Obituary of OPHELIA A. WHIDDON REVETT, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 902 Kilgore Court, Allen, TX 75013, (No Relation.) From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Clippings at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La. Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for allowing the following to be added to the Archives. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Date: September 8, 1999, Wednesday Headline: Area Deaths Sub-Headline: Ophelia A. Revett Ophelia A. Revett, 75, of Purvis, Mississippi, died at 9:10 p.m., Monday, August 30, 1999, at the St. Frances Medical Center in Alexandria. She was a homemaker and was born Jan. 24, 1924, in Lamar County, Mississippi, to the union of Eli and Nelli Grantham Whiddon. Services were held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, at the chapel of Moore Funeral Home in Petal, Ms., with Rev. C. R. Williams officiating. Burial followed in Burch Cemetery of Richton, Ms., under direction of Moore Funeral Home. Local arrangements were under direction of Kinner and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include four sons, David C. Whiddon, Sr., of Jena, Donald Revett of Richton, Ms.; Gregory Revett of Purvis, Ms.; and Gary Revett of Purvis, Ms.; two brothers, Lester Whiddon and Olen Whiddon, both of Lamar County, Ms.; 12 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.