Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, November 26, 1968

Robert L. Whitten

Funeral services for Spec. 4 Robert Whitten, 28, of 211 Carter Dr., West Monroe, were held at 10 a.m. at Kilpatrick Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial was in National Cemetery at Pineville at 2 p.m. with full military rites at the graveside.

Spec. 4 Whitten died at his home Sunday morning following a lengthy illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Robert L. Whitten, West Monroe; two daughters, Suzanne and Robin Whitten, both of West Monroe; his parents, Sgt. 1C and Mrs. Frank L. Sherman, West Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Caren Patton, Tampa, Fla. and Mrs. Sandra Foster, Canton, Tex.; one brother, Thomas Whitten, Monroe; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ethel Pendarvis, Tullos.