Selected Death notices from the Lafayette Advertiser 1873-1905
Submitter: Audrey Hopper (RHopper454 @ aol.com)
Source: Lafayette Advertiser
Date: May 26, 2005


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From the Lafayette Advertiser
August 5, 1899 pg. 1 col 6

NEGROLOGY	

Hon. J. S. Whittington

    Hon. John S. Whittington died at his residence in Lafayette last Sunday 
morning at 6:30 a.m. He had been sick for the last few months, had rallied several 
times, but the grim monster of death came at last to claim his life.
    The deceased was a man well known and liked all over the parish.  He had the 
fullest confidence of the people, having represented the fourth ward on the Police 
Jury and being a member of the School Board.  
    Since a number of years he was closely connected with the political and 
commercial affairs of the parish and was already ready to help a struggling farmer 
to tide over the hard times.
     His funeral took place last Monday morning at 6 o?clock and his body was laid 
to rest on his plantation near Bayou Vermilion.  
     Friends and acquaintances to the number of three hundred, visibly affected, 
followed the remains to their last resting place.
     His widow and two children survive him.
     In this sad hour of bereavement consolation is to be found only at the feet of 
Him who suffered so intensely for us.