| 1. | Ernest WHITAKER was born 27 Apr 1919, McDowell Co. WV; died 29 Jul 2010, Tazewell, Tazewell Co. VA; was buried , Grandview Memory Gardens, Bluefield, Tazewell Co. VA. Other Events:
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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
Birth:
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
Buried:
Grave location:
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Died:
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)
Ernest married Annie DALYAI. Annie was born 16 Feb 1926; died 25 Jun 1993, Bluefield, Mercer Co. WV. [Group Sheet]
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