Extracted from The Caldwell Watchman (Columbia, LA)
Thursday, March 29, 1973

Sammy Whittington

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Bethany Baptist Church in Hebert, for Sammy W. Whittington, 63, of 2404 Georgia Street, Monroe, who died Friday afternoon at Glenwood Hospital following a short illness.

Officiating were the Revs. Ed Smith and Larry Russell Jr.

Burial was at the church cemetery under the direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Monroe.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ezarline [sic Ezraline] Whittington of Monroe; two sons, Louis W. Whittington of Marion and Charles L. Whittington of Jackson City, Arkansas; one brother, R. L. Whittington of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. Robert A. Smith of Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Inez McClanahan of Hebert and Mrs. Beula[h] Blackwell of Hebert and nine grandchildren.

Mr. Whittington's grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Whittington, who is 96 years old, resides at The Haven in Columbia Heights.