Timothy E. Whitney Jr. of Virginia Beach Va. passed on Feb. 8, 2021. Funeral services will be Tuesday Fed. 23, 2021, at 1:00 pm at Lea & Pope Funeral Home Chapel Enfield, NC. A Memorial service will be held  Feb. 25, 2021, 1:00 pm at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Harrisburg, PA.

On the morning of Monday, February 8, 2021, Timothy Eric Whitney, Jr. Esq., 80, passed away peacefully at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Timothy was born on September 29, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey, the second of six children of the late Lurnetta Anita Whitney and Timothy Eric Whitney, Sr.  He was a 1959 graduate of Lincoln High School in Jersey City, NJ. While at Lincoln High, Timothy was an All-Star athlete participating in baseball, track & field, and swimming.   He especially loved and excelled at playing basketball.  He attended Howard University, Washington, DC where he participated in ROTC and earned his Bachelor's of Arts in Accounting degree.  After graduating, Timothy joined the U.S. Air Force and was stationed in Springfield, IL and Wichita Falls, TX where he served as Captain and helped develop the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System.

He returned to New Jersey in the summer of 1970.  After earning his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers University Law School, Timothy worked as a Public Defender for the State of New Jersey.   He practiced law for many years until retiring to Virginia Beach, Virginia. Timothy enjoyed spending time with family, watching war documentaries, collecting clown figurines, building computers and traveling.   Timothy also volunteered for the NAACP, wrote and self published a vocabulary book and invented a few gadgets.  Additionally, Timothy was a proud member of the Disabled American Veterans.

For over 40 years, Timothy was a devoted husband to Janice Baker Whitney who predeceased him, and he lovingly called her, "Jan".  He was the father of seven children, Therese Blair (Stephen) of Edison, NJ, Timolyn Tillman (Lance) of Virginia Beach, VA, Tama Crawford (Timothy) of Portsmouth, VA, Tiffany Whitney of Virginia Beach, VA, Timothy Whitney, III of Virginia Beach, VA, Troy Whitney, Sr. (Sherry) of Edison, NJ and Jennifer Whitney (deceased).  He was also a loving step-father to Karl Ginyard (Alisa) of Durham, NC and Kenneth Ginyard (Belena) of Woodland, CA.

To cherish his memory Timothy leaves his sister, Barbara Mae Penn, his brother John Baylor Whitney (Elizabeth), sisters-in-law Eleanor Whitney, Marion Whitney, Barbara Harris (Ray), Marvin Mitchell, Annette Gee (William), Blinda Bradley (Irv), Carolyn Holmes (Earl) and one brother-in-law, William Baker.  Timothy's three brothers, Raymond Howard Whitney, Kenneth Arthur Whitney and Thomas Edward Whitney preceded him in death.

Timothy is also survived by 19 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, one great-great grandson and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and close friends.