Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:  Whittle, Mrs. W. T., 1950
Sunday, December 17, 2000

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  Funeral services for Mrs. Wilford T. Whittle, 63, who died suddenly of a
heart attack, Tuesday, August 8th, were held Thursday morning at 9:00
o'clock from the Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Henry A. Grubbs,
minister, officiating.  Burial was made in the Junction cemetery.  The
Hodges Funeral Home directed.
  Mrs. Whittle died in the home on the Whittle ranch where she had lived
the past five years.  She had been suffering from a heart ailment for
several years but was feeling well and was busy with baking cookies when
her husband left the house about 9:00 o'clock.  She was dead in bed when
he returned two hours later.
  Mrs. Whittle moved here with her husband from the Edwards Co. ranch.  
She taught in the grammar school here several years.  Mr. Whittle's father
made his home with them until his death two years ago.
  Nee Jo Myrtle Haynes, Mrs. Whittle was born in Llano County on March 4,
1887, and livedin Llano and vicinity until her marriage on May 14, 1932,
when she went to Edwards County.  She taught in Hill Country Schools more 
than 40 years, having begun her teaching career at the age of 18.  She was
a member of the Presbyterian Church.
  Survivors include the widower, one brother John T. Haynes of Silverton,
three sisters, Mrs. J. K. Holderness of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Mary E. Daniel
of Plainview, and Miss Billie Haynes of Los Angeles, Calif., and a number
of nieces and nephews.
  Out-of-town relatives here for the services included Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Holderness, Mrs. Daniel, Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. James
Holderness of Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Haynes of Lubbock, Jim Haynes
and children, Joy and Tee of Eagle Pass, Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Hobbs and
Harlan Lee of Barksdale, Mrs. Lottie Whittle and Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Whittle and Louise and Carolyn and Dorothy, all of Rocksprings.
  J. L. Epperson, Mrs. J. T. Brown, Mrs. Marie Clark, and Mrs. H. G. Franks,
and Dor Brown, all of Rocksprings, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gault, and Joe
Brown Gault of Brady and Joe F. Brown and Lula Mae Brown of Uvalde.