OBITUARY NAME: HERREL WHISENHUNT AGE 81 LIVED IN ATOKA LAST 16 YEARS, ORIGINALLY FROM REDDING, CA BORN: SEPTEMBER 23, 1926 TO PIERCE GENERAL WHISENHUNT AND MARY LOWERY WHISENHUNT AT PIKE COUNTY, ARKANSAS PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008 AT HIS HOME IN TUSHKA AGE: 81 YEARS 7 MONTHS 4 DAYS EDUCATION: HERREL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANGLEY AND AMITY IN ARKANSAS MARRIED: HE MARRIED VIEDAS HARDAWAY ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1948. OCCUPATION: HERREL WAS A CONSTRUCTION LABORER. HE WORKED IN GENERAL CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT MANY STATES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY OF GOD. HOBBIES: HERREL WAS A 50+ YEAR MEMBER OF LOCAL 185 OF LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA. HE LOVED HUNTING, FISHING, GARDENING, RAISING LIVESTOCK, AND HIS JOHN DEERE TRACTOR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VIEDAS WHISENHUNT OF THE HOME SON: RONALD WHISENHUNT OF TUSHKA, OK HAROLD RAY WHISENHUNT AND WIFE CEILA OF WHYTERVILLE, VA DAUGHTERS: MARY HINKLE AND HUSBAND JERRY OF TUSHKA, OK WONDA BARONE OF LANE, OK GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER GRAY, RHONDA WHITSETT, JOSEPH BARONE, JENNIFER WHISENHUNT, TANYA HAYNES, MARY WOOD, AMANDA TRAUTMANN, SALLY DUNLAP, ANTHONY WHISENHUNT, ANDREW WHISENHUNT, AMY WHISENHUNT, ARON WHISENHUNT 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NEICES, NEPHEWS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PIERCE AND MARY WHISENHUNT BROTHERS: ERVE WHISENHUNT, GEORGE WHISENHUNT, PAUL WHISENHUNT SISTERS: EFFIE NORRIS, ESSIE MCKINNON, ETHEL BROWN, TINY LEE WONG ******************************************************************************************************************** DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: PICKENS ASSEMBLY OF GOD INTERMENT: COUNTY LINE CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. HERB WHARTON CASKETBEARERS: JOE BARONE, RUSSEL DUNLAP, ANTHONY WHISENHUNT, ANDREW WHISENHUNT, DIXIE HOLMES, KENDAL WHISENHUNT, ARON WHISENHUNT, GAVIN BARONE HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BARNEY HARDAWAY, RAYMOND HARDAWAY, JOE HARDAWAY, BILL HARDAWAY FAMILY NIGHT, APRIL 30 WEDNESDAY 6~8 PM CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK