Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
LAST RITES FOR F. BROWN WHITTINGTON
Fredrick Brown Whittington, 92, a native of
Amite County, died Sunday, August 3 at his son's
residence in Atlanta.
Services were held 11 a.m. Wednesday, August
6 at Magnolia Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Carl
W. Coker officiated, and burial was in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Whittington was born June 25, 1894 in Amite County,
the son of Ransom Pickett Whittington and Emma Mercer
Whittington. He was a wholesale grocer for many years and a feed,
flour and seed broker. He was a member of Magnolia Presbyterian
Church and a Mason, Shriner and veteran of the World War I.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Zita Holmes Whittington.
Survivors include his son, Dr. F. Brown Whittington, Jr., of
Atlanta, Ga.; a daughter-in-law, Marjorie Ann (Penny) Babington,
also of Atlanta; three grandchildren, Fredrick Brown
Whittington III, of Oxford, Lisa Anne Whittington, of
Wellesley, Mass. and Marjorie Ellen Whittington.
Thursday, August 7, 1986