Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, August 24, 1979

Noel Whittington

JENA -- Noel Whittington, 70, of Jena died Thursday morning in LaSalle General Hospital.

Survivors include his wife, Ora Whittington of Jena; three sons, Thomas Whittington of Bentonia, Miss., Joe James Whittington of Jena, W. H. Whittington of Kelly; two daughters, Elizabeth Wilkinson of Lafayette, Pat Hibbard of Jena; two brothers, Clyde Whittington of Magnolia, Miss., Tommy Whittington of Athens, Ala.; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Hixson Bros. Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill McClain officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.