C.C."Check" Whiteley Dies at Home Here Late Sunday Afternoon (the headline)
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Death claimed Chester C. "Check" Whiteley, 70, at his home here (Berryville) at 6:20 p.m., Sunday afternoon, following an illness of about three months. His passing followed surgery during April.
"Check" as a youth came to Berryville and was employed in the restaurant business with Cad Snow, later buying a interest in the business. After a year's partnership, Whiteley bought the other interest and has operated this business in the same location for 49 years.
His sons, Jack and Bob, joined him in the enterprise several years ago, with Mr. Whiteley retiring from active management in 1959.
C. C. Whiteley was mayor of Berryville in 1932 and one of the progressive projects completed by his administration was the waterline to Johnson Spring, six miles southwest of Berryville. Mr. Whiteley has the Number 1 certificate of the bond issue which helped make his water improvement project possible. He again served a term as mayor and had previously served the town as Alderman. Mr. Whiteley was a member of the town's first fire department and was a promoter of the department when it was first motorized, converting the hand-drawn hose reels to a specially built Model T chassis. He was also active in helping establish a modern fire department which resulted in the purchase of a modern fire truck and accessories.
C. C. Whiteley was born near Berryville, November 21, 1890, a son of Robert Chester and Amanda Wright-Whiteley, and had lived here all of his life. He married Miss Emma Snow of Berryville on November 16, 1913. The have since resided at 117 Pritchard Street. To them were born three sons and one daughter. The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and the Berryville Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Emma Snow-Whiteley of the home: Three sons, Jack Whiteley and Bob Whiteley of Berryville and Bert Whiteley of Fayetteville, Ark.: One daughter, Mrs. Maralee Whiteley-Grim and her husband, Scott Grim, of Berryville: six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by one brother, Clem Whiteley of Berryville, and two sisters, Mrs Emma Whiteley-Snow of Vale, Oregon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Snow of Berryville.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday afternoon at the Nelson Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Carl Overton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Berryville Memorial Park, directed by the Nelson Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Joe Poynor, W.L. Chafin, Homer Jackson, Earl Hoar, W. R. Epperson and Hanse Armstrong. Honorary pallbearers included A. M. Jackson, Ernest Hair, C. T. Denney, Parley Hull, Charlie Hull, Ertie Allred, Raphu Allred and John Hanna.
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Death claimed Chester C. "Check" Whiteley, 70, at his home here (Berryville) at 6:20 p.m., Sunday afternoon, following an illness of about three months. His passing followed surgery during April.
"Check" as a youth came to Berryville and was employed in the restaurant business with Cad Snow, later buying a interest in the business. After a year's partnership, Whiteley bought the other interest and has operated this business in the same location for 49 years.
His sons, Jack and Bob, joined him in the enterprise several years ago, with Mr. Whiteley retiring from active management in 1959.
C. C. Whiteley was mayor of Berryville in 1932 and one of the progressive projects completed by his administration was the waterline to Johnson Spring, six miles southwest of Berryville. Mr. Whiteley has the Number 1 certificate of the bond issue which helped make his water improvement project possible. He again served a term as mayor and had previously served the town as Alderman. Mr. Whiteley was a member of the town's first fire department and was a promoter of the department when it was first motorized, converting the hand-drawn hose reels to a specially built Model T chassis. He was also active in helping establish a modern fire department which resulted in the purchase of a modern fire truck and accessories.
C. C. Whiteley was born near Berryville, November 21, 1890, a son of Robert Chester and Amanda Wright-Whiteley, and had lived here all of his life. He married Miss Emma Snow of Berryville on November 16, 1913. The have since resided at 117 Pritchard Street. To them were born three sons and one daughter. The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and the Berryville Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Emma Snow-Whiteley of the home: Three sons, Jack Whiteley and Bob Whiteley of Berryville and Bert Whiteley of Fayetteville, Ark.: One daughter, Mrs. Maralee Whiteley-Grim and her husband, Scott Grim, of Berryville: six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by one brother, Clem Whiteley of Berryville, and two sisters, Mrs Emma Whiteley-Snow of Vale, Oregon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Snow of Berryville.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday afternoon at the Nelson Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Carl Overton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Berryville Memorial Park, directed by the Nelson Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Joe Poynor, W.L. Chafin, Homer Jackson, Earl Hoar, W. R. Epperson and Hanse Armstrong. Honorary pallbearers included A. M. Jackson, Ernest Hair, C. T. Denney, Parley Hull, Charlie Hull, Ertie Allred, Raphu Allred and John Hanna.
C.C."Check" Whiteley Dies at Home Here Late Sunday Afternoon (the headline)
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Death claimed Chester C. "Check" Whiteley, 70, at his home here (Berryville) at 6:20 p.m., Sunday afternoon, following an illness of about three months. His passing followed surgery during April.
"Check" as a youth came to Berryville and was employed in the restaurant business with Cad Snow, later buying a interest in the business. After a year's partnership, Whiteley bought the other interest and has operated this business in the same location for 49 years.
His sons, Jack and Bob, joined him in the enterprise several years ago, with Mr. Whiteley retiring from active management in 1959.
C. C. Whiteley was mayor of Berryville in 1932 and one of the progressive projects completed by his administration was the waterline to Johnson Spring, six miles southwest of Berryville. Mr. Whiteley has the Number 1 certificate of the bond issue which helped make his water improvement project possible. He again served a term as mayor and had previously served the town as Alderman. Mr. Whiteley was a member of the town's first fire department and was a promoter of the department when it was first motorized, converting the hand-drawn hose reels to a specially built Model T chassis. He was also active in helping establish a modern fire department which resulted in the purchase of a modern fire truck and accessories.
C. C. Whiteley was born near Berryville, November 21, 1890, a son of Robert Chester and Amanda Wright-Whiteley, and had lived here all of his life. He married Miss Emma Snow of Berryville on November 16, 1913. The have since resided at 117 Pritchard Street. To them were born three sons and one daughter. The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and the Berryville Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Emma Snow-Whiteley of the home: Three sons, Jack Whiteley and Bob Whiteley of Berryville and Bert Whiteley of Fayetteville, Ark.: One daughter, Mrs. Maralee Whiteley-Grim and her husband, Scott Grim, of Berryville: six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by one brother, Clem Whiteley of Berryville, and two sisters, Mrs Emma Whiteley-Snow of Vale, Oregon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Snow of Berryville.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday afternoon at the Nelson Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Carl Overton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Berryville Memorial Park, directed by the Nelson Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Joe Poynor, W.L. Chafin, Homer Jackson, Earl Hoar, W. R. Epperson and Hanse Armstrong. Honorary pallbearers included A. M. Jackson, Ernest Hair, C. T. Denney, Parley Hull, Charlie Hull, Ertie Allred, Raphu Allred and John Hanna.
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Death claimed Chester C. "Check" Whiteley, 70, at his home here (Berryville) at 6:20 p.m., Sunday afternoon, following an illness of about three months. His passing followed surgery during April.
"Check" as a youth came to Berryville and was employed in the restaurant business with Cad Snow, later buying a interest in the business. After a year's partnership, Whiteley bought the other interest and has operated this business in the same location for 49 years.
His sons, Jack and Bob, joined him in the enterprise several years ago, with Mr. Whiteley retiring from active management in 1959.
C. C. Whiteley was mayor of Berryville in 1932 and one of the progressive projects completed by his administration was the waterline to Johnson Spring, six miles southwest of Berryville. Mr. Whiteley has the Number 1 certificate of the bond issue which helped make his water improvement project possible. He again served a term as mayor and had previously served the town as Alderman. Mr. Whiteley was a member of the town's first fire department and was a promoter of the department when it was first motorized, converting the hand-drawn hose reels to a specially built Model T chassis. He was also active in helping establish a modern fire department which resulted in the purchase of a modern fire truck and accessories.
C. C. Whiteley was born near Berryville, November 21, 1890, a son of Robert Chester and Amanda Wright-Whiteley, and had lived here all of his life. He married Miss Emma Snow of Berryville on November 16, 1913. The have since resided at 117 Pritchard Street. To them were born three sons and one daughter. The deceased was a member of the Baptist Church and the Berryville Chamber of Commerce.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Emma Snow-Whiteley of the home: Three sons, Jack Whiteley and Bob Whiteley of Berryville and Bert Whiteley of Fayetteville, Ark.: One daughter, Mrs. Maralee Whiteley-Grim and her husband, Scott Grim, of Berryville: six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by one brother, Clem Whiteley of Berryville, and two sisters, Mrs Emma Whiteley-Snow of Vale, Oregon, and Mrs. Elizabeth Snow of Berryville.
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday afternoon at the Nelson Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Carl Overton, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Interment was in Berryville Memorial Park, directed by the Nelson Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Joe Poynor, W.L. Chafin, Homer Jackson, Earl Hoar, W. R. Epperson and Hanse Armstrong. Honorary pallbearers included A. M. Jackson, Ernest Hair, C. T. Denney, Parley Hull, Charlie Hull, Ertie Allred, Raphu Allred and John Hanna.
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