Brenda Gail Strittman Whittington (Bean), 73, was born February 16, 1951, to James Rufus and Mildred Burkhalter Strittman. Mrs. Whittington went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 21, 2025, at Lakeview Hospital in Covington, LA. Visitation will be January 24, 2025, at New Prospect Baptist Church. Funeral service is at 11:00 a.m., January 25, 2025, at New Prospect Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
She was a homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed spending time with her children and her grandchildren, any meal she did not have to prepare, and thrift store shopping. She was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church in Brookhaven, MS.
Preceding her in death are her parents; one sister, Mary Jane Strittman Norwood; nephew, Shane Wesley Strittman; uncle, Jessie N. Burkhalter; aunt, Elsie Reeves; and cousins, Nancy Jane Reeves, Henry A. Reeves, and Annie Marie Norris.
Survivors are her husband of 55 years, Keith “Pete” Whittington; three children, Jamie Whittington and wife, Lane, of Meadville; Ellie Whittington of Brookhaven; Marc Whittington and wife Jennifer of Brookhaven; four grandchildren Devan Kent and husband, Brandon, of Bogue Chitto, Raney Whittington, Haley Whittington, and Calan Whittington; four great grandchildren, Braceigh Ann Case, Brooks Kent, Ellis Kent, and Campbell Kent; brother, Jesse Strittman and wife, Mary Nell of Tylertown; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends.
Visitation will be Friday evening at New Prospect Baptist church in Brookhaven, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and will continue Saturday morning at the church from 10:00 a.m. until funeral services at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Nathan Case will officiate. Burial will be at New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery.
Riverwood Family Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will be Jamie Whittington, Jimmy Case, Reuben Watts, John Hart, Mike Boyd, and Bill Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be Patrick Brown, Larry Allred, Bro. Glen Mullins, and Mike Cupit.
Flowers are appreciated and welcomed. The family asks that donations be made in Mrs. Whittington’s name to the youth ministry of New Prospect Baptist Church, 691 Highway 84 West, Brookhaven, MS, 39601.
