Royeston Joseph "RJ or Whit" Whittington^{[1, 2]}

1919 - 2003  (83 years)

• Name	Royeston Joseph "RJ or Whit" Whittington
  Born	Nov 17, 1919	Memphis, Shelby county, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 05, 2003	Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, USA
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, USA   [3]
  Notes	Royeston Joseph Whittington, known as Whit to his friends, was born in Shelby County Baptist Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. He grew up in Donna, Texas, and spent 49 years living in Corpus Christi and raising his family. He was the son of Ebinor Clyde Whittington and Rebecca Gathings Whittington . His Uncles were Thomas M. Whittington and Enos Jewett Whittington, Sr. He married Vivian Juanita Stromatt on April 26, 1942 at the McAllen Church of Christ in McAllen, Texas. He was a retired employer with J. C. Penneys. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and Eagle Scout and a Paul Harris Fellow. Upon his death, he left the following survivors: wife of 60 years, Vivian Whittington; sons, Gary (Ava) Whittington, Michael (Debbie) Whittington, and Marcus (Esther) Whittington; daughter Janet (Gene) Sharp; grandchildren, Cheree Sharp (Joel) Jackson, John Marc (Erica) Whittington, Aaron (Tarin) Whittington, Selene Sharp Ellsworth, Arwen Whittington (Randy) Blankinship, Eric Whittington, Vanessa Sharp (Troy) Tuttle, Rebecca Whittington, Monet Sharp (Ralph) Castillo and Shane Whittington; 8 great grandchildren.
  Person ID	I84569	mykindred
  Last Modified	Feb 2, 2007

  
  

  Father	Ebinor Clyde Whittington,   b. Apr 07, 1887, Amite county, Mississippi, USA ,   d. Mar 20, 1977, Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Williams Gathings,   b. 1896, Arkansas, USA ,   d. Nov 13, 1969, Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Married	Dec 13, 1917	Arkansas, USA
  Family ID	F28497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vivian Juanita Stromatt,   b. Dec 09, 1917, Braggs, Muskogee county, Oklahoma, USA ,   d. Oct 10, 2002, Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Apr 26, 1942	McAllen Church of Christ, McAllen, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Living   2. Michael Craig Whittington,   b. Jul 02, 1949, Hidalgo county, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F28564	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Whittington, Royeston (1919-2003)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1208] Gedcom - Garrison, Hallie Whittington. [S1217] Whittington-Garrison, Hallie, email to Tom Cloud of DEC 21, 2005. [S2015] Obit / burial information (Reliability: 3).