Vera was born on July 21, 1920 in Corum County, Oklahoma. She was the youngest of 10 children. Raised in central Oklahoma by the family of Patrick D Gallagher and Minnie Ola Gallagher. Married to Norman L Whittington in 1938 at Comanche, Oklahoma, resided in Lindsay, Oklahoma until 1964. Moved to Sour Lake Texas and lived there until 1968. She worked as a homemaker, serving the Lord in her everyday life, setting an example of love and kindness to anyone she met. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Sulphur, LA.
Respected by all friends and unconditionally loved by family, she will be greatly missed. Even thou the family has lost a loved member and matriarch of the family, she finally gets to be with the man she fell in love with and lived with until his death in 1978. What a reunion this was.
Preceded in death by her husband, Norman Lee Whittington, her parents, three brothers, six sisters, and a son-in-law, Ray Paul Roy.
She is survived by two daughters, Norma Darlene Brister and husband, Charles of Arlington, TX, and Susan B. Roy, of Fairhope, AL; one son, David M. Whittington and wife, Pam of Sulphur, LA; nine grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, sixteen great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Family and friends are invited for visitation on Wednesday, November 6th, from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., visitation will resume beginning at 9 a.m. on Thursday, November 7th until time of service at 11 a.m., all at Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Chapel. She will be laid to rest with a graveside service in Duncan, Oklahoma next to her late husband.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hixsonsulphurmemorial.com for the Whittington Family.
