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Delphia L HAYES WHITSON

Fairview Memorial Gardens (Fayetteville) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

Forrest
1891 - 1969

The Madison County Record
Huntsville, AR
10 Jul 1969

Forrest C. Whitson, 77, of 712 Rockwood Trail, Fayetteville, died in a Fayetteville hospital June 28 after a long illness. He was born in Santa Ana, Calif. August 10, 1891, the son of Don Dale and Lillian Cogburn Whitson. He moved to Fayetteville in December, 1961, after retirement from public office.

Rev. James R. Zug and wife from Corpus Christi, Texas flew in to officiate, assisted by Dr. Joel Cooper, Minister of the Central Methodist Church, of which Mr. Whitson was a member. Rev. Zug and wife were friends of Mr. and Mrs. Whitson in Santa Ana, Calif.

Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Delphia Hayes Whitson; two sisters, Mrs. Stanley Statia of Newport Beach, Calif., Mrs. Wes Waitman of North Las Vegas, Nevada and his stepmother, Mrs. Ivy W. Harvey of Costa Mese, Calif.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m. with burial in the Fairhaven Cemetery.


Delphia
1900 - 1982

The Madison County Record
Huntsville, AR
18 Mar 1982

Mrs. Delphia Hayes Whitson, 81, of Fayetteville died March 10 in a Fayetteville hospital. She was born July 28, 1900, at Aurora, the daughter of William Lee and Louisia Driver Hayes. She was the widow of Forrest C. Whitson, who died June 28, 1969. She was a former court reporter in Madison County and was a retired teacher in the Huntsville High School. She was also a graduate of Huntsville School and Fayetteville Business College and lived in Calif. a number of years before returning to this area in 1962. She was a member of Fayetteville Central United Methodist Church and was past president of WSCS.

Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Billie Hayes Head of Fayetteville and Mrs. Bradah Hayes Drake of Haskell, Okla., and a number of nieces and nephews.

Services were Saturday, March 13 at Moore's Chapel with the Rev. Merle Allison Johnson officiating. Burial was at Fairview Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers were Donald F. Drake, Daniel R. Drake, Daryn Drake, Robert Paul Drake, James William Spencer and James A. Hayes.

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