Extracted from The Weekly Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Saturday, August 1, 1914

DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

Mrs. Elizabeth Whittington, aged 87 years, 7 months and 16 days, died at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning, July 25th, 1914, at her home in Liberty, Miss. He son, Mr. L. P. Whittington, of Rapides parish write Town Talk “Our mother died this morning, and the funeral will take place from the Methodist church at 10 a.m., Sunday. We will place her by our father, there to rest until the resurrection morning.”

Mr. Whittington's many Rapides friends will sympathize with him in the loss of his dear old mother.