Obituary of LORA ETHEL WHITTEN BARKER, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  

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Date:   March 1, 2000, Wednesday

Headline:  Area Deaths

Lora Ethel Whitten Barker, 94, of Urania, died Thursday, February 24, 2000, 
at Hardtner Medical Center in Urania.

She was a retied cafeteria manager at the Urania Elementary School, having 
served for 29 years in that position.

She was the oldest and longest attending member of the Urania First United 
Methodist Church.  She was born in Hinton Camp on January 29, 1906, to the 
union of Luther and Molly Steen Whitten.

Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 26, at the First United 
Methodist Church in Urania with Rev. Emily Winberry officiating.  

Interment followed at the Adams Cemetery near Kelly under direction of Riser 
Funeral Home of Olla.

Survivors include three daughters, Greta Kennedy of Lafayette, Marlene Hatten 
of Grayson and Linda Whatley of Columbia; one brother, Luther Whitten of 
Castro Valley, Ca.; two sisters, Marie Allbritton of Lafayette and Mae Newsom 
of Carencro; nine grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and three 
great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Danny Corley, Wayne Corley, Gary Wilson, Skipper Carter, 
David Gough and Steve Tannehill.