Wally Whalen

90 year old Wally Whalen of Alexandria died Thursday at his residence. He was a member of the Prosperity Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a Chief Petty Officer in the Signalman Corps. Whalen also retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1982 and farmed in Alexandria since his retirement. The funeral will be Monday at 7:00 p.m. at DeKalb Funeral Chapel. Thurman Seber will officiate and burial will be in the Middle Tennessee Veterans Cemetery with Military Honors on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 p.m. until the service at 7:00 p.m. Whalen was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Robert and Sarah Ellen Hollar Whalen; and a son, Wallace Lynn Whalen. Survivors include his wife, Ann Whalen of Alexandria. A daughter and son-in-law, Tina and Mike Page. A step-son, Kevin Chappell. Sister-in-law, Donna Warner of Calhoun, Kentucky. Sister-in-law, and brother-in-law, Brenda and Pete Scott of Owensboro, Kentucky. DeKalb Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.