Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
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DeathDec 6, 2002 [27523]
BurialGuilford Memorial Park, 6000 High Point Rd, Greensboro, North Carolina [27523]
FlagsUS Army, World War II
FatherVernon Lloyd WYANT Sr. (1891-1972)
MotherLillie Gay GILLIAM (1892-1958)
MarriageApr 17, 1948, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina [27524]
ChildrenPenny Leigh (-<2002)
Obituary Online notes for Vernon Lloyd (Spouse 1)
Vernon L. Wyant
Vernon L. Wyant, 85, of 122 Hillbrook Dr. died Friday, December 6, 2002 at Rosecrest. A native of Rowan County North Carolina he was the son of the late Vernon Lloyd and Lilly Gay Gilliam Wyant. He was the husband of the late Ramona Lundgren Wyant. He retired from Lane Furniture Company and was a US Army Veteran. As a member of the 82nd Airborne Division he received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart during World War II having achieved the rank of Captain in the Army. As a member of the Army Reserves he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. He worked with SCORE helping small business owners get started.
He is survived by cousins Mr. & Mrs. David Gilliam. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Penny Leigh Wyant Flannagan.
Graveside services will be held 4pm Monday, December 9, 2002 in Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC. Memorials to a charity of one's choice.
The family is at the home of his cousins, Mr. & Mrs. David Gilliam at 127 Fernbrook Circle, Spartanburg, SC 29307.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel
Vernon L. Wyant, 85, of 122 Hillbrook Dr. died Friday, December 6, 2002 at Rosecrest. A native of Rowan County North Carolina he was the son of the late Vernon Lloyd and Lilly Gay Gilliam Wyant. He was the husband of the late Ramona Lundgren Wyant. He retired from Lane Furniture Company and was a US Army Veteran. As a member of the 82nd Airborne Division he received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart during World War II having achieved the rank of Captain in the Army. As a member of the Army Reserves he was recalled to active duty during the Korean War. He worked with SCORE helping small business owners get started.
He is survived by cousins Mr. & Mrs. David Gilliam. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Penny Leigh Wyant Flannagan.
Graveside services will be held 4pm Monday, December 9, 2002 in Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC. Memorials to a charity of one's choice.
The family is at the home of his cousins, Mr. & Mrs. David Gilliam at 127 Fernbrook Circle, Spartanburg, SC 29307.
Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel