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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. James Neil WHITESELL: Birth: 9 SEP 1942 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Death: 4 JUL 1970 in Ivanhoe, Wythe County, Virginia

  2. Norman Lee WHITESELL: Birth: 9 MAR 1944 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Death: 12 DEC 2015 in Guilford County, North Carolina

  3. Nelson Ray WHITESELL: Birth: 9 JUN 1948 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Death: 3 JUN 1992 in Guilford County, North Carolina


Sources
1. Text:   Vital Record Annie Mae Somers Whitesell and Friends Research 1979-1995
2. Page:   Mrs. Myrtle Ray howerton obituary
Text:   Newspaper NewsPaper Clippings (from Unknown Sources) Annie Mae Somers Whitesell's collection
3. Text:   Newspaper http://www.legacy.com/news-record Greensboro North Carolina, News-Record paper, Obituaries
Link:   http://www.legacy.com/news-record
4. Page:   Margaret Howerton Whitesell
Text:   Newspaper http://www.legacy.com/news-record Greensboro North Carolina, News-Record paper, Obituaries
Link:   http://www.legacy.com/news-record
5. Page:   North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHVS-ZHV : accessed 27 January 2015), Lee B Howerton in entry for Margaret Ray Howerton, 24 Jan 1921; from "North Carolina
Text:   Web Site Family Search www.familysearch.org
Link:   https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VHVS-ZHV
Link:   http://www.familysearch.org
6. Page:   Conversation with Judy DeHart
Text:   Terry Macy Whitesell Research, Observations, Personal Interviews Historian Somers-Summers Reunion 2015 - Current Research and Compiling Research 1993 - Current
7. Page:   Margaret Howerton Whitesell
Text:   Newspaper http://www.legacy.com/news-record Greensboro North Carolina, News-Record paper, Obituaries
Link:   http://www.legacy.com/news-record
8. Text:   Family Records Descendants of Jacob Summers collection given to Jerry Nix from unknown abt 2000. Possibly from Dan Somers, 3325 Sommerville Drive, Montgomery, Al 36111-1822, [email protected]

Notes
a. Note:   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=116586495
b. Note:   N650 Greensboro News Record 7/1/2008
  Mrs. Margaret Howerton Whitesell
  Mrs. Margaret Howerton Whitesell, 87, went home to live with her Savior on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at the home of her granddaughter.
  A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Hanes Lineberry North Elm Street Chapel. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Park.
  Margaret was born January 24, 1921, to the late LB and Myrtle Howerton in Greensboro, NC. She graduated from Greensboro High School and attended Apple's Chapel Christian Church. After more than 25 years of service, she retried from Western Electric and was a member of the Pioneers.
  Mrs. Whitesell was preceded in death by her husband, James Wesley Whitesell, two sons, James Neil Whitesell and Nelson Ray Whitesell; sister, and brother-in-law, Loraine Beaver and C.F. Beaver and brother and sister-in-law, Lee Howerton and Martha Howerton. She is survived by her son Norman Whitesell and wife Rhonda, daughter-in-law, Judy DeHart; grandchildren, Virginia "Ginna" Whitesell Ruckh and husband John, Joseph Whitesell, Scott Whitesell, Erin Early and husband Trey, Mark Whitesell and great grandchildren, Katie Sonafrank, Eric Sonafrank, Alex Ruckh, Dylan Whitesell, Bridget Whitesell, D.J. Whitesell and Russell Early.
  Margaret brightened every life she touched in her family, her friends and everyone who knew her. We were blessed to know her and privileged to share her wisdom, her laughter, and most of all her love and her family will truly miss her. She often reminded us that we have a promise of seeing her again and we cling to that hope.
  Her family would like to sincerely thank her physician M. Scott Vogler, MD and Mountain Valley Hospice for their continued care and understanding
  The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.
c. Note:   N651 Greensboro News Record 7/1/2008
  Mrs. Margaret Howerton Whitesell
  Mrs. Margaret Howerton Whitesell, 87, went home to live with her Savior on Sunday, June 29, 2008 at the home of her granddaughter.
  A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Hanes Lineberry North Elm Street Chapel. Interment will follow in Lakeview Memorial Park.
  Margaret was born January 24, 1921, to the late LB and Myrtle Howerton in Greensboro, NC. She graduated from Greensboro High School and attended Apple's Chapel Christian Church. After more than 25 years of service, she retried from Western Electric and was a member of the Pioneers.
  Mrs. Whitesell was preceded in death by her husband, James Wesley Whitesell, two sons, James Neil Whitesell and Nelson Ray Whitesell; sister, and brother-in-law, Loraine Beaver and C.F. Beaver and brother and sister-in-law, Lee Howerton and Martha Howerton. She is survived by her son Norman Whitesell and wife Rhonda, daughter-in-law, Judy DeHart; grandchildren, Virginia "Ginna" Whitesell Ruckh and husband John, Joseph Whitesell, Scott Whitesell, Erin Early and husband Trey, Mark Whitesell and great grandchildren, Katie Sonafrank, Eric Sonafrank, Alex Ruckh, Dylan Whitesell, Bridget Whitesell, D.J. Whitesell and Russell Early.
  Margaret brightened every life she touched in her family, her friends and everyone who knew her. We were blessed to know her and privileged to share her wisdom, her laughter, and most of all her love and her family will truly miss her. She often reminded us that we have a promise of seeing her again and we cling to that hope.
  Her family would like to sincerely thank her physician M. Scott Vogler, MD and Mountain Valley Hospice for their continued care and understanding
  The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m., Tuesday at the funeral home.


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