Extracted from the Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Mr. David W. Whitmire
Services for David W. Whitmire will be at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 3, 2002, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers, Pineville, with the Rev. W.D. Carson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Whitmire, 83, of Ball died at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2002, in Columns Nursing Home, Jonesville.
He was a member of Pinehurst Baptist Church, Pineville, a member of Blue Lodge No. 93 F&AM, Philadelphia, Mississippi, a U.S. Army Air Force veteran of World War II and retired operating engineer at the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 53 years, Romadee Richey Whitmire, his parents, Raymond Whitmire and Alma Posey Whitmire.
Survivors include a sister, Mae Blount of Jackson, Mississippi and host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Charles Blackshere, Jeff Ainsworth, Jim Wright, Randolph Townsend, Windell Dickerson, and David Richey.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of Louisiana, Inc., 60 Camp Livingston Rd., Pineville, Louisiana 71360.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 8:00 a.m. until time of services today.
Monday, June 3, 2002