Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
Thursday, November 7, 1985

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.