Extracted from The Southern Herald (Liberty, MS)
MYRTIS B. WHITTINGTON DIES
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Royal
Chapel Church in Gloster for Myrtis B. Whittington,
of Gloster. Rev. Harold Jackson officiated.
Mrs. Whittington died Wednesday, June 21,
1989 in Field Memorial Hospital in Centreville. She
was born February 21, 1900 in Amite County the
daughter of Thomas Steve Bass and Laura
Elizabeth May Bass, both deceased. She was a
member of Royal Chapel Methodist-Protestant
Church and a housewife.
Survivors include five sons: Gordie Whittington,
Linus Whittington, both of Gloster, Robert
Whittington, Baton Rouge, La., Virgil Allen
Whittington, Crosby, Harrell Whittington,
Greenville, S.C.; three daughters: Virgie Mae
Etheridge, Thelma Etheridge and Francis Mitchell,
all of Gloster; 26 grandchildren; 36
great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Whittington was preceded in death by her
husband, Pearl Whittington; a son, Richard
Whittington, 2 grandsons, and one granddaughter.
Burial was in Roseland Cemeter [sic] in Gloster, with
Brown Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Thursday, June 29, 1989