Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Saturday, July 25, 1981

KERMIT G. WHIGHAM

Kermit G. Whigham, 71, Route 5, Laurel, died Friday at the Jones County Community Hospital following a brief illness.

The funeral service for Mr. Whigham will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Memory Chapel Funeral Home with burial in the Crestview Cemetery. The Rev. Jerry Oswalt will officiate.

Mr. Whigham was a member of the Second Avenue Baptist Church, a Mason, a Shriner and was past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, International Order of Oddfellows.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruth Smith Whigham of Laurel; one brother, Dalton Whigham of Laurel; and three sisters, Mrs. K. C. Gandy of Jackson, Mrs. Macy Walters of El Paso, Texas, and Mrs. Henry L. Smith of New Orleans, La.

Mr. Whigham's nephews will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today at the Memory Chapel Funeral Home which is in charge of the arrangements.