capital City Commercial College. Later, he graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City.
He was a member of Kanawha Lodge No. 20, AF & AM Scottish Rite Bodies and the Beni Kedem Shrine Temple and former member of the West Virginia Board of Architects.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews, including John Whitten of Charleston, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama and Mrs. Hallie Helminteller of Clifton Forge, Va.
The body is at Barlow - Bonsall Funeral Home.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Oct 7, 1966 Fri
per d/c
p - John Auston Whitten & Margaret Virginia Campbell
death: Congestive heart failure, A - S. heart disease, chronic brain sydrome
died: home, 6 B Abney Circle, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
93 y.o.
Widowed
occupation: Architect
ever in U.S. Armed Forces: No
informant: Maud Walton, Charleston, WV
race: White
WHITTEN, Rufus Lee - 93, of 6-B Abney Circle, Friday, at home. Architect, member of Baptist Temple, Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Shrine, West Virginia Board of Architects, attended Greenbrier Military Academy, Capitol City Commercial College, Cooper Union School of Art, New York City. Surviving: nephew, John S. Whitten of Charleston; nieces, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama, Mrs. Hallie Helmintoller, Clifton Forge, Va. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. Mount View Cemetery.
--Charleston Gazette [WV] Oct 8, 1966 Sat
R.L. Whitten Architect, Dies
An extended illness claimed the life today of a 93-year-old Charleston Architect.
Rufus Lee Whitten of 6B Abney circle died at his home.
Mr. Whitten attended Greenbrier Millitary School and in 1910 enrolled at the Capital City Commercial College. Later, he graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City.
He was a member of Kanawha Lodge No. 20, AF & AM Scottish Rite Bodies and the Beni Kedem Shrine Temple and former member of the West Virginia Board of Architects.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews, including John Whitten of Charleston, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama and Mrs. Hallie Helminteller of Clifton Forge, Va.
The body is at Barlow - Bonsall Funeral Home.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Oct 7, 1966 Fri
p - John Auston Whitten & Margaret Virginia Campbell
death: Congestive heart failure, A - S. heart disease, chronic brain sydrome
died: home, 6 B Abney Circle, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV
93 y.o.
Widowed
occupation: Architect
ever in U.S. Armed Forces: No
informant: Maud Walton, Charleston, WV
race: White
WHITTEN, Rufus Lee - 93, of 6-B Abney Circle, Friday, at home. Architect, member of Baptist Temple, Masonic lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Shrine, West Virginia Board of Architects, attended Greenbrier Military Academy, Capitol City Commercial College, Cooper Union School of Art, New York City. Surviving: nephew, John S. Whitten of Charleston; nieces, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama, Mrs. Hallie Helmintoller, Clifton Forge, Va. Service 11 a.m. Monday, Barlow-Bonsall Funeral Home. Mount View Cemetery.
--Charleston Gazette [WV] Oct 8, 1966 Sat
R.L. Whitten Architect, Dies
An extended illness claimed the life today of a 93-year-old Charleston Architect.
Rufus Lee Whitten of 6B Abney circle died at his home.
Mr. Whitten attended Greenbrier Millitary School and in 1910 enrolled at the Capital City Commercial College. Later, he graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City.
He was a member of Kanawha Lodge No. 20, AF & AM Scottish Rite Bodies and the Beni Kedem Shrine Temple and former member of the West Virginia Board of Architects.
He is survived by several nieces and nephews, including John Whitten of Charleston, Mrs. Herbert Eskins of Nitro, Miss Frances Whitten of Alabama and Mrs. Hallie Helminteller of Clifton Forge, Va.
The body is at Barlow - Bonsall Funeral Home.
--Charleston Daily Mail [WV] Oct 7, 1966 Fri
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