Ernest WHITAKER

Male 1919 - 2010  (91 years)


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  • Name Ernest WHITAKER 
    Born 27 Apr 1919  McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969
      Name: Ernest Whitaker
      Birth Date: 1919
      Birth Place: McDowell, West Virginia, United States
      Birth County: McDowell
      Gender: Male
      FHL Film Number: 800217

      Public Records Index, Volume 2
      Name: Ernest Whittaker
      Birth Date: 27 Apr 1919
      Address: General Delivery, Newhall, WV, 24866-9999
    Gender Male 
    _UID 1284FACA71904F339AE7B6751CE216EE8B05 
    Died 29 Jul 2010  Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
      Name: Ernest Whitaker
      Last Residence: 24651 Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia
      Born: 27 Apr 1919
      Died: 29 Jul 2010
      State (Year) SSN issued: West Virginia (Before 1951)
    Buried Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    • CENSUS RECORDS

      1920 United States Federal Census
      Name: Earnest Whitaker
      Age: 9 months
      Birth Year: abt 1920 [abt 1919]
      Birthplace: West Virginia
      Home in 1920: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Marital Status: Single
      Father's Name: Cornelius Whitaker
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Name: Fannie Whitaker
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

      1930 United States Federal Census
      Name: Ernest Whitaker
      Gender: Male
      Age: 11
      Birth Year: abt 1919
      Birthplace: West Virginia
      Race: White
      Home in 1930: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
      Marital Status: Single
      Relation to Head of House: Son
      Father's Name: Mike C Whitaker
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Name: Fannie Whitaker
      Mother's Birthplace: West Virginia

      1940 United States Federal Census
      Name: Earnest Whitaker
      Age: 21
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1919
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Birthplace: West Virginia
      Marital Status: Single
      Relation to Head of House: Head
      Home in 1940: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
      House Number: 91
      Farm: No
      Inferred Residence in 1935: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia
      Residence in 1935: Same Place
      Occupation: Coal Loader
      Industry: Coal Mining
      House Owned or Rented: Rented
      Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $9
      Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade
      Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 21
      Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
      Weeks Worked in 1939: 40
      Income: $1000
      Income Other Sources: No
      Household Members:
      Earnest Whitaker 21
      Fanny Whitaker 37
      Helen Whitaker 16
      Omer Whitaker 13
      Tressie Whitaker 5
      Hevere Whitaker 12
      Corbet Whitaker 19 [cousin]

      OBITUARY

      Bluefield Daily Telegraph; 1 Aug 2010

      NEWHALL Ernest (Ernie) Whitaker, age 91, of Newhall, W.Va., died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, Va. Born April 27, 1919 at Big Creek, W.Va., he was a son of the late Mike Whitaker and Fannie Dillion Whitaker.

      He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was awarded the Silver Star in August of 1945. He served in Luzon, Northern Solomons and also received the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars; the Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star and the Good Conduct Ribbon.

      He was a retired coal miner from Consolidation Coal Company with over forty years of service at Berwind, Newhall #6, and Jenkinjones mines where he retired in 1981. Mr. Whitaker was a member of the UMWA, District 29, Local #7173 for sixty-five years.

      After retirement, he was active in his community, local and state government affairs. In February 2008, he was awarded co-citizen of the year and being one of the oldest voters in West Virginia, was inducted into West Virginia Hall of Fame by the McDowell County Commission.

      He was a very loving person who touched many lives. He especially loved sitting on the benches at Wal-Mart and the Claypool Hill Mall. Mr. Whitaker was a lifetime member of the NRA and a member of the Neighborhood Watch. He will be sadly missed. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 39 years, Annie Dalyai Whitaker; one sister, Callie Patterson; and one brother, Odell Whitaker.

      Survivors include one son, Ernest Mike Whitaker and wife, Cynthia of Troutman, N.C.; one daughter, Mary Elizabeth Whitaker Lee and husband, Cecil of Tazewell, Va.; five grandchildren, Michael Eric Whitaker and wife, Beth of Conover, N.C., Brian Keith Whitaker and wife, Emily of Lincolnton, N.C., Brandon Scott Whitaker of Troutman, N.C., Myranda Dawn Edmonds of Hillsville, Va., and Chelsey Danielle Edmonds of Tazewell, Va.; four great-grandchildren, William Michael Whitaker, Mason Eugene Whitaker, Samantha Renee' Whitaker, and Natalie Elizabeth Burress; two brothers, Herbert Whitaker and wife, Marie of Columbus, Ga. and Aldmer Whitaker of New Jersey; two sisters, Theresa Bush of Ohio and Helen Brush of Vermont; a host of nieces and nephews; special friends, Linzie and Iris Beavers and family, Geneva and the late Mike Harman and family, Joe Davis and family and to all the Newhall family.

      Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at the Newhall Bible Church in Newhall, W.Va. with the Reverend Kenny Fields officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memory Gardens in Bluefield, Va., where military graveside rites will be conducted by members of the Barns Beavers VFW Post # 7136 of Tazewell, Va. Pallbearers will be Cecil M. Lee, Kevin Burress, Randy Brewster, Jason Brewster, Linzie Beavers, and Kenny Mitchell. Honorary pallbearers are Lee Graham, Earl Muncy, Dr. Doo-Yung Kwun, and Dr. Eduardo T. Tolosa. The family will receive friends at the church after 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 3, 2010.

      Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home of Tazewell, Va. is serving the Whitaker family. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.peerystclairfuneralhome.com
    Person ID I249  Master File
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2013 

    Father Basil Cornelius (Mike) WHITAKER,   b. 20 Sep 1900, Tazewell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1938, Newhall, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Mother Fannie DILLON,   b. 6 May 1903, Brewster, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1 Jul 1991, Columbus, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 19 Jul 1918  Horsepen, McDowell Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F87  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie DALYAI,   b. 16 Feb 1926,   d. 25 Jun 1993, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Children 
     1. Ernest Mike WHITAKER
     2. Mary Elizabeth WHITAKER
    Family ID F88  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart