Walter Rufus Whitt (1937 - 2010)

Born 19 Apr 1937 in Clear Fork Magisterial District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States

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Died 21 Sep 2010 at age 73 in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States

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BIOGRAPHY

Descendant of Charles the Great, Charlemagne, Patricius Romanorum.

Descendant of St. Patrick.

Descendant of Aliénor (Aquitaine) of Aquitaine.

Descendant of Guillaume (Normandie) de Normandie..

Descendant of Mary Stewart, Queen of Scots.

Descendant of Lettice (Knollys) Blount..

Descendant of Ælfred (Wessex) of Wessex..

Descendant of Gustav Adolf Vasa (Vasa-12).

Walter Rufus Whitt is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army 1956-1963
Served as a 'Cannon Cocker' for the 320th Field Artillery Unit from FT. Campbell, Kentucky

Walter Rufus Whitt was born in Virginia.

Walter Rufus Whitt was lived in Tennessee.

Walter Rufus worked for Southern Railroad at Bulls Gap, TN Depot.

When Walter Rufus Whitt was born on 19 April 1937, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States,^[1] his parents were Alonzo Watson Whitt and Gladys Virginia Thompson.

He lived in Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1940^[2] and Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States in 1947.

He died on 21 September 2010, in Morristown, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73.^{[3] [4]}

He eloped with Joan Maxine Hawkins on July 27, 1954 in Sevier County, Severville, Tennessee. I have never been able to find a marriage certificate on them.

They had six (6) children:

• Gregory Shawn Whitt
• Melissa Grace Whitt
• James Paul Whitt
• Shannon Paige Whitt
• Kimberly Ann Whitt
• Walter Mark Whitt (1957–2007)

One of Walter's sons, Mark, passed in 2007.^[5]

After Walter's father died in 1945, he and 4 brothers and a sister went to live at Holston Homes for Children Orphanage in Greeneville, TN. He thrived and did very well there. He always called Holston Homes his home. He attended every reunion and maintained the Children's Cemetery until his death, where he is buried: Holston Home For Children Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee, USA^[6]

Mother told me that Ruben was on Dad's birth certificate, although dad had been called 'Rufus' every since I knew him. ^[7]

Dad took to building cabinets after retirement. This does not surprise me as his father was a carpenter for a coalmine company, and his grandfather, Thomas Whitt's trade was a carpenter as was his great-grandfather.

Dad was in the US Army for eight (8) years out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

OBITUARY

WHITT, WALTER R. - age 73, of Morristown passed away September 21, 2010. Walter was born in Boissevain, W.Va. and is preceded in death by his son Mark, his father, Alonzo Whitt, and mother, Gladys Wright. Survived by wife, Joan Hawkins Whitt; children, Greg of Apopka, FL; Paul of Tampa, FL; Kimberly Lindsay, Melissa Whitt, and Shannon Whitt, all of Knoxville. Grandchildren, Tate and Jonathan Lindsay of Knoxville; Brandon Whitt of Apopka, FL; Travis Whitt, USAF. He was retired from Norfolk-Southern RR and served eight years in the US Army. He was a member of Manley Baptist Church and attended Hiwassee College. Among his most enjoyable hobbies was woodworking in his home shop making furniture for his home and children and spending time with his special "little buddy, Jake,"(his adored Border Collie) that recently passed away. Walter was also very involved in Holston Home in Greeneville where he grew up and in recent years, served as President of its Alumni Association. Friends may call at Allen's Funeral Home in Morristown at their convenience between the hours of 12pm - 4pm on Thursday, Sept. 23.2010. A private graveside burial will be held Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 at noon at Holston Home Cemetery in Greeneville with the Rev. Charles Hutchens officiating. In lieu of flowers, it is requested donations be made to Holston Home, Box 188, Greeneville, TN 37744.^[8]

SOURCES

1. ↑ Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia, Births, 1864-2016
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR1D-VB5 : 4 February 2020), Rufus Whitt in household of Alonzo W Whitt, Clear Fork Magisterial District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-5, sheet 17B, line 57, family 288, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration 2012, roll 4298.
3. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4P-74R9 : accessed 13 June 2021), Mr Walter Whitt, Tennessee, United States, 23 Sep 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Greeneville Sun, The, born-digital text.
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGYY-M28 : 12 January 2021), Walter R Whitt, 21 Sep 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4P-1J5B : accessed 22 October 2021), Walter Whitt in entry for Walter Mark Whitt, Tennessee, United States, 17 May 2007; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Knoxville News-Sentinel, The, born-digital text.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #233935077
7. ↑ Kimberly Whitt Lindsay
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4P-74R9 : accessed 13 June 2021), Mr Walter Whitt, Tennessee, United States, 23 Sep 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Greeneville Sun, The, born-digital text.