Thomas (Tom) Whittaker Obituary, 1964, Lawrence County, AR

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Thomas (Tom) Whittaker December 1964 The Times Dispatch

Tom Whittaker
Retired Farmer
Dies Last Night
  Tom Whittaker, aged 75, of Rt. 3, Walnut Ridge, AR died last night at
6:15.  He was a lifetime resiednt of Lawrence County.
  Mr. Whittaker, who was a retired farmer, was a member of the Gethsemane
Baptist Church.
  He was married to Maude Manning on April 26, 1908.
  He is survived by his wife; two sons, Walter Whittaker of Greensboro,
N.C., and Carl Whittaker of Jonesboro; five daughters, Mrs. Marie
Shackleford of Jonesboro, Mrs Dallo Bennett of Imboden, Mrs. Herbert
Herzog of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Mrs. Less Freeman of Walnut ridge and Mrs.
Robert Wolthoff of Grundy Center, Iowa; a sister, Mrs. Virgil Manning 
of Hoxie; 35 Grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren.
  Funeral will be Saturday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Gethsemane
Baptist Church.  Burial will be in Lawrence Memorial Park under direction
of Bryan Funeral home. 

(Source: Times Dispatch Walnut Ridge, AR, December 10, 1964)