Extracted from The McComb Enterprise-Journal (McComb, MS)
Friday, December 12, 2003

Lotus Whittington

Lotus Whittington, 88, of Zachary, La., and formerly of Liberty, died Dec. 11, 2003, at Zachary Manor Nursing Home in Zachary.

Visitation is 6 to 9 tonight at Brown Funeral Home in Liberty, and noon Saturday until services there at 2 p.m. The Rev. Warren Kitchen will officiate. Burial will be in Whittington Family Cemetery in Liberty.

Mrs. Whittington was born Feb. 16, 1915, in Utica. She was the daughter of Mose Rather and Virgie Rather. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith.

Mrs. Whittington was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kelly Whittington; and one daughter, Eva Merle Whittington Fazzio.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Anne Whittington of Zachary; six grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Velma Duck of Watson, La.

Pallbearers will be Darryl Whittington, Duane Whittington, Russell Whittington, Jim Ferry, Ricky Toler and Jacob Ferry.
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Note: Lotus was apparently adopted by Mose RATHER and his wife Virgie.