Extracted from The McComb Enterprise-Journal (McComb, MS)
E. C. Whittington Passes At 80 Years; Rites Held Sunday
Funeral rites for Eugene C. Whittington, highly esteemed 80-year-old resident of the Liberty, Route 1-A community, were held Sunday afternoon at three from the home of his son, Carl Whittington.
Death came to the aged lifetime citizen of Amite County at 11:12 p.m. Friday at his home. He was born in March, 1871.
Reverends Shelton and Warren were officiating ministers with friends of the family serving as pallbearers.
He leaves his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Prangle, California; three sons, Everett, Monell and Carl Whittington, all of the Liberty community; 14 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren and many other relatives.
Burial was in the Whittington Cemetery near his home with Hartman Funeral Home in charge of services.
Monday, May 28, 1951