Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
LAST RITES FOR DIXIE WHITTINGTON DUCK
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
November 6, 1985, for Mrs. Dixie Whittington Duck,
78, of Liberty. Rev. James Dawson officiated.
Mrs. Duck died Monday, November 4, 1985 at
Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in
McComb. She was born April 18, 1907 in Amite
County, the daughter of Fred and Eliza Bass
Whittington and was a housewife.
Survivors include her husband, Bunyon Duck, Sr.,
Liberty; one daughter, Lemoyne Faust, Woodville;
5 sisters: Virginia Baker, Mrs. Vera Whittington,
Mrs. Hilda McKey, Mrs. C'Bell Foreman,
all of Liberty, Evelyn Hutchinson, Jackson, MS;
3 brothers, Paul Whittington, Liberty,
Soule Whittington, Pensacola, Fla. and Kelly
Whittington, Baker; 6 grandchildren, and 9
great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Duck was preceded in death by one son,
Bunyon Duck, Jr.; two sisters and four brothers.
Burial was in the Brumfield Whittington Cemetery
with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, November 7, 1985