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Submitted: 5/29/11 • Approved: 11/27/20 • Last Updated: 11/30/20 • R535230-G8011-S3
Jesse 03 Jun 1930 - 23 Dec 1998
Mattie 05 Sept 1929 - 02 Nov 2002
Marriage: 22 Nov 1951 Book W-98 recorded Lawrence County, Arkansas
Jesse Gene Whitmire son of Jesse Edward Whitmire and Velma Etta (Mosier) Whitmire. Mattie Ruth (Lamb) Whitmire daughter of James Leonard Earl Lamb and Mattie Elizabeth (Manning) Lamb.
Whitmire
WALNUT RIDGE -- Funeral services for Mattie Ruth Whitmire, 73, of Walnut Ridge, who died Friday, Nov. 1, at her residence, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Bryan Funeral Home of Hoxie. Burial will follow at Manning No. 1 Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Mike McPhail, Danny Promore, Cory Whitmire, Jamus Barnett, Randy Floyd and Bob Heard.
Born in Walnut Ridge, she was a school teacher at the Oak Hill School and was a housewife before moving to Brown City, Mich., where she lived prior to retirement. After retiring, she returned to Walnut Ridge, where she was a member of the Main Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include one son, Jessie Whitmire of Sulphur Rock; a daughter, Regina Ruth McPhill of Brown City; a brother, Curtis Lamb of Walnut Ridge; seven sisters, Grace Heard, Ester Floyd, Lilly Whitmire and Iva Atkinson, all of Walnut Ridge, Opal Christian of Rock Falls, Ill., Hazel Whitmire of Hoxie and Evelyn Rutledge of Jonesboro; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Obituary located through The Jonesboro Sun archives Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas published 04 Nov 2002.
Whitmire
WALNUT RIDGE -- Mattie Ruth Whitmire, 73, of Walnut Ridge died Friday, Nov. 1, at her residence.
Born in Walnut Ridge, she was a school teacher at the Oak Hill School in the Oak Hill community before moving to Brown City, Mich., where she lived prior to returning to Walnut Ridge. She was a member of the Main Street Church of Christ.
Survivors include a son, Jessie Whitmire of Sulphur Rock; a daughter, Regina Ruth McPhill of Brown City; a brother, Curtis Lamb of Walnut Ridge; seven sisters, Opal Christian of Rock Falls, Ill., Hazel Whitmire of Hoxie, Grace Lamb, Ester Floyd, Lilly Whitmire and Iva Atkinson, all of Walnut Ridge, and Evelyn Rutledge of Jonesboro; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be announced by Bryan Funeral Home of Hoxie.
Obituary located through The Jonesboro Sun archives Jonesboro, Craighead County, Arkansas published 03 Nov 2002.
Contributed on 5/29/11 by denise.bratcher63
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