Frank Whorton

FRANK BAYLUS WHORTON, SR. went to be with Jesus on the Lord's Day, Sunday, October 12, 2008. He was born in Rappahannock County, Virginia on May 3, 1925. He was the 7th of 13 children of Henry Taylor and Lillie Margaret Cloud Whorton. Baylus is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Lois Carolyn Utz; four children, Linda Winstead, Jackie Rawlings, Frank Baylus Whorton II and Vickie Watts; six grandchildren, Heather Whorton Meade, Carson Winstead, Melissa Whorton Garza, Jessica Rawlings, PFC Frank Baylus Whorton III currently serving in Afghanistan and Nathan Rawlings; four great grandsons; one great granddaughter; three step grandchildren and five step great grandchildren; three sisters, Ressie Utz, Mary Elizabeth Dodson and Eunice Whorton and numerous nieces and nephews. Baylus served in the U.S. Navy during World War II in the South Pacific aboard the USS McDermut (DD-677) and was awarded ten battle stars for his service. He has been a member of the Washington Area Carpenters Union since 1949. He and Lois are charter members of Centreville Assembly of God where Baylus served as trustee, song leader, Sunday School teacher, member of the jail ministry team and deacon for 27 years. He and Lois worked in the nursing home ministry for over 20 years. Baylus loved to hunt, fish and the Blue Ridge Mountains and beginning in 1971, faithfully kept a daily diary. Besides his love for his wife, "his babies and grandbabies," Baylus had a passion for Jesus and wanted to share with everyone the difference his personal relation with Jesus had made in his life. In addition to his parents, Baylus was preceded in death by his six brothers, Charles, Robert, Johnny, Roy, Dee and George; three sisters, Grace Corbin, Virginia Clatterbuck and Lou Ada Brown. The family will receive friends from 7:00-9:00 P.M. Friday, October 17, 2008 at Pierce Funeral Home, 9609 Center Street, Manassas. Funeral services will be held 1:00 P.M. Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Manassas Assembly of God, 11500 New Life Way, Bristow, Virginia. Interment will follow at Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas with military honors. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of flowers, or contributions to Rehabilitation Fund for Wounded Soldiers, c/o Dave Reover, P.O. Box 136130, Fort Worth, Texas 76136 in loving memory of Frank Whorton, Sr. Condolences may be sent to www.piercefh.com.

Frank Whorton

May 3, 1925 - October 12, 2008