THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, April 13, 1995 TAG: 9504130328
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B6 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: CHESAPEAKE LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
Naomi Sawyer Whitley, 66, of the 4100 block of Fourth St., also nicknamed ``Noni'' and ``Earth Angel,'' died April 12, 1995, in Chesapeake.
Mrs. Whitley was born in South Norfolk and was a member of Hickory United Methodist Church in Chesapeake. She retired as a floral sales representative from American Wholesale Floral Co. She was a former member of the Moose Auxiliary and the Cat Fanciers Association.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond L. ``Spike'' Whitley; a daughter, Patricia Elizabeth Britt Smith of Virginia Beach; a brother, Samuel Sawyer of Moyock, N.C.; and grandchildren, Jason Bailey and Hayes Smith, both of Virginia Beach.
A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Graham Funeral Home, South Norfolk Chapel. Burial will be in Riverside Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today and at 1010 Coastaway Drive in Virginia Beach at all other times.
Her loving and giving personality endeared her to all who knew her.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY
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