Extracted from The Mobile Register (Mobile, AL)
Wednesday, March 13, 1974

WHITTINGTON

Mr. John Oliver Whittington -- A native of McComb, Mississippi, resident of Mobile, Ala. 52 years, died in a local hospital Tuesday, March 12, 1974, at 12:45 a.m. He was a deacon and charter member of Ann Street Baptist Church, a member of Azalea Lodge F. & A.M.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Norine (Jerry) Nelson Whittington, Mobiel [sic Mobile]; one son, John Stephen Whittington, Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Charles L. Gaston Sr., Whistler, Ala.; three grandchildren, Jim Whittington, Connie Whittington and Van Whittington, all of Mobile, Ala.

Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home Wednesday, March 13, 1974, at 2 p.m. Interment will be in Pine Crest Cemetery. Visitation after 5 p.m. Tuesday.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Alabama Children's Home, Riverside Baptist Church or the Cancer Fund. Funeral arrangements by Radney Funeral Home, 3155 Dauphin Street Extension, west of Sage Avenue, Mobile, Alabama.