Larry Jean ""Boss Whitley

Larry Jean ""Boss"" Whitley, 83, of Baytown, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2015 in Baytown Texas. He was born October 29, 1931 in Ferris, Texas to his late parents Record Robert Whitley and Orpha Whitley. Mr. Whitley was raised in Texas City. He married the love of his life Wanda, known to all as ""Ma"". He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War. In the late l 960's he and his wife and his children moved to Baytown, Texas where he resided until his death. He was a lifelong member of the Church of Christ.

Larry graduated from Texas City high school and the University of Houston. He received his Masters from Prairie View A&M. He retired as a vocational counselor from Goose Creek Consolidated School District.

He was preceded in death by his wife of almost 62 years, Wanda Whitley; father and mother, Robert Record Whitley and Orpha Whitley; brother, Bucky Whitley and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ernie Willhoite and Era Lee Willhoite.

Survivors include his son, Kenneth Whitley and his wife Lisa; daughter Susan Griffin and her husband Scott; brothers, Foy Whitley and his wife Maxine and Ben Whitley; grandchildren, Kesa Ennen and her husband Matt, Kory Whitley and his wife Rachel, Kyle Griffin and his wife Elissa, Kade Griffin and his wife Stephanie and Kody Griffin and his wife Tierany; great grandchildren, Ryker Ennen, Cole Ennen, Mackenzie Ennen and Avery Griffin; brothers-in-law, Dean Willhoite and his wife Janice and Larry Willhoite and his wife Narda and numerous nieces and nephews.

The Family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at Navarre Funeral Home. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, August 6, 2015 at the funeral home with Foy Whitley and Tommie Herring officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Kory Whitley, Kyle Griffin, Kade Griffin, Kody Griffin, Matt Ennen and Collin Warren.

The family would like to give a special thanks to the staff at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. They would also like to thank the staff of Swan Manor for their loving care.

To view his online obituary, or post a tribute to his family, go to www.navarrefuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Navarre Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 2444 Rollingbrook Drive, Baytown, Texas 77521, (281) 422-8111.