Etowah County AlArchives Obituaries.....Whitt, Lester J., Sr. February 21, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pamela Treme ptreme@AOL.com January 31, 2005, 2:27 pm The Gadsden Times, Wednesday, February 22, 1961, Page 1-2 Accident Fatal to Local Man Lester J. Whitt, Sr., was dead upon arrival yesterday afternoon at a local hospital after being injured in an accident at the Thompson Bonded Cold Storage Company where he was a warehouse manager. Funeral services were to be held today at 2 p.m. in Collier-Butler Chapel with Dr. O. A. Davis, the Rev. John Appleton officiating. Burial will be in Forrest Cemetery with Lee Wofford, Sidney Sap, Robert L. King, Ollie W. Nabors, H. M. Tolleson, R. D. Hamilton, Arlie Jones, G. W. Jones, Howard Phillips, Billy McReynolds, Hobdy Rains, Ernest Pharr, Copland Pace and Calvin Garner as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be al personal friends. The body will remain at the chapel. Mr. Whitt had been warehouse manager for the cold-storage firm for 12 years. He was a member of the Meadow Brook Baptist Church. A veteran of U. S. Navy service during World War II service in the European and Pacific Theaters. Prior to service in the Navy he was in the merchant marine. Active in youth work, Mr. Whitt participated in the Little League, Boy scouts, YMCA and PTA programs. He was a native and lifelong resident of Etowah County and a resident of Gadsden for 12 years. Mr. Whitt, 33, resided at 203 Manor Street. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fanny McDonald Whitt, two sons, Lester J. Whitt, Jr. and Terry Kim Whitt, all of Gadsden; his mother, Mrs. Julia W. Maroney, Boaz; two sisters, Mrs. Wayne Humphries, Yuma, Ariz., Miss Joan Maroney, Boaz; a brother, Sammy Hoyt Maroney, Boaz. Additional Comments: Submitter not related. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/etowah/obits/w/whittsr312gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb