Charles Arthur Whitmore, 84, of Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, MD, beloved husband of Lauralee Fritts Whitmore, passed from this life into the next on the evening of November 5, 2015, at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, MD. His loving wife of 63 years and his children: Edwin Dwayne Whitmore and wife Bernice, Sheen Whitmore Goldberg and her husband Charlie, and Brent Steele Whitmore and his wife Sharon and many other family members were with him. He is also survived by five grandchildren: Shannon, Sarah, Eric, Lauralee, and Jacob, their spouses: Jeff and Jessica and three great-grandchildren: Mason, Alison, and Christopher, his sister-in-law, Ruth Whitmore and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. He is preceded in death by his parents and his brothers Bradford, Marvin, and Robert Whitmore, and his sister, Nancy Sutton.


"Charlie" was born on January 21, 1931 in Baltimore, MD, the son of Otho Marvin Whitmore, a physician and educator, and Janet Sheen Whitmore, also an educator. He attended Baltimore City schools before transferring to Randolph Macon Academy in Front Royal, VA, where his father had also graduated. There he met his "Laurie," a local girl, at age sixteen while attending Methodist Youth Fellowship meetings. They married in 1952, had three children and continued to live in the Shenandoah Valley, mostly in the Warren County, VA area but also in West Virginia. The family moved to the Baltimore area in the early 1960's.


An entrepreneur and businessman, Charlie owned and operated livestock feed businesses and a Dairy Queen before moving to Linthicum, MD to work for Marriott Corporation. After working for a variety of other food service companies and transitioning into the real estate Business, he returned to his enterprising roots by establishing Mid Maryland Appraisal Services of Pasadena, MD in the early 1980's.


Charlie was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, attending congregations in Baltimore, MD, Front Royal, VA, Linthicum Heights, MD, and Severna Park, MD. He contributed to his churches in many roles. He was an active member of the Front Royal, VA Jaycees, the Rotary Club, the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers and the Anne Arundel County Association of Realtors. Ever an avid sports enthusiast, he greatly enjoyed celebrating baseball and football events with his friends and family. He dearly loved his alma mater, eventually serving as president of the Alumni Board of Directors.



At the Charlestown Retirement Community he taught classes on the history of Baltimore neighborhoods and historic churches, and sometime led tours of the city, and of other destinations.


A Memorial service will be held on Saturday November 21, 2015 at 12noon in the Severna Park United Methodist Church 731 Benfield Rd. Severna Park, MD 21146.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in his memory to the Severna Park United Methodist Church, 731 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146 or to the Randolph Macon Academy Scholarship Fund at 200 Academy Drive, Front Royal VA 22630. Food donations to the reception are being coordinated by Lynn Webber at 410-987-0641. Barranco and Sons Funeral Home of Severna Park, MD handled final arrangements.