Johnnie Ruth Wilson Whiddon

Johnnie Ruth W. Whiddon CHATTAHOOCHEE - Johnnie Ruth Wilson Whiddon, 76, who retired as a supply clerk after 28 years with Florida State Hospital, died Saturday, March 18, 2006, in Dothan, Ala. The graveside service will be at 2 p.m. EST Tuesday at Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Highway 90 east of Chattahoochee. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. EST today at Lanier-Andler Funeral Home in Chattahoochee (850-663-4343). Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 241 John Knox Road, Tallahassee, FL 32306, or call (850) 297-0588, or Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308, or call (850) 878-5310. Mrs. Whiddon, a native of Henry County, Ala., had lived in the Chattahoochee area most of her life. She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Chattahoochee, and was a very loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and very special friend to many people. Survivors include her husband of 59 years, Chester Whiddon Jr.; three sons, Pete Whiddon (and wife Linda) and Mickey Whiddon, both of Chattahoochee, and Marty Whiddon (and wife Wanda) of Felda; a daughter, Jennifer Roberson (and husband Brian) of Chattahoochee; six grandchildren, Tony and Nicki Reed and Paige Pittman (and husband Gary), all of Sneads, Heather Whiddon of Mobile, Ala., and Bill and Cody Roberson of Chattahoochee; five great-grandchildren, Taylor and Caleb Reed and Austin, Dustin and Gavin Pittman, all of Sneads; two brothers, Gene Shelton (and wife Catherine) of Chattahoochee and David Wilson of Blakely, Ga.; two sisters, Ilene Money of Jasper, Ga., and Maude Hildebrandt (and husband Bill) of Chattahoochee; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and wonderful friends. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Leann W. Jones; a granddaughter, Carrie Califf; her parents, Wallace Wilson and Lela Mae Henderson Wilson; and her stepmother, Corine Wilson.