WHITAKER SERVICES Death of Thomas R. Whitaker, 73, 1114 E. Washington St., Paris, Texas, occurred Tuesday at 5:50 a. m., at his home, June 9, 1953 Funeral services for Mr. Whitaker, were set for 4 p.m. Wednesday in Ramseur Baptist Church, the pastor, the Rev. Lester Singleton officiating. Gene Roden & Sons had charge of interment in the cemetery at Hopewell. Mr. Whitaker, a produce company employe, had been ill some time before his death at home early Tuesday. He was born at Tupelo, Miss., May 7, 1880. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Georgia Newson, and these children: Elmer Whitaker and J. E. Whitaker, Paris; Edward Whitaker, Hughson, Calif., and Mrs. Flora Lee Kenjorski, Nanticoke, Pa.; nine grandchildren; two brothers, Henry Whitaker, Tushka, Okla., and Felix Whitaker, Weslaco, and a sister, Mrs. Helen Garrison, Porterville, Calif., and these stepchildren: W. S. Benningfield and S. E. Benningfield and Mrs. Lee Todd, Paris, and Mrs. Ella Manuel, Wichita Falls. NOTE: 1st wife - Maudie Perryman married 3/31/1900 2nd wife - Mary Jane (Burnett) Stringfellow married 12/1/1903 3rd wife - Georgia Frances (Newsom) Benningfield married 2/19/1914