William Lee Whitfield,82, of New Bern was called to rest on Thursday, February 26, 2026 in Goldsboro, NC.
Viewing hours are 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM Thursday and Friday
at Oscar’s Mortuary.
The Service is 1:00 PM, Saturday, March 7, 2026 at Oscar's Memorial Chapel. The interment will follow at Haiti Cemetery, Trenton, NC.
He is survived by his wife, Blanche Darlene Wallace Whitfield; sons, Shamar El Shabazz Whitfield, New Bern, NC and Justin Whitfield of Wilmington, DE; daughters, Kamilah Whitfield, Wilmington DE, Danikka Russell, Newark, DE, Kimberly Wallace Whitfield, Nakeena Miles Whitfield and Kavonza Whitfield, Wilmington, DE; twenty-nine grandchildren and and forty-one great-grandchildren.
YOU WERE BORN THE SON OF A MIGHTY ROYAL FAMILY, YOUR MOM WAS VERY BRILLIANT AND POP POP JOSEPH WAS A WONDERFUL INTELLIGENT STRONG BLACKMAN WHO NEW A FUTURE FOR HIS OWN WOULD COME THROUGH YOUR SEED. YOU WERE BLESSED WITH A BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO WITH THE HELP AND BLESSINGS OF YAHWEH GAVE BIRTH TO FIVE BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WHO GAVE BIRTH TO BEAUTIFUL KIDS AND GRANDKIDS ALL FROM THE BIRTH OF YOU DADDY MY ROYAL PRINCE AND 👑 KING. YOUR MASTER SHIP IN FREE MASONRY TAUGHT ME SUPREME MATHEMATICS, PATIENCE AND TO LOVE THYSELF, I WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR OUR LEGACY GRANDMA PASSED ON TO YOU 🙏 MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TOLD ME OF HOW MUCH YOU LOVED DARLENE AND THE KIDS,WE WOULD BOTH LAUGH, SEEING THE JOY IN HIS WAS WORTH MORE THAN A LIFETIME OF WEALTH,I MISS YOU ALREADY PLEASE REST IN MY SOUL AND WATCH OVER ME AND OUR WHOLE FAMILY KEEPING US CONNECTED IN FAMILY, PROSPERITY, LOVE AND PEACE ✌️ ONE MORE THANG DAD ( me and his one on one just allowing y'all to share my personal experiences with him) HASANA WAS HONORED TO MET YOU AND VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE STRENGTH AND SPIRIT YOU HELD THROUGH OUT OUR JERNEY WITH THE MANY VISITS WE SHARED TOGETHER, AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE TRUE NAME OF GOD,"YAHWEH"WAS A THE MOVEMENT OF THE DAY , YOU MADE US SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF HIS MERCY, GRACE AND HIS MIGHTY LOVE FOR YOU REST IN PEACE AND LAST FOREVER LOVE YOU ♥️
So sorry for your loss. May he Rest in Heavenly Peace
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