Obituary, Jimmy "Spoon" Witherspoon, Clay County, Arkansas *********************************************************** Submitted by: Don Brownlee Date: Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/clay/clay.htm *********************************************************** There was an extensive (19 paragraph) obituary in today's (21 Sep 1997) LA TIMES on an Arkansas native. Here is a summary: Jimmy "Spoon" Witherspoon, 74, born 8 August 1923 in Gurdon, AR. Died of natural causes in Los Angeles, CA on 18 September 1997. No mention of family or funeral arrangements. "He was one of the greatest blues performers of all time," according to a Long Beach disc jockey. Thanks to Don Brownlee for the above.