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   George A. Whitten
   PAMPA - George A. Whitten, 66, died Thursday, Aug. 13, 1998.
   
   Services will be at 10 a.m. today in First United Methodist Church
   with Dr. R.L. Kirk, minister of visitation with St. Stephen United
   Methodist Church of Amarillo, and the Rev. Todd Dyess, minister of the
   First United Methodist Church of Pampa, officiating. Burial will be in
   Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley
   Funeral Directors.
   
   Mr. Whitten was born in Greenville and moved to Pampa in 1934. He
   joined the Marine Corps in 1951 and served during the Korean War. He
   was honorably discharged in 1954. He received an associate's degree in
   business from Texas Tech University. He was a manager at C.R.
   Anthony's for several years and a materials handler for Cabot and
   FluorDaniels. His work took him to Arkansas, Oklahoma and the Texas
   Panhandle.
   
   He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a charter
   member of the Carter Sunday School Class. He was an active member of
   the Chancel Choir, the Glory Singers and the United Methodist Men. He
   was a member of the Red Cross board, the KAIROS Prison Ministry, the
   Pampa Prison Fellowship and a past member of the Masons and Eastern
   Star.
   
   He married Barbara R. Stockton in Pampa in 1954.
   
   Survivors include his wife; two sons, Alan Whitten of Wylie and Clyde
   Whitten of Pampa; two daughters, Marilyn Fields of Sayre, Okla., and
   Julia Wood of Pampa; and eight grandchildren.
   
   Memorials may be made to KAIROS Prison Ministries or the First United
   Methodist Church of Pampa.