Extracted from The Vicksburg Post (Vicksburg, MS)
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Dorothy Wilson Whittington

Mrs. Dorothy Wilson Whittington passed away at River Region Medical Center Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. She was 75.

Mrs. Whittington was born in Newellton. She had worked at Marcus Furniture for the past 48 years. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Menton E. Whittington; and her parents, Ruby and Ernest Wilson.

Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Whittington of Hattiesburg; two sons, Kenneth Whittington and wife Lisa Nongard Whittington of Doylestown, Penn., and Douglas Whittington and wife Elizabeth Rogers Whittington of Vicksburg; two sisters, Helen King of Vicksburg and Ernestine Humphries of Ferriday; four brothers, Lowell Wilson of Flora Vista, N.M., Charles Wilson of Haleyville, Ala., Edward Wilson of Carleria, Okla., and Robert Wilson of Farmington, N.M.; two grandsons, Baxter Whittington of Doylestown and Wilson Whittington of Vicksburg; two granddaughters, Ainsley and Peyton Whittington of Doylestown; and nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives.

Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. Tuesday with a service at 2 at Glenwood Funeral Home with the Rev. Kent Campbell officiating. Burial will follow at Green Acres Memorial Park.

Pallbearers will be Bradley King, Don Marcus, Barry Palmertree, Kacy Presley, Trey Thorne, Shane Tompkins, Wayne Villemarette and Dennis Whittington.

Honorary pallbearers will be Frances Antoine, Miles Marcus, Richard Marcus and Steven Marcus.