Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
GRACE WHITTINGTON DIES
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday,
January 29, 1989 from East Fork Baptist Church
for Miss Grace Whittington, 85, of East Fork
Community. Rev. Maurice Wicker officiated.
Miss Whittington died Thursday, January 26, 1989
at her residence. She was born September 26, 1903
in the East Fork community, the daughter of
P. A. Whittington and Dora Rayborn Whittington.
She was a member of East Fork Baptist Church,
where she was a groundskeeper for 17 years.
She was an Avon representative for the past 25 years.
Miss Whittington is survived by numerous nieces and nephews
and a host of friends.
Burial was in East Fork Cemetery with Hartman Funeral
Home of McComb in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, February 2, 1989