Extracted from The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Saturday, December 20, 2008

Mary Ellen Whitten

CAMDEN -- Mary Ellen Whitten, age 86, of Camden, Ark. passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2008, at Valley Oaks Nursing and Rehab. She was a member of the Fairview Road Baptist Church and the Genealogical Society.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard E. Whitten, Sr.; parents, Jettie Thadge and Mary Euna Carroll Stough; son, William C. Whitten; granddaughter, LaDonna Hassell; and brother, Jewell Hollis Stough.

She is survived by her sister, Jetta Mae Yeager of Magnolia, Texas; daughter, Mary Lynn Merrick of Terrell, Texas; sons, Leonard E. Whitten Jr. and wife, L. Maxine of Timpson, Texas, and Jack R. Whitten of Harmony Grove, Ark.; granddaughters, Donna Lynn Rainey and husband, Revel of Terrell, Texas, Melanie Daleo and husband, Scooter of China, Texas, Tiffanie R. Fernandez and husband, Mynor of Dallas, Texas, Stephanie M. Cantu and husband, Mark of Poteet, Texas and Heather L. Lopez and husband, Orlando of Korea; seven great-grandsons; five great-granddaughters; and one great-great-grandson.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Proctor Funeral Home with burial in Lakeside Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. To sign the online guest register, visit www.proctorfuneralhome.com.