Obituary for William Henry Whitney: Title:  William Henry Whitney Died Here On July 28th William Henry Whitney, 79, died suddenly at his home in Hotel Greenville Friday morning, July 28. The funeral service was conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 29, in the chapel of Gary's Funeral Home by Rev. A.B. Gross. The singing was by a quartet composed of J.E. Wood, Bob Walker, Charles Lam and Donald Locke.  Burial was in Evergreen cemetery, Greenville. The pallbearers were Homer Evitts, Allen Agee, J.E. Wood, Bill McSpedden, W.D. Bratcher and Rufus Dennis.  He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. I.S. Sharp, Greenville; Mrs. Pearl Davis, BelGrade, Mont.; Mrs. Myrtle Brazee, Reed City, Mich.; five sons, William Whitney, Pontiac, Mich.; Lloyd Whitney, Kalamazoo, Mich.; R.B. Whitney, Traverse, Mich.; Clifton and Sam Whitney, both of Burbank, Calif. Source The Greenville Leader August 3, 1950 & Jonathan Johnson jjohnson@1expublib.org (Muhlenberg County Volunteer)

Wives of William H. Whitney 1st -- Mercinia Coats (married on 3-Mar-1895 Independence, Allegany Co., NY) 2nd -- Lillie (Cummings) Iler (married on 15-Feb-1905 Cadillac, Wexford Co., Michigan) 3rd -- Grace M. (Oathout) Potter (married on 24-Dec-1929 Mt. Pleasant, Isabella Co., Michigan)        born in Michigan (1882) buried in Shepherd in 1938.  Grace had 3 children from previous marriage: Fern, Neal and Dean. 4th -- Ida Weir (ran away with truck driver during WWII) in Flint, Michigan  (married abt 1938 in Flint, Genesee Co., MI?) 5th -- Rena (was a nurse, lived in Greenville, KY and buried in Mesick, MI)