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Bill Eugene Whaley

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Bill Eugene Whaley Veteran

Birth
Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, USA
Death
31 May 2005 (aged 70)
Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Bill Eugene Whaley, lifelong resident of the Denison/Pottsboro, Texas area, passed away May 31, 2005. Graveside services will be held at Georgetown Cemetery in Pottsboro, Texas. Earl Oglesbee of Emmanuel Baptist Church will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Preston Whaley, Don Whaley, Travis Errett, Jason Whaley, Brandon Graybill, and Terry Stockdale.
Mr. Whaley was born April 26, 1935 in Pottsboro to William Clarence Whaley and Oleta Littleheart Hardy Whaley. He was valedictorian of his 8th grade class in Pottsboro, and a 1953 graduate of Denison High School. He graduated from Grayson College in 1974. During the Korean conflict, he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
He was a Mason, a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, and worked for Johnson & Johnson for 38 years, retiring in 2000. He died at home in Pottsboro surrounded by his family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Dorothy Jean Whaley, and nephew John Hudson.
He loved horses, the outdoors, and his family.
Bill Eugene Whaley, lifelong resident of the Denison/Pottsboro, Texas area, passed away May 31, 2005. Graveside services will be held at Georgetown Cemetery in Pottsboro, Texas. Earl Oglesbee of Emmanuel Baptist Church will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Preston Whaley, Don Whaley, Travis Errett, Jason Whaley, Brandon Graybill, and Terry Stockdale.
Mr. Whaley was born April 26, 1935 in Pottsboro to William Clarence Whaley and Oleta Littleheart Hardy Whaley. He was valedictorian of his 8th grade class in Pottsboro, and a 1953 graduate of Denison High School. He graduated from Grayson College in 1974. During the Korean conflict, he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
He was a Mason, a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, and worked for Johnson & Johnson for 38 years, retiring in 2000. He died at home in Pottsboro surrounded by his family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Dorothy Jean Whaley, and nephew John Hudson.
He loved horses, the outdoors, and his family.


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  • Created by: Deborah Relative Child
  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137391809/bill_eugene-whaley: accessed ), memorial page for Bill Eugene Whaley (26 Apr 1935–31 May 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 137391809, citing Georgetown Cemetery, Pottsboro, Grayson County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Deborah (contributor 48263017).