Rachel Stewart Whaley, 96, of Middleton, died Monday, October 24 at Quince Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Memphis.
The widow of James Thomas Whaley, who died August 10, 1959, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Whaley was born October 8, 1909 in Middleton, daughter of the late John Jacob Stewart and Cynthia Ann Sasser Stewart and lived there most of her life. She was a member of the Middleton Church of Christ.
Services were 11 am Thursday, October 27, 2005 at Shackelford Funeral Directors Middleton chapel with Malcolm George and Craig Shackleford officiating. Burial was in the Middleton City Cemetery.
She is survived by two daughters, Marilyn Vennari of Collierville, and Rosalind Edwards and her husband, Billy of Germantown; son, John T. Whaley and his wife, Nancy of Atlanta, GA; five grandchildren, Lisa Edwards of Memphis, Wyatt Whaley and his wife, Dawn of Atlanta, Amy Edwards of Boulder, CO, Carol Ann Janca and her husband, Jim of Portsmouth, VA, David Edwards of Memphis and two great granddaughters, Spencer Rachel Whaley and Taylor Janca. She was preceded in death by her son, Gaylon Whaley.