Marion Webber Whitley, 46-year-old former Harrisburg resident who is well-known here, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday in Chester memorial Hospital of injuries received at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in a two-car crash on Route150 three miles northeast of Chester.
Mr. Whitley, a resident of Marion who was employed at the Menard State Penitentiary was the son of Mrs. Sybil Whitley of Harrisburg and the late Dr. C. W. Whitley, who was a Harrisburg dentist. He and his wife, Ruth resided at 807 North Otis Street in Marion.
The body was taken to the Miller Funeral Home in Carrier Mills and after 4 p.m. today will be taken to the residence.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Brushy Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. John C. Corbitt of South Carolina and the Rev. George B. Leathers of Salem conducting the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Whitley was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Pittsburg and was a member of the Consistory Lodge, Alnad Temple, East St. Louis, the Sword of Bunker Hill in Carbondale and at the time of his death was Watchman of Shepherds of Noel Shrine of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem at Marion. He had just been elected president of the Randolph County Shrine Club.
He was a member of the Illinois Police Association.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Harris Whitley; his mother Mrs. Sybil Whitley of this city; a son Jerry, of Coldwater, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. H.H. (Jane Rose) Atcon of Danville, and Mrs. Frederick (Mary Beth) Royalty of Greenville, Ohio
State police reports said that cars driven by Mr. Whitley and Dr. Milton Zemlyn. Chester physician, figured in the crash. Dr. Zemlyn and his passengers, Mrs. Marie Dobbs and Mrs. Clarce Darling were hospitalized.
Mr. Whitley, a resident of Marion who was employed at the Menard State Penitentiary was the son of Mrs. Sybil Whitley of Harrisburg and the late Dr. C. W. Whitley, who was a Harrisburg dentist. He and his wife, Ruth resided at 807 North Otis Street in Marion.
The body was taken to the Miller Funeral Home in Carrier Mills and after 4 p.m. today will be taken to the residence.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Brushy Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. John C. Corbitt of South Carolina and the Rev. George B. Leathers of Salem conducting the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Whitley was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Pittsburg and was a member of the Consistory Lodge, Alnad Temple, East St. Louis, the Sword of Bunker Hill in Carbondale and at the time of his death was Watchman of Shepherds of Noel Shrine of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem at Marion. He had just been elected president of the Randolph County Shrine Club.
He was a member of the Illinois Police Association.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Harris Whitley; his mother Mrs. Sybil Whitley of this city; a son Jerry, of Coldwater, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. H.H. (Jane Rose) Atcon of Danville, and Mrs. Frederick (Mary Beth) Royalty of Greenville, Ohio
State police reports said that cars driven by Mr. Whitley and Dr. Milton Zemlyn. Chester physician, figured in the crash. Dr. Zemlyn and his passengers, Mrs. Marie Dobbs and Mrs. Clarce Darling were hospitalized.
Marion Webber Whitley, 46-year-old former Harrisburg resident who is well-known here, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday in Chester memorial Hospital of injuries received at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in a two-car crash on Route150 three miles northeast of Chester.
Mr. Whitley, a resident of Marion who was employed at the Menard State Penitentiary was the son of Mrs. Sybil Whitley of Harrisburg and the late Dr. C. W. Whitley, who was a Harrisburg dentist. He and his wife, Ruth resided at 807 North Otis Street in Marion.
The body was taken to the Miller Funeral Home in Carrier Mills and after 4 p.m. today will be taken to the residence.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Brushy Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. John C. Corbitt of South Carolina and the Rev. George B. Leathers of Salem conducting the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Whitley was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Pittsburg and was a member of the Consistory Lodge, Alnad Temple, East St. Louis, the Sword of Bunker Hill in Carbondale and at the time of his death was Watchman of Shepherds of Noel Shrine of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem at Marion. He had just been elected president of the Randolph County Shrine Club.
He was a member of the Illinois Police Association.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Harris Whitley; his mother Mrs. Sybil Whitley of this city; a son Jerry, of Coldwater, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. H.H. (Jane Rose) Atcon of Danville, and Mrs. Frederick (Mary Beth) Royalty of Greenville, Ohio
State police reports said that cars driven by Mr. Whitley and Dr. Milton Zemlyn. Chester physician, figured in the crash. Dr. Zemlyn and his passengers, Mrs. Marie Dobbs and Mrs. Clarce Darling were hospitalized.
Mr. Whitley, a resident of Marion who was employed at the Menard State Penitentiary was the son of Mrs. Sybil Whitley of Harrisburg and the late Dr. C. W. Whitley, who was a Harrisburg dentist. He and his wife, Ruth resided at 807 North Otis Street in Marion.
The body was taken to the Miller Funeral Home in Carrier Mills and after 4 p.m. today will be taken to the residence.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Brushy Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. John C. Corbitt of South Carolina and the Rev. George B. Leathers of Salem conducting the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Whitley was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Pittsburg and was a member of the Consistory Lodge, Alnad Temple, East St. Louis, the Sword of Bunker Hill in Carbondale and at the time of his death was Watchman of Shepherds of Noel Shrine of the Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem at Marion. He had just been elected president of the Randolph County Shrine Club.
He was a member of the Illinois Police Association.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Harris Whitley; his mother Mrs. Sybil Whitley of this city; a son Jerry, of Coldwater, Mich.; two sisters, Mrs. H.H. (Jane Rose) Atcon of Danville, and Mrs. Frederick (Mary Beth) Royalty of Greenville, Ohio
State police reports said that cars driven by Mr. Whitley and Dr. Milton Zemlyn. Chester physician, figured in the crash. Dr. Zemlyn and his passengers, Mrs. Marie Dobbs and Mrs. Clarce Darling were hospitalized.
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