Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
LAST RITES FOR ANNABEL WHITTINGTON
Mrs. Annabel Robinson Whittington, 85, a
resident of McComb Extended Care Center, died
Thursday, December 4, 1986 in Southwest
Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Funeral
services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, December
6, 1986 in the East Fork Baptist Church in Amite
County, where she was a member. Rev. Maurice
Wicker officiated. Burial was in the East Fork Cemetery.
Mrs. Whittington was born March 19, 1901, in
Amite County, the daughter of Julian Robinson
and Alice Spurlock Robinson. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Esco
Whittington, and a son, Maxie Whittington.
Survivors include a son, Clyde Whittington,
Magnolia; one daughter-in-law, Rovida Whittington,
Bakersfield, Calif.; four brothers: Urey
Robinson, Baton Rouge, J. B. Robinson, McComb,
Emerson Robinson, Jackson and Hilton Robinson
Texas; two sisters: Mrs. Maggie Truex, Mobile,
Ala and Mrs. Cecile Lewis, Long Beach; four
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Thursday, December 11, 1986