June Bonnell Whittington

Published 12:00 am Thursday, May 24, 2012

Dec. 28, 1926 – May 23, 2012

NATCHEZ — Services for June Bonnell Whittington, 85, of Natchez, who died Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Salem Primitive Baptist Church with the Elder Jerry Williams officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 10 a.m. until service time Friday at the church.

Mrs. Whittington was born Dec. 28, 1926, in Franklin County, the daughter of Hosie Lamar Temple and Lucy Adeline Cotten Temple.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, William Mark Whittington; and one sister, Florene Edens.

Survivors include her husband of 67 years, Harold M. Whittington; one daughter, Janet Bruce and husband, Bubba; two sons, Milton Whittington and wife, Penny, and Steve Whittington and wife, Tammy, all of Natchez; eight grandchildren, Stephen Whittington and wife, Jana, Sarah Beth Welch and husband, Jerod, Cory Whittington and wife, Adrienne, Adam Whittington and wife, Jessica, Ward Bruce and wife, Lori, Kayce Hinson and husband, Brett, Haley Meng and husband, Elliot, and Anna Peyton Whittington; eight great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Billie Stroud and Betty Bishop, both of Meadville.

Pallbearers will be Adam Whittington, Cory Whittington, Ward Bruce, Jerod Welch, Brett Hinson and Elliot Meng.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.