In Memoriam


William Riley Wetherington
William Riley Wetherington
Class of 1962
 


 

Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - February 27, 2008

 

SUFFOLK - William Riley Wetherington, 64, of the 3400 block of Bob White Lane, passed away Feb. 25, 2008, in a local hospital. A native of New Bern, N.C., he was a retired planner/estimator for Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Ann Wetherington; two sons, Michael Glen Wetherington and Brian Keith Wetherington, both of Portsmouth; two sisters, Barbara Gwen Pigott of Gloucester, N.C., and Deborah Johnson of Chesapeake; a brother, Gregory L. Wetherington of Chesapeake; and three grandchildren, Michael Derek, Tyler and Brian.

A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by Leon Koontz. Burial will follow in Holly Lawn Cemetery, Suffolk. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 7 to 8 p.m. www.sturtevantfuneralhome.com.

Bill originally was from New Bern, North Carolina and was at Cradock for his senior year of 1962.