Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Wednesday, November 17, 1965

G. B. Whittington

WINNSBORO (Special) -- George B. Whittington, 84, of Winnsboro, retired farmer, died Tuesday in E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital in Monroe after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Shady Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Lee Smith officiating.

Burial will be in Shady Grove cemetery under direction of First National Funeral Home.

Survivors include his widow; two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Ferrington, Ft. Necessity; Mrs. Clara Cains [sic Cain], Eudora, Ark.; four sons, Lawrence Whittington, Winnsboro; D. L. Whittington, Tallulah; Walter and Frank Whittington, Ferriday; 40 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.

Grandsons will be pallbearers.