J. C. "Jimmy" Whisonant

J. C. "Jimmy"Whisonant, age 75 of Winnfield, La., died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005 at Winn PArish Medical Center in Winnfield.

Mr. Whisonant was a native of Starks, La., and was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, where he served for nine years. He was a member of the Laurel Heights Baptist Church in Winnfield.

He was the son of the late Walter Clyde Whisonant and Betty Stroud Whisonant.

He is survived by his wife of 43 years Barbara Whisonant; one daughter, Carolyn Lang and her husband Jimmie of Atlanta, La.; two sons, Kevin Whisonant and his wife Robin of Winnfield, La. and Nathan Whisonant and his wife Michelle of Winnfield, La.; three sisters, Doris Nugent of Winnfield, La., Julie Boyett of Dodson, La. and Jackie Eubanks of Gig Harbor, Wash.; two brothers, Noah Gilcrease of Winnfield, La. and Glen Gilcrease of Winnfield, La.; nine grandchildren, Brandi Whisonant, Erin Price, Amy Whisonant, Kyle Whisonant, Aston Lang, Cade Whisonant, Anna Whisonant, Brooke Zimmerman, and Meagan Zimmerman; and four great-grandchildren, Caroline and Chloe Whisonant, and Elesa and Ella Price.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Southern Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverends Wallace Ingles and Matt Endris officiating. Burial will follow in the Winnfield City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.