Extracted from The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
Wednesday, June 4, 1941

J. E. WHITTINGTON DIES

Magnolia, Miss., June 3. -- J. E. Whittington, 75 years old, died at his residence here. Services were conducted by the Rev. G. F. Whitfield, pastor of the First Methodist church. Interment in the Liberty, Miss., cemetery after services were conducted by the Rev. R. M. Buckannon, Presbyterian minister.

Mr. Whittington is survived by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. H. T. Parker, Rosemead, Cal., and Mrs. Van Watts, Sumrall, Miss., and three sons, C. E. Whittington, Trilby, Fla.; C. A. Whittington, Liberty, Miss., and Roy Whittington, Magnolia.