Unknown County GaArchives Biographies.....Whittaker, M.B. July 14, 1878 - October 19, 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Iris Fry IrisAngelLink@aol.com April 11, 2005, 3:17 pm Author: Henry B. Mays Journal of the North Georgia Conference...Roll of Our Dead...1934 Marvin Bledsoe Whittaker was born in Newberry, S.C. His father was the Rev. Hugh Walker Whittaker. Preacher Whittaker was licensed to preach, July 14, 1909, ordained deacon by Bishop Wilson, Nov. 1911 and elder, Nov. 1913. He was admitted on trial into the N. Ga. Conference, Nov. 1909 and into full connection, 1911. He was superannuated, 1924, not from age but, sickness. A years rest improved his illness and he served the Brooks Circuit in 1925 but his health gave away again and he was superannuated in that year. For several years he lived in Lakeland, Fla. in search of health and it was there that his wife died and he returned to Ga. and died in Hawkinsville, Ga. and buried in Newberry, S.C. Two sons survive them, Marvin C. and Hugh W. of Lakeland, Fla. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/unknown/bios/whittake63nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb