Extracted from The McComb Enterprise-Journal (McComb, MS)
Friday, March 2, 1951

Joe WHITTINGTON Of Bude Mourned -- Expired Friday

Friends of Frank J. Whittington and family of McComb and vicinity grieved today over the passing of his brother, Joe Whittington, 70-year-old-resident of Bude.

Mr. Whittington succumbed at his home Friday morning at 3:30. Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending the arrival of a son, but services probably will be held Saturday at the O'Zion Church in Franklin County.

The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Effie Clark Whittington; a daughter, Mrs. Luther Lee, both of Bude; a son, Sgt. Paul Whittington, United States Army, Texas; two brothers, Frank J. Whittington, McComb, and Tom Whittington, Worcester, Mass.; four sisters, Mrs. Ford Prestridge, Norfield; Mrs. Clarence Gamble, Eddiceton; Mrs. Ed May, Winnsboro, La., and Mrs. L. F. Magee, Tylertown, and other relatives.