COMMERCE – Jimmy C. Whitlock, 73, died Thursday, October 15, 2015, at his residence.
Mr. Whitlock was born in Jefferson, the son of the late Samuel Lee and Ethel Wilson Whitlock. He was a member of the Baptist denomination and a United States Army veteran. Mr. Whitlock was retired from Reliance Electric.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ivester Whitlock, Commerce; daughter, Brenda Whitlock, Fayetteville; sisters, Mary Brooks, Athens, Carolyn Autry, Ceres, Calif., and Eleanor Yates, Bakersfield, Calif.; and a brother, Max Whitlock, Nicholson.
Funeral services will be at noon, Saturday, October 17, graveside, at Jackson Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Mike Stowers officiating. Interment will follow in Jackson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, October 16, from 6 to 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.