Raymond Whittingham, Sr.

July 20, 1928 - March 1, 2017

Mr. Raymond Whittingham, Sr. departed this life Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark., at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 9 days. He was born Friday, July 20, 1928 in and lived his lifetime in Trumann, AR. Mr. Whittingham was a retired maintenance worker at the Singer Co. and was a member of First United Pentecostal Church. Raymond had a great love for his family. He looked forward to the yearly family reunions and his monthly get together with his brothers and sisters. He would be the first one there and the last one to leave. He loved his church and in earlier years was always there when there was any type of work to be done. He had a special love for nature. Raymond could name every kind of tree that there was. He would always point out their names when he was in the fishing boat going down the river. In his later years he helped the St. Francis Lake Association plant the trees at the St. Francis River. He had made so many friends in the years that he worked for Singer and Arbor Industries. Even while in the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House he remarked