Robert Kenneth Whitlock passed away Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center - Northeast. He was employed with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System, where he was a teacher for 4 years and Principal for 25 years before his retirement. Mr. Whitlock was a veteran of the US Army, having served in the Korean War. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Salisbury, and the Rowan Ramblers. Mr. Whitlock also was a member of the National and local Blind Veterans Association and the National Federation of the Blind. He is preceded in death by his wife, Betty Lou Hollifield Whitlock, who passed away on November 6, 1974; twin sons, Daryl and Caryl Whitlock on March 15, 1956; daughter, Sarah Susan Whitlock on July 29, 1960 and a brother, Troy Whitlock, in 1986. He is survived by his son, Robert Kenneth Whitlock, Jr. and family as well as several grandchildren and brothers and sisters.

