ARALIE LUCILLE WHITAKER
1922–2002
Funeral services were held Monday, July 29, 2:30 p.m. at Jones-
Preston Funeral Chapel for Aralie Lucille Whitaker, 80, who passed
away Friday, July 26 at her residence.
Mrs. Whitaker was born June 26, 1922 in Johnson County, daughter of
the late Chalmer and Zora Johnson Spradlin.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Whitaker; one
daughter, Karen Whitaker; three brothers, Kermit, Quentin and Kenis
Spradlin; one sister, Janet Fyffe. Surviving are two sons, Richard
Whitaker of South Charleston, Ohio, and Kenneth Whitaker of Madison,
Tenn.; six daughters, Patsy Williams of Amboy, In., Arlene Votra of
Madison, Tn., Donna Whitaker of Van Lear, Vicki Shell and Bonnie
Malott, both of Peru, Indiana; two sisters, Ruth Sparks of West Van
Lear and Wilma Jean Butcher of Springfield, Ohio; 22 grandchildren;
27 great- grandchildren.
The service was officiated by Lowell Webb and Dick VanHoose, with
burial following in Highland Memorial Park, Staffordsville.