The son of the late Henry and Mary Parkey Whitaker, he was born February 18, 1891. He married Lydia Phelps in 1917 and 13 children blessed this marriage. One son preceded him in death.
Mr. Whitaker is survived by his wife; eight daughters, Mrs. Ruby Salmons, Somerset, Mrs. Mildred Michels, Ludlow, Mrs. Audria Neal, Lexington, Mrs. Helen Hargis, Mrs. Edith Harrison, and Mrs. Jo Ann Goodin, all of Norwood, Ohio, Mrs. Myrtle Mofield, Pleasant Ridge, Ohio, and Betty Whitaker, Somerset, Route 1; four sons, Edgar Whitaker, Cincinnati, Bobby Whitaker, Norwood, Ohio, Henry Whitaker, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Donald Whitaker, Pleasant Ridge, Ohio.
He is also survived by six sisters, Mrs. Masie Hessie, Somerset, Mrs. Ida McIntire and Mrs. Ada Whitaker, both of Squib, Mrs. Matilda Harris, Acorn, Mrs. Margaret Staroszik, Markleville, Indiana, and Mrs. Della Nicely, Sharonville, Ohio; two brothers, Harvey Whitaker, Anderson, Indiana and John R. Whitaker, Middletown, Indiana; and 19 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday in the New Hope Baptist Church. The Rev. Willie Randall and the Rev. Ollie Parkey conducted the services. Burial was in the Pine Thicket cemetery.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, July 10, 1957.
The son of the late Henry and Mary Parkey Whitaker, he was born February 18, 1891. He married Lydia Phelps in 1917 and 13 children blessed this marriage. One son preceded him in death.
Mr. Whitaker is survived by his wife; eight daughters, Mrs. Ruby Salmons, Somerset, Mrs. Mildred Michels, Ludlow, Mrs. Audria Neal, Lexington, Mrs. Helen Hargis, Mrs. Edith Harrison, and Mrs. Jo Ann Goodin, all of Norwood, Ohio, Mrs. Myrtle Mofield, Pleasant Ridge, Ohio, and Betty Whitaker, Somerset, Route 1; four sons, Edgar Whitaker, Cincinnati, Bobby Whitaker, Norwood, Ohio, Henry Whitaker, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Donald Whitaker, Pleasant Ridge, Ohio.
He is also survived by six sisters, Mrs. Masie Hessie, Somerset, Mrs. Ida McIntire and Mrs. Ada Whitaker, both of Squib, Mrs. Matilda Harris, Acorn, Mrs. Margaret Staroszik, Markleville, Indiana, and Mrs. Della Nicely, Sharonville, Ohio; two brothers, Harvey Whitaker, Anderson, Indiana and John R. Whitaker, Middletown, Indiana; and 19 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday in the New Hope Baptist Church. The Rev. Willie Randall and the Rev. Ollie Parkey conducted the services. Burial was in the Pine Thicket cemetery.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, July 10, 1957.
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James Harvey Whitaker
1889–1982
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Macy Ellen Whitaker Hessey
1893–1979
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Robert E Whitaker
1895–1897
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Ida May Whitaker McIntire
1897–1968
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Ada Elizabeth Whitaker Whitaker
1900–1990
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Matilda "Tildie" Whitaker Harris
1903–1982
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Nora Margaret Whitaker Staroszik
1904–1987
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Della Whitaker Nicely
1906–1964
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John Riley Whitaker
1909–1978
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Ruby May Whitaker Salmons
1917–1987
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Aldridge Whitaker
1919–1919
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Mildred M. Whitaker Michels
1921–1983
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Audria Bea Whitaker Neal
1922–1982
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Edgar William Whitaker
1924–1966
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Helen Martha Whitaker Hargis
1926–2013
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Henry Franklin Whitaker
1927–2006
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Edith Mary "Shorty" Whitaker Harrison
1929–2002
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Myrtle Zella Whitaker Mofield
1931–2021
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Donald Carl Whitaker
1933–1986
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Jo Ann Whitaker Goodin
1936–2002
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Robert Wyman Whitaker
1938–1979
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Betty Carol Whitaker Shepherd
1942–2017
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