Rocky Mount - Katie Ruth Langley Whitley, 104, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012 at her home. A Nash County Native, she was the daughter of Sidney Ross Langley and Emma Belle Bulluck, both deceased. She was the widow of Lonnie Whitley. “Miss Katie,” as she was affectionately called, is survived by her brother, Lester Langley (Katherine) of Rocky Mount; sisters, Daisy Mae Jenkins of Newport News, VA, Eleanor Yates of Sarasota, IL, and Doris Fisher of Nashville, NC. Katie will be remembered by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and countless friends.
Katie is preceded in death by brothers, John D. Langley, Ernest Floyd Langley, Percy Ross Langley, Otha Langley, Odie Langley, Sidney Ross Langley, Jr., Joseph Alfred Langley; and sisters, Bessie Belle Langley and Bertha Lee Langley.
A funeral service will be held at 2:00pm Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home with Rev. Ron Hawley officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:30-2:00pm. Interment will immediately follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park.
Per Katies wishes, as a life-long animal lover, memorial gifts may be made to the ASPCA, 424 E. 92nd Street, New York, New York 10128-6804 or PETA, 501 Front Street, Norfolk, VA 23510.
Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com.
Visitation
Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services
1130 N. Winstead Ave.
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
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Wednesday 10/24, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Service
Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services
1130 N. Winstead Ave.
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
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Wednesday 10/24, 2:00 pm
Cemetery
Rocky Mount Memorial Park
4454 Dortches Blvd., Hwy 43
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Please accept our deepest condolences for your family’s loss.
As we make our way throu this journey of life, death is our final stop. We are greatly greifed over our loss of our loved one. Even the perfect man, Jesus Christ, Gave way to tears. So greatly greived was he over the death of his friend, Lazarous. (John 1135) Jesus said I am the resurrection & the life. (John 1125) What a wonderful gift we have been givin, to have the hope of seening our loved ones once again.