Extracted from The Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Friday, January 12, 1962

WHITTINGTON, LEE W.

Died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. He was 67, a resident of 2555 Iberia St. and a native of Liberty, Miss.

The body will be at Welsh Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Thursday. Services at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Welsh parlors with the Rev. Calvin J. Aucoin officiating. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park.

Survivors include his wife, the former Meda Wood of Baton Rouge; four sons, Emil W., Lee D. and Doyle, all of Baton Rouge, and Homer F., Gonzales; a daughter, Mrs. S. J. Williamson Jr., Baton Rouge; three sisters, Mrs. Lottie Baxter, Gloster, Miss.; Mrs. Myrtis Whittington and Mrs. Ivy Whittington, both of Liberty, Miss.; two brothers, Dona of Baton Rouge and Fred of Liberty, Miss., and 10 grandchildren. He was a member of the Central Church of Christ, Baton Rouge.