Jefferson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Roger Nathan Whigham May 7 1969
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The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald, Volume 103, No. 19, Louisville, Jefferson Co., GA, May 8, 1969, Front Page
Roger Whigham 
Businessman
Dies At Age 87

Resident of Louisville and prominent businessman and civic leader died 
Wednesday Morning, May 7, at the Jefferson County Hospital.  He was 87 years 
old.

Mr. Whigham was born October 5, 1881, the son of the late Mr. Nathan M. Whigham 
and the late Mrs. Sallie Denny Whigham.  A lifelong resident of Louisville, he 
was President of the Louisville Fertilizer and Gin Company.  He at one time was 
a partner in a Tractor and Farm Implement firm.  He was a charter member of the 
Louisville Kiwanis Club and an Elder of the Louisville Associated Reformed 
Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Whigham was a former president of the Georgia Seed 
Crushers Association.

Survivors include one sister, Mrs. O. H. Beall, Sr., Louisville; three nieces, 
Mrs. Joe E. Beverly, Atlanta; Mrs. Edward Sims, Annapolis, MD., and Mrs. O. H. 
Beall, Jr. Louisville.

Three nephews, Mr. Sam J. Whigham, Jr., and Mr. Robert S. Whigham, both of 
Atlanta, and Mr. William D. Whigham, Albany, Ga.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p. m. this afternoon (Thursday) at the 
Louisville Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Lonnie 
Richardson officiating.  Interment will follow in the Louisville Cemetery.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.

Bethea Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Source:  The News and Farmer and Wadley Herald, Volume 103 No. 19.  Louisville, 
Jefferson County, Georgia, May 8, 1969.  Front Page.

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