Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
Thursday, November 9, 1989

CLYDE WHITTINGTON DIES

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 31, 1989 at Catchings Funeral Home of McComb, for Clyde Whittington, 75, a resident of Magnolia. Rev. A. D. Rhodes and Rev. Charles Campbell officiated.

Mr. Whittington died Monday, October 30, 1989 in Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. He was born October 27, 1914 in Bude, the son of Tom P. Whittington and Rebecca Coleman Whittington. He was a retired supervisor for Croft Metals, a U.S. Army veteran and a member of First Church of the Nazarene in Magnolia.

Survivors include his wife, Christine Morgan Whittington, Magnolia; two sons: James Whittington, Magnolia and Keith (Pete) Whittington, Brookhaven; three daughters: Janice Campbell, McComb, Karole Rushing, Magnolia and Ruby Whittington, Jackson; one brother, Tommy Whittington, Baton Rouge, LA; six grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Burial was in Magnolia Cemetery.