Obituaries:  H. P. Whatley, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       W-340
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 3, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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H. P. Whatley

  Services for H. Preston Whatley, 67, of the Marthaville
community in Natchitoches Parish, were at 10 a.m., Wednesday,
July 2, at the Beulah Methodist Church at Marthaville.

  Burial was in the church cemetery.

  Mr. Whatley died at 6:40 p.m., Monday, at Schumpert Medical
Center, after a long illness.

  He was a Natchitoches Parish cattleman, and a former longtime
Natchitoches Parish School Board employee.

  He was a native of Marthaville, and a deacon in the Union Grove
Baptist Church. Mr. Whatley was a member of Ajax Lodge 325 F&AM,
and the Natchitoches Parish Cattlemen's Association. He had been
associated with the Jack Lent Oil Co. of Natchitoches.

  Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Genelle McCartney Whatley; two
daughters, Mrs. Ed Willey, and Mrs. Sally W. Shaw of Shreveport;
a brother, Don Whatley of Ore City, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs.
Thomas Austin Blankenship Sr. of Natchitoches, Mrs. W. H. Byrd of
Baton Rouge, and Mrs. Bruce Walker of Longview, Tex.; and two
grandchildren.