Patrick married Linda Gail Lewis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Tera Lashan Whalen
2. Erica Christy Whalen was born on 1 Jun 1976 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 4 Dec 2001 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.
3. Amanda Leigh Whalen was born on 19 Nov 1985 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 29 Jun 2003 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 2 Jul 2003 in Hamilton Memorial Gardens, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

Jimmy married Gloria Parks [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Chattanooga Times Free Press
Obituaries for Friday, August 10, 2001
Raymond Whalen
Raymond K. "Rip" Whalen, 83, of Soddy-Daisy passed away Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Williamson and Sons Funeral Home.
A Masonic service will be conducted at the funeral home by members of the Daisy Lodge #706.
Interment will be in Hensley Cemetery

DEATH: Obituary in Chattanooga Times Free Press, 9 Aug 2001

Raymond married Zora Azalee Duran on 15 Apr 1934 in Rossvile, Walker County, Georgia. Zora (daughter of William Ashberry Sanford Duran and Della Mae Brown) was born on 26 Aug 1917 in Fyffe, DeKalb County, Alabama; died on 21 Apr 2009 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 23 Apr 2009 in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Tombstone in Hensley Cemetary (Internet) records 21 Nov 1928 as date of death, but William's death certificate clearly states 20 Oct 1928 as the date of his death. It further states that his burial date was 22 Oct 1928. The year of birth on tombstone in Hensley Cemetary is false. On his death certificate, William's age on 20 Oct 1928 is given as 46. This corresponds to the year of birth recorded in the 1900 Federal Census.

DEATH: According to his death certificate, he died from a fall off the Medical Arts Building in Chattanooga, Tennessee - which was under construction at the time - suffering a "bruise thru chest & internal hemmorage with contributory shock." The Medical Arts Building is in McCallie Ave directly across from the University of Chattanooga. In 1981 it was bought by and incorporated into the First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga.

BIOGRAPHY: Violet Whalen reports that her father was a carpenter, but also painted. When she was born, the family lived near Billy Goat Hill in East Chattanooga. William used to make homebrew beer. His family was from Harriman, Tennessee. William used to hire a black lady called Aunt Kelly to help Martha Alice Manning with the children after childbirth. Raymond Whalen wouldn't eat her biscuits because he was afraid that the black from her hands would come off on the biscuits.

DEATH: Obituary in the Chattanooga Times 22 Oct 1928

William married Martha Alice Manning on 15 Nov 1913 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of James Grant Manning and Sara Elizabeth Petty) was born on 27 Jan 1891 in Melville, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 30 Aug 1988 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Hensley Cemetery, Hixson, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Violet Belle Whalen's birth certificate shows her mother's birthplace as Soddy, Tennessee.

Year of birth on tombstone in Hensley Cemetary is false.

Violet Whalen reports that her mother was born somewhere out in the Ridges, maybe Hixson.

DEATH: Obituary in the Chattanooga Times 31 Aug 1988

William married Della Mae Brown. Della was born on 15 May 1891 in Fairplay, Douglas County, Georgia; died on 20 Jul 1923 in Fyffe, DeKalb County, Alabama; was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Guest, Dekalb County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]