JERRY H. WHITENER

Jerry H. Whitener, age 57, of Newburgh, IN, died Thursday, November 12, at 5:55 p.m. at Welborn Baptist Hospital, Evansville, IN. Formerly of Tulsa, OK, Little Rock, AR, and Knoxville, TN Mr. Whitener had a forty year career in broadcasting. His career began as a rock and roll disc jockey in Knoxville, TN, and culminated by being a General Manager/Vice President at KLRT/KASN in Little Rock, and most recently at WTVW in Evansville, IN. He was a member of the National Association of Broadcasters and Indiana Broadcasters Association.

Surviving are wife, Sandra (Norton) Whitener; and four children, daughter Tracye McCarthy and son-in-law, John McCarthy; grandsons Calvin Michael and Conner Ryan; son, Scott Whitener and daughter-in-law, Shelly Whitener; daughter, Crystal Duncan; son, John-Norton Samples; parents Wray and Irene Whitener residents of Fountainbleau in Cape Girardeau. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Doyle Edward Whitener and Donald Ray Whitener. Mr. Whitener was a former member of Seymour United Methodist Church, attended Crossroads Christian Church.

Funeral services were held Sunday, November 15, 1998 at the Highland South Funeral Home Chapel in Knoxville, TN.This announcement courtesy of Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel of Cape Girardeau, MO.