Person:Artie Whittington (2)

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Artie May Whittington
b.26 Mar 1898 Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky
d.24 Mar 1999 Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Sep 1885
  1. Phillip H. Whittington1886 - 1951
  2. Sadie Catherine Whittington1888 - 1970
  3. Artie Mae Whittington1892 -
  4. Anna Agnes Whittington1893 - 1995
  5. Benjamin Franklin Whittington1896 - 1954
  6. Artie May Whittington1898 - 1999
  7. Lida Hays Whittington1900 - 1998
  8. Charles William Whittington1902 - 1977
  9. Thomas Kenton Whittington1904 - 1998
  10. Leslie Grant Whittington1907 - 1987
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Sep 1919
  1. Donald Gene Ford1925 - 1993
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Facts and Events
Name Artie May Whittington
Alt Name Rhoda Fannie Whittington
Gender Female
Birth? 26 Mar 1898 Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky
Marriage 20 Sep 1919 Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansasto George William Ford
Death? 24 Mar 1999 Owingsville, Bath, Kentucky
Reference Number 7032

2-5-04 dickyedwards@@yahoo.com Hi. I saw the question from Molly Ford on your site, about Artie Mae Whittington Ford. Following is some explanation about the first Artie Mae's death, and the renaming of the second Artie Mae.

"When Annie was 9 weeks old, she and an older sister, Artie May, (2 1/2 years old) developed meningitis. Mother and Dad sat up with them several nights. Annie recovered, but Artie May died. Another daughter was born after Ben, and she was named Rhoda Fannie, but someone kept calling her Artie May, and it stuck."

Regards, Dick Edwards


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From: molly25905@@aol.com [1] Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 3:30 AM To: darrellwarner@@kc.rr.com Subject: Whittington information

Hi Darrell, I have found a couple of postings regarding the Whittington by Dick Edwards, son of Anna Whittington Hamman. Would you by chance have a current e-mail address or mailing address for him? I would really like to locate him if possible and I'm praying that he is still alive. I am requesting a change to our family information on your web site. My husband's grandmother, Artie May Whittington Ford is listed as Rhoda Fannie. This may have been the name she was given at birth but I talked to her son, George, (Uncle Bud) several months ago about her having two different names and he said that legally she was Artie May. She is known in all of her personal documents as Artie May Ford. You will find her in the SSDI this way. In all of the census records after 1900 to 1930, she is listed as Artie May. I have her obituary and funeral program and they give her name as Artie May Whittington Ford. There is nothing she owned that was in the name of Rhoda. I am visiting in Vancouver, Washington right now and was just drooling over your web site again and about fell off my chair when I saw her name as Rhoda Fannie. I have been in the Ford family for 33 years and have spoken to and visited with Grandma Ford many times and never heard her mention that her name was Fannie. Rhoda, yes. Fannie, No. Somebody must know something I don't. I am going to call my husband, Don, in Salt Lake City, and his Uncle Bud, in Kansas. in the morning and ask them. Uncle Bud will probably say yes. Anyway, my whole point is that maybe you could change her name to Artie May and put the Rhoda Fannie in the notes since legally that is the way is was and that is the way everyone knew her. Thanks again for all of the important work you do in preserving the history of our family.

Molly Ford

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