Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Monday, September 22, 1958

MRS. ETHEL A. WHITTINGTON

COLUMBIA (Special) -- Mrs. Ethel Ann Whittington, 80, died early yesterday in a local hospital after a brief illness.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today at the Old Bethel Baptist Church near Clarks with the Rev. Carvelia Johnston officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery under the direction of Riser and Son Funeral Home.

She is survived by her husband, W. B. Whittington, Clarks; a son, Billy, Monroe; a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Dunn, Grayson; a sister, Mrs. Ellis Jean Kirby, Hosston; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.