Martha M. Whitner

Services for Martha M. Whitener, 88, of Jacksonville, will be held at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2007, at Cross Roads Baptist Church in Henerson County, with the Rev. Frank Upchurch officiating, under the direction of Autry Funeral Home. Burial will be at Union Cemetery in Cross Roads.

Mrs. Whitener died March 23, 2007, in Jacksonville. She was born Sept. 3, 1918, in Cayuga, Texas. She was a homemaker who attended Sunset Baptist Church.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Jesse D. Whitener; her sons, Arvel Whitener, Wayne Whitener and David Whitener; her daughters, Patsy Whitener; her granddaughter, Cheryl Woodland and her sister, Claudia Deming.

Survivors include her daughters and son-in-law, Jeanie and Pete Betts of Jacksonville and Barbara Langford of Jacksonville; her brothers and sister-in-law, Clayton Kennon of Downey, California and Derrell and Becky Kennon of Union Grove; her sister and brother-in-law, Jerrie and Bill Cady of Bridge City, Texas; 16 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers include Joe Dale Whitener, James Cady, Tim Blume, Shad Moraine, Dewain Bourdon and Dale Crow.

Honorary pallbearers include Steven Cady, Shane Betts and Clayton Kennon.
 

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress