Joseph Whitley Sr.

Published 12:00 am Friday, March 28, 2014

Aug. 5, 1950 – March 14, 2014

FERRIDAY — Memorial services for Joseph Whitley Sr., 63, of Ferriday, who died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Heritage Manor Health and Rehab, will be from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Concordia Funeral Home.

Services will be under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home.

Mr. Whitley was born Aug. 5, 1950, in Ferriday, the son of Alfred and Oneal Mays Whitley.

He was a school bus driver.

Mr. Whitley was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Willie and Earnest Whitley.

Survivors include three sons, Carlos Hines of Ferriday, Joseph Whitley Jr. and James Whitley, both of San Francisco; three brothers, Billy R. Whitley of Ferriday, Alfred Whitley Jr. of Palo Alto, Calif., and Roosevelt Whitley of Atlanta; three sisters, Rose Mary Flagg of San Francisco, Francis McKeel and Thelma Alabi, both of Atlanta; two special friends, Florida Neal and “Mule”, both of Ferriday; and a number of grandchildren.

Online condolences may be made to concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.