Obituary of Zora Hicks WHITTINGTON, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. Obit of Zora Hicks Whittington Dated in by hand in ink as Aug 7, 1954. Newspaper unknown. Hurst Woman Dies Rites for Zora Whittington to be Monday Zora Ethel Whittington, 71, of Hurst died at 12:25 am Saturday after an extended illness. She was born in Mulkeytown Dec 16, 1882, and had lived in Hurst for the past 16 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hurst. She married John F. Whittington in 1901 in Mulkeytown. She leaves her husband; one daughter, Madge Daughertee, Mt. Vernon; three sons, W.G., Carbondale, Charles, Hurst, and Kenneth, East Prairie, Mo.; one brother Willie Hicks, Mulkeytown; and nine grandchildren. Services will be held at 2:30 pm Monday in the Mulkeytown Christian Church. The Rev. Frank Davis will officiate with the Rev. Bert Cherry assisting. Burial will be in the Mulkeytown Cemetery. Friends may call at the Walker Funeral home anytime after 10 am Sunday.