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Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 2 Feb 2006

Mary Lee Whiteley, 96, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 in the Manor Oaks Nursing Home in Rockdale. Funeral services were held 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28 at Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale with Rev. Calvin Springer and Rev. Doug Springer officiating. Burial followed in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Rockdale. Mrs. Whiteley was born July 23, 1909 in Rockdale to Perry Anderson Parker and Bertha Sparks Parker. She married Julius Whiteley on July 25, 1925 in Cameron.

Mrs. Whiteley was a retired owner and operator of Whiteley the Florist in Rockdale for many years. She was a resident of Rockdale most of life and was a life long resident of Milam County. She was member of Rockdale Full Gospel Church in Rockdale, and the church?s quilting circle. She entered her canned vegetables from her garden every year in the Rockdale Fair.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Julius Whiteley on April 24, 1980; daughter-in-law, Janice (Reed) Whiteley, brother, L. V. Parker and two sisters, Ethel Barringer and Velma Brooks. Survivors include two sons, J.R. Whiteley, Jr. and wife Sue of Rockdale and Jerry Whiteley and wife Patti of Katy; brother, Floyd Parker of Garland; five grandchildren, Mike Whiteley of Mt. Vernon, Libby Kenjura of Chappell Hill, Tina Magness of Corsicana, Heather Hernandez of Frisco and Hannah Whiteley of The Colony; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Pallbearers included Billy Thompson, Bobby Denman, Charles Denman, Jonathan Muston, Gene Jones and Raymond Story.