Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
LAST RITES FOR FLORINE ETHERIDGE
Funeral services were held for Florine W. Etheridge, 62, of Route 1, Summit, at 11 A.M. Thursday, July 15 at Mt. Vernon Methodist Church. Rev. Glen Martin officiated.
Mrs. Etheridge died at Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb Tuesday, July 18, from a sudden illness.
The daughter of the late Sam E. Whittington and Lula Freeman, she was born March 25, 1920 in Amite County. She was a Methodist and a housewife.
Survivors include one son, Franklin Lee Etheridge, Summit; four daughters: Maxine Gunther, McComb, Ruby Etheridge, Baton Rouge, Dianne Bond, Denham Springs, La. and Cindy Rimes, Summit; three sisters: Marlene Ogden, Mobile, Ala., Clarice Allred, Summit and Geraldine Blalock, Liberty; three brothers, O. C. Whittington, Liberty, J. C. Whittington, Liberty and Alvie Whittington, Magnolia; and 8 grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Woodrow Etheridge.
Burial was in the Mt. Vernon Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, July 22, 1982