Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
Thursday, March 20, 1986

LAST RITES FOR JOHN PAUL WHITTINGTON

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 1986, from Brown Funeral Home Chapel, Liberty, for John Paul Whittington, 55, of Route 2, Liberty.

Mr. Whittington died March 11, 1986 at his residence. He was born November 26, 1931, the son of Fred Whittington and Eliza Bass Whittington, both deceased. He was a painter.

Survivors include his wife Norma Rainer Whittington, Liberty; three sons: Paul Michael Whittington, Gloster, Charles Ray Whittington and Gary Dale Whittington, both of Liberty; one daughter, Sandra Wall, Gillsburg; two brothers: Kelly Whittington, Baker, La. and Soule Whittington, Pensacola, Fla.; five sisters: Evelyn Hutchinson, Jackson, Hilda McKey, Virginia Baker, Vera Whittington and C'Bell Forman, all of Liberty and four grandchildren.

Burail [sic] was in Whittington Family Cemetery with Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.