Emory City Cem
south section (#9)
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The Rains County Leader
January 20, 1922
A deep gloom settled over our little city Saturday afternoon when the word went out that Ernest Whittle was dead. He was stricken with that dread malady, meningitis, Friday night January 6, and death relieved him of his suffering at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, January 14th. Ernest was one of our most highly respected young business men, being just a few months past his 21st mile post, and his untimely death came as a shock to his many friends, Taylor and Whittle gent's furnishings and pressing parlor. Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. W.C. Hughes, assisted by Dr. M.T. Tucker, pastor of the Baptist church. The attendance at the funeral was probably the largest ever assembled in Emory. The church would not hold the vast assemblage that gathered to pay their last tribute to our young fellow-citizen and hundreds stood about the doors and in groups near the building until services were concluded. Pall bearers were selected from his school mates as follows: King Henslee, Bailey Clendenin, John T. Henry, Herman Settle, Paul Parkins, and John T. Reeves, Jr. The floral offering was said by many to have been the handsomest and largest ever seen in Emory. He is survived by his young wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Whittle, 3 brothers, 2 sisters, and a number of other relatives, who have the sincere sympathy of the community.