Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
GEORGIA WHITTINGTON
Funeral services were held Friday, December 9, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at Brown Funeral Home in Liberty for Georgia Allie Reeves Whittington, 88, of Smithdale. Rev. Burnette Carraway officiated. Burial was in Jacobs Cemetery.
Ms Whittington passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2011, at Liberty Community Living Center.
Born December 10, 1922, in Amite County, Ms Whittington was the daughter of George and Belle Hammack Reeves, both deceased.
Ms Whittington worked as a seamstress for twenty years, mostly at the Kellwood garment plant in Liberty.
In addition to her parents, Ms Whittington was preceded in death by her husband, Sammie Lee Whittington; a son, Edward Whittington; a grandson, Chad Whittington; two brothers, R.D. Reeves and Lanyeous Reeves; and two sisters, Helen Whittington and Sadie Reeves.
Ms Whittington leaves behind to cherish her memory a son, Roger Whittington and wife Sylvia of Smithdale; two grandchildren, Rhonda Whittington and Heather Martin; four great-grandchildren, Corey Martin, Chad Martin, Aliza Abrams and Georgiana Abrams; and a brother, Delano Reeves.
Friday, December 16, 2011