Rev. Talmadge E. Whittemore

ASHEVILLE - REV. TALMADGE E. WHITTEMORE, 92, OF 14 VINEWOOD CIRCLE DIED WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2001 AT MEMORIAL MISSION HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY, HE SERVED PASTORATES ALL OVER THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE CHURCH OF GOD FAITH AND HAD RETIRED FROM BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES AFTER 13 YEARS OF SERVICE WHERE HE SERVED AS A GATEKEEPER AND ROVIN HAULER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WOODFIN CHURCH OF GOD AND WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN MARTIN AND MARY REYNOLDS WHITTEMORE. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE OF 69 YEARS, GRADIE WHITTEMORE OF THE HOME; DAUGHTERS, NORMA MORGAN AND HUSBAND, PAUL OF ASHEVILLE AND LOIS CAPPS AND HUSBAND, WAYNE OF EASLEY, SC; SONS, JOHN WIHTTEMORE AND WIFE, ELSA OF PENROSE, ROY WHITTEMORE OF FLETCHER AND ALDEN WHITTEMORE AND WIFE, BETTY OF CANDLER; 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT-GREAT-GRANDSONS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS AND EXTENDED FAMILY, ROBIN WALTON AND DAUGHTER, RACHEL OF THE HOME. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY AT THE WOODFIN CHURCH OF GOD WITH THE REVS. RONALD DODSON, DENNIS PITTS AND ELLIS HOLLIFIELD OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE BIG IVY CEMETERY, WHITTEMORE BRANCH, BARNARDSVILLE. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. FRIDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME.