Georgia Lucille Whittenberg, daughter of the late Stephen Whittenberg and Edith Skaggs Whittenberg, was born on November 1, 1919, in Bertrand, Missouri and departed this life Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff at the age of 92.

     Miss Whittenberg had worked as a seamstress for Elder Manufacturing Company of Dexter and was of the General Baptist faith.  She was a resident of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Dexter.

     She is survived by one niece, Lucy Wooldridge Wheeler of Dexter; by one great-nephew, Jonathan Scott Wheeler and wife Jan of Poplar Bluff; and by two great-great nephews, Brandon Wheeler and Joshua Wheeler, both of Poplar Bluff.

     Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Rhoda Wooldridge and Gertrude Roberta “Lady” Whittenberg.

     Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, June 14, 2012 from 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted at 2 p.m., in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Russell officiating.  Interment will follow in the Armer Cemetery in rural Bertrand.