Published: May 17, 2008 12:12 am            

Jo Carolyn Cox Whatley

Jo Carolyn Cox Whatley, formerly of Barry, passed away at the age of 65 on Friday, May 9, 2008 in Fairfax, Va.

Jo was a member of the Blooming Grove High School class of 1960 and attended Navarro Junior College before graduating from North Texas State University.

She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Carter Whatley, and by her parents, J.L. and Ira D. Cox.

Survivors include her children, Jennifer Whatley of Arlington, Va. and Chris Whatley of Annapolis, Md.; and her grandchildren, Samantha and Charlotte Whatley. She is also survived by her sister, Mary Lou Cox Hoyle of Dallas, and her dear friend Ted Briggs.

Funeral services are May 19 at St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Annandale, Va. Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery on June 4, 2008.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Jo and Carter Whatley Scholarship fund at Texas A&M Corpus Christi University. www.tamucc.edu.

Arrangements by Advent Funeral & Cremation Services, Falls Church, Va.

        

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