Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthJul 8, 1907, Alamance County, North Carolina [16761], [16767]
DeathDec 13, 2008, Alamance County, North Carolina [16761]
BurialMagnolia Cemetery, 201 N. Oak Ave And West Front Street, Elon, North Carolina [16761]
FatherWilliam Ervin LOY Sr. (1882-1970)
MotherBettie Ann WESTMORELAND (1888-1990)
Spouses
BirthJan 30, 1908, Hazelhurst, Georgia [16768]
DeathApr 15, 1968, Alamance County, North Carolina [16761], [16768]
BurialMagnolia Cemetery, 201 N. Oak Ave And West Front Street, Elon, North Carolina [16768]
FatherCharlie Edwin HUEY (1876-1964)
MotherAugusta Adellah McMANUS (1883-1960)
ChildrenElna Doris (1929-1994)
 Paul Herman (1939-2015)
Obituary Online notes for Josie Myrtle LOY
12/15/2008

Mrs. Josie Loy Huey dead at 101


    ELON — Mrs. Josie Loy Huey, age 101, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008 at Liberty Commons.
    A native of Alamance County, she was the wife of the late Charlie Chester Huey and daughter of the late William Ervin and Bettie Westmoreland Loy. She was a member of Elon Community Church and Circle #1 of the church. She and her husband, Chester, operated Huey’s Barbecue for many years. After Chester’s death she continued the tradition until her retirement. During her restaurant years, she gave many young men a job and a place to live. Most of these were Elon College students. She and her children, Elna and Paul, donated Elon’s first athletic scholarship as memorial to her late husband, Chester Huey.
    Survivors include her son, Paul Herman Huey of the home; grandchildren, Martha Loy Huey "Marlo" Paterson and husband Mark of Atlanta, GA and Charlie Chester "Chet" Huey, II of Tuscaloosa, AL; brothers, W.E. "Bill" Loy and F. Ervin Loy both of Elon and Dewey Leige Loy of Paulsboro, N.J. She was preceded in death by her husband Chester Huey; Parents, daughter Elna Huey; brothers, Howard Loy, Eugene Loy, Freeman Loy, Martin Leon Loy, Durward Loy and Keith B. Loy; sisters, Janice L. Newman, Ruth B. Loy and Leola C. Loy.
    Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday, December 16, 2008 in the Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Daniel H. Kuhn, Jr. Interment will follow in Magnolia Cemetery, Elon. Mrs. Huey will remain at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory through the funeral service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 pm Monday and at other times the home.
    You may sign the online register book at
www.lowefuneralhome.com [16761]
Obituary Online notes for Charlie Chester (Spouse 1)
The Burlington Daily Times-News

Monday, April 15, 1968

Death Takes C. C. Huey Here Today

C. Chester Huey, 60, of Rt. 1, Eton College, co-owner and operator of Huey's Steak House and Huey's Barbecue Restaurant here, died this morning at 8:20 o'clock at his home. He had been in declining health for several years and had been critically ill for four months.

A native of Hazelhurst, Ga., Mr. Huey was the son of the late Charlie E. and Augusta McManus Huey. He was the husband of Mrs. Josie Loy Hue of the home, who survives, and had been a resident of Alamance County for the past 40 years.
From 1944 to 1955 he operated a grocery store in the Glen Raven area, and in 1955 he and his brother, Ralph Huey, began their restaurant chain with Huey's Barbecue Restaurant in Glen Raven.

He was a member of Elon College Community church; and the Elon College Exchange Club. He was one of the most active boosters of Elon College's athletic program.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include one daughter. Miss Elna Doris Huey of Gibsonville; one son, Paul H. Huey of Rt. 1, Elon College; three sisters, Mrs. Clarence Morton of Gibsonville, Mrs. David Yancey of Rt. 1, Mebane and Mrs. Lillian Loy of Rt. 4, Burlington; seven brothers, Virgil O. Huey of Rt. 4, Burlington, George C. Huey of Rt. 1, Elon College, Frank Huey of Rt. 1, Mebane, Carl Huey of Mebane, Alton Huey of Rt. 1, Elon College and Ralph Huey of Rt. 3, Graham.

Final rites will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Elon College Community Church. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Thomas R. Hamilton, pastor, and the Rev. Grant Johnson, pastor of Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery Elon College.

The body will remain at Rich and Thompson Mortuary in Burlington until taken to the church to lie in state 30 minutes prior to the service. Visitation will begin Tuesday at noon, and the family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday night from 7 to 9 o'clock. [16768]
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