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Services for Betty Whitley, 87, of Alvarado, Texas were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, September 16 in the Crosier-Pearson Cleburne Chapel, Cleburne, Texas with Brother Weldon Branham officiating. Interment followed in Buel Cemetery, Alvarado.
Born May 10, 1930 at Leon, the daughter of Paschal A. and Marvia Roach Mobley, she died Wednesday, September 13, 2017 in Keene, Texas.
Mrs. Whitley worked as a baker at Walls Hospital, retiring with 25 years of service. She was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church. She married Jessie Madison “J.M.” Whitley, Jr. on October 7, 1966 in Alvarado, and he preceded her in death on September 11, 1999.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; son, Johnny Davenport; daughter, Patricia Walker; great-grandson, Ryan Rowlett; brother, Cloy Mobley; and sisters, Wanda Wilkerson, Joyce Mobley and Treva Nichols.
Survivors include her children, Treva Lynn Brownlee of Alvarado, Shelia Newton of Cleburne, and Jesse Whitley and wife Marcie of Mesa, Arizona; eight grandchildren, Barbara, Traci, Jonathon, Tommy, Roy Lee, Robert, Amanda and Jesse “Bear”; numerous great and great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Irene Manning and Lois Dewbre and a brother, Sonny Mobley and wife, Andrea, all of Marietta.
This obituary included a photo of Mrs. Whitley.
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