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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Whit Whitwell
Whit
Whitwell
July 11, 1921 – May 29, 2009
Whit Whitwell's Obituary
WHIT WHITWELL
ADA-Services for Melvin L. "Whit" Whitwell, 87, Ada, are 2:30 Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Revs. Dale Dunagan and Joe Dixon officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Whitwell died Friday, May 29, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born July 11, 1921 at Carson, Oklahoma to Tom and Susan Devore Whitwell. He attended McLish school and was retired from Howard's Sheet Metal. He served in the U.S. Navy and National Guard.
He married Leota Webb June 10, 1948 at Ada. She died July 23, 1994 at Ada. He later married Margaret Etter October 20, 1995 at Byng. He was an active member of New Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret, of the home; three stepsons, Standle Anderson and wife Christine, Charles Anderson and wife Patty, all of Ada, and John Anderson, Lawton; two stepdaughters, JoAnn Page and husband Ed, Houston, and Patricia Hart and husband Charles, Roff; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Bearers are Dave Jackson, Robert Vick, Wes Eidson and Charlie Price.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
ADA-Services for Melvin L. "Whit" Whitwell, 87, Ada, are 2:30 Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Revs. Dale Dunagan and Joe Dixon officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Whitwell died Friday, May 29, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born July 11, 1921 at Carson, Oklahoma to Tom and Susan Devore Whitwell. He attended McLish school and was retired from Howard's Sheet Metal. He served in the U.S. Navy and National Guard.
He married Leota Webb June 10, 1948 at Ada. She died July 23, 1994 at Ada. He later married Margaret Etter October 20, 1995 at Byng. He was an active member of New Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret, of the home; three stepsons, Standle Anderson and wife Christine, Charles Anderson and wife Patty, all of Ada, and John Anderson, Lawton; two stepdaughters, JoAnn Page and husband Ed, Houston, and Patricia Hart and husband Charles, Roff; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Bearers are Dave Jackson, Robert Vick, Wes Eidson and Charlie Price.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
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