Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthMay 19, 1945, Alamance County, North Carolina24,3, Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell,404, North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VCHM-KH3 : accessed 31 Aug 2014), Jacob Caleb Whitesell in entry for Jacob Lynn Whitesell, 1945; from "North Carolina
DeathJan 5, 2007, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell
BurialSaint Marks Church Cemetery, 1230 St. Mark’s Church Road, Elon, North Carolina3, Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell
ReligionMember Of St. Mark’s Reformed Church3, Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell
FatherJacob Caleb WHITESELL (1922-1982)
MotherMary Christine ISLEY (1920-2009)
Obituary Online notes for "Butch" Jacob Lynn WHITESELL
1/6/2007

Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell 


    BURLINGTON —Mr. Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell , 61, of 2520 Ferndale Drive, Burlington, died at his residence on Friday, January 5, 2007 at 1:55 a.m. following several years of failing health.
    A native of Alamance County, he was the husband of Janice Cheek Whitesell , who survives, and the son of the late Jacob  Caleb Whitesell  and Christine Isley Whitesell , who survives. He was the owner of Whitesell  Draperies. He was a member of St. Mark’s Reformed Church, the Alamance Rotary Club, and the Alamance Country Club.
    In addition to the wife of the home and mother of Mebane, survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Janie Covington and husband, Nelson, of Wilson; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Beverly W. Brown and husband, Joel, of Burlington and Mrs. Beth W. Cook and husband, John, of Mebane; and three brothers, Mr. Bob Whitesell  and wife, Bonnie, of Goldsboro, Mr. Bill Whitesell  and wife, Sandy, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. Barry Whitesell  of Charlotte.
    The funeral will be conducted at St. Mark’s Reformed Church on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Ben Bishop. Burial will follow in St. Mark’s Reformed Church cemetery. The body will be taken to the church to lie in state from 1:30 to 2 p.m.
    The family will receive friends at the Rich & Thompson Mortuary in Burlington from 6 to 8 this evening.
    Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.
    Condolences may be sent to info@richandthompson.com. 3, Jacob Lynn  "Butch" Whitesell
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