Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, February 8, 1977

W. Whittington

WISNER -- Funeral services were at 2 p.m. today for Willie Whittington, 62, of Wisner, at the First Baptist Church here with the Rev. Milton Williams and the Rev. Enon Boyette officiating.

Burial was in the South Central Cemetery here under the direction of Winnsboro First National Funeral Home.

Mr. Whittington died Sunday at the Franklin Parish Hospital in Winnsboro after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Wilma Whittington of Wisner; one son, Jesse Whittington of Wisner; one daughter, Miss Deborah Whittington of Wisner; three sisters, Mrs. Bonnell Martin of Winnsboro, Mrs. E. E. Martin of West Monroe and Mrs. Gillie Woolan of Jackson, Miss.; two brothers, J. B. Whittington of Columbia, S.C. and R. W. Whittington of Wisner, and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Wardell Head, Alton Hill, Wayne Hill, Gerald Cureington, Bert Head and Ralph Davis.