Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
LAST RITES FOR EVERETT SHELLEY WHITTINGTON
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday, June
19, 1989 for Everett Shelley Whittington, 92, a
resdient [sic] of Amite County. Rev. Thomas Roberts
and Rev. Hugh Lambert officiated.
Mr. Whittington died Saturday, June 17, 1989 in
the Centreville Health Care Center of Centreville.
He was born October 1, 1896 in Amite County, the
son of Eugene Whittington and Virginia Steele
Whittington. He was a retired farmer.
Mr. Whittington was preceded in death by his
wife, Alma Tanner Whittington; a son, S. J.
Whittington; an infant son; and two infant
daughters.
He is survived by four daughters: Sadie
Wilkinson, Etta Rollinson, Mary Rollinson and
Faye Dunaway; three sons: Sam, Leonard and
Marvin Whittington; 31 grandchildren; 23
great-grandchildren and 22 great-great grandchildren.
Burial was in Whittington Memorial Cemetery in Gloster.
Thursday, June 22, 1989