Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thomas Whitten
RAYVILLE -- Funeral services for Thomas Burris Whitten, 80, of Start, were at 10 a.m. today at Crew Lake Methodist Church with the Revs. Morgan Greer and Pete Medak officiating.
Burial was in New Salem Cemetery under direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home here.
Mr. Whitten was a member of the Methodist Church.
He is survived by five sons, Namon Whitten of Monroe, Damon Whitten, Davie Whitten, Lillian Whitten and Billie Whitten, all of Start; three daughters, Mrs. Vera Davis of Start, Mrs. Florice Schwartz of Start and Mrs. Bobbie Nell Hollingsworth of West Monroe; one stepson, Clyde Hardwick of Rayville; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Johnnie Hollingsworth of Rayville; three brothers, Mayo Whitten of Ruston, Ezra Whitten of Start and Alonzo Whitten of Bo[r]ger, Tex.
Tuesday, January 23, 1973