Nell Inez Whitaker

June 16, 1930 - February 14, 2012

Mrs. Nell Inez Whitaker, age 81, of Grant, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2012.  Funeral services were Friday, February 17, at 1:00 p.m. with Bro. Jessie Tipton and Bro. Lavon Stone officiating.  Burial followed in Free Home Cemetery.  Pallbearers were Jason Swearingen, Tyson Mayhall, Jon Roberts, Kevin Luther, Keith Kirkland, and Rickey Fultz.  The family received friends at the funeral home on Thursday, Feb. 16. Mrs. Whitaker is survived by daughters, Patsy Anderton (Thomas), Sharon Ashley (Kenneth), Wanda Turner (Robert) and Tammy Baker (Wayne); son, Timmy Whitaker (Karen); grandchildren, Sandy Campbell, Gena Luther, Andrea Roberts, Jason Swearingen, and Sarah Baker; step-grandchildren, Daniel Warren, Alan Warren, and Lara Bergman; great-grandchildren, Tyson Mayhall, Chelsey Luther, Alex Luther, Dawson Roberts and Kinsley Sims.  She was preceded in death by her husband, S.E. Whitaker; parents, Willie and Nannie B. Fultz; brothers, Charles and Willard Fultz; and sister, Pauline Kirkland.