Emma Gertrude "Trudy" Brubaker Whisenant

Funeral services for Emma Gertrude "Trudy" Brubaker Whisenant, 87, of Brownwood will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Eastlawn Cemetery in Early. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening, Feb. 6, at the funeral home.

Mrs. Whisenant died Wednesday night, Feb. 4, 2004, at her home.

She was born on Oct. 6, 1916, in Brownwood to the late William and Susan Brubaker. She served as a typist for the WAC during World War II, while being stationed at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. She married Lesley F. Whisenant on Dec. 7, 1946, in Brownwood. He preceded her in death on Oct. 30, 1983. She was a member of the Coggin Avenue Baptist Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Debra K. Revay of Brownwood; one son, Paul Whisenant; sister, Gladys Traylor of Terrell and two granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brothers, Jimmy, Homer and Tommy and sisters, Lucille, Viola and Irene.