Individual Details

Lula Mae Cantrell

(December 19, 1873 - April 22, 1963)

Information on Lula and Arthur comes from June Baldridge, their grandaughter, who lives in Houston (1996). Lula was a member of the First Methodist Church. Adrthur worked for the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island Railroad. Mrs. C. E. (Bess) Chastine Terrell, Box 375, Eastland, Texas and Dr. Whittington of Fort Worth and related to Arthur. Arthur moved to Houston in 1915.

Arthur and Lula's son Harmon married Delores Wellder Buck in Houston about 1963, she was from the Wellder family of Victoria Texas. One time President of Anderson Clayton and Co.

Arthur Jr. drowned in a flood in Austin Texas in 1915, there were some very strange occurances concerning this drowning, and it was believed there was foul play involved. His body was never found.

Events

BirthDecember 19, 1873Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
MarriageNovember 26, 1893Eastland County, Texas - Arthur George Whittington
DeathApril 22, 1963Houston, Harris County, Texas
BurialForest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas

Families

SpouseArthur George Whittington (1872 - 1953)
ChildArthur George Whittington Jr. (1887 - 1915)
ChildMarcus Kelly Whittington (1894 - 1955)
ChildHarmon Whittington (1899 - 1966)
FatherGanzavort Melvin "Gan" Cantrell (1845 - 1921)
MotherFrances "Fannie" Ann Beller (1847 - 1942)
SiblingCharles Clements "Charley" Cantrell (1867 - 1950)
SiblingMinie Elizabeth Cantrell (1872 - )
SiblingEva Lillian Cantrell (1876 - 1902)