Mr. Alvah Powell Whealton, Sr. was born in Carteret County, NC on July 29, 1916. He died on Sunday, May 6, 2012 in Phillips Healthcare Center of the Salemtowne Retirement Community in Winston-Salem, NC.

Alvah graduated from Morehead City High School and was a WWII veteran. After the war, he lived in Black Creek, NC for 17 years, where he owned a drug store and attended Atlantic Christian College, obtaining a degree in Chemistry Education. Soon after, he went to work for Sears in Wilson, NC transferring later to Greensboro, NC, where he lived for 25 years.

Alvah had been a resident of Salemtowne since May of 2011. Prior to moving to Winston-Salem he lived at Sea Level, NC. For the 18 years prior to that, he had been a resident of Morehead City, NC.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Lottie Brinson Whealton; his parents, Joshua W. Whealton and Nina Willis Whealton; two sisters, Lillie W. Seamon and Ruth W. Smith; and four brothers, Harold, Dan, Thurlow, and Kenneth.

He is survived by his son Alvah Whealton, Jr. and wife Louise of Winston-Salem; his grandson, Joshua Hauck-Whealton and wife Monica of Rensselaer, NY; and his sister, Therese W. Rhodes and husband Wallace of Morehead City, NC.

Memorial services will be held at 10:00am Friday, May 11, 2012 at St. Stephens Episcopal Church. The family visitation will be held from 9:30am until 10:00am on Friday at the Church.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at First Baptist Church in Morehead City, NC. Interment will follow in Bay View Cemetery, Morehead City, NC. The family visitation will be held from 10:00am until 11:00am on Tuesday at the Church.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church, Morehead City, NC Joymaker's Choir