Barbara Roney Whittington

The Funeral Service for Barbara Roney Whittington, 77, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 20, 2015 at Riverland Hills Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Bush River Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 19, 2015 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel. Mrs. Whittington passed away Monday, February 16, 2015. Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Henry Grady Roney and Velma Holland Roney. She was the wife of the late Philip Wesley Whittington. She received her Bachelors in Education from Coker College and her Masters in Early Childhood Education from the University of South Carolina. A devoted teacher with over 30 years of service, she retired from Harbison West Elementary School in 1997, although she never stopped teaching. Her passions included bridge, cooking, reading, and gardening, but most important to her was glorifying God through serving family and friends. Unwavering faith sustained her through the loss of her husband and her recent illness. Mrs. Whittington was a longtime member of Riverland Hills Baptist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class. Surviving are her children, David Wesley Whittington (Lisa), Elizabeth Whittington MacNaughton (Robert), Caroline Whittington Soomsawasdi; grandchildren, David Wesley Whittington Jr., Caroline MacNaughton Melchers (Michael), Robert Thomas MacNaughton III, Ellen Elizabeth MacNaughton, and Paul Elias Soomsawasdi. She was preceded in death by her brother, Grady Glen Roney and son-in-law, Panuk Paul Soomsawasdi. Memorials may be made to Riverland Hills Baptist Church (riverlandhills.org), Water Missions International (watermissions.org), or 29:11, Inc (2911schools.org). Please sign the online guestbook at dunbarfuneralhomedutchfork.com