John Witherspoon
Dec. 17, 1926-July 30, 1990
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 1, 1990, page 2, col. 7-8, and Thursday, August 2, 1990, page 2, col. 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for John Edward Witherspoon, 63, of 164 ironwood Drive, Niles, are at 1 p.m. today at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church of Niles by the Rev. W.L. Daniel, pastor.
Burial will follow at Silverbrook Cemetery of Niles.
Witherspoon died at 10:15 p.m. Monday at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind.
Witherspoon was born Dec. 17, 1926, in Brownis, Miss., and had lived here for more than 40 years coming from Missouri.
A retiree of Clark Equipment Co. of Buchanan, he was also a member of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church.
On Jan. 26, 1990, in Cassopolis, he married Josephine Jackson, who survives him. A son James Witherspoon, preceded him in death Sept. 16, 1986.
Also surviving are four sons, Henry Witherspoon and Joe Witherspoon, both of Tacoma, Wash., Patrick Witherspoon of Pasco, Wash., and Dwight Witherspoon of Niles; eight daughters, Delores Witherspoon of Dayton, Ohio, Annie Trotter of South Bend, Earline Witherspoon of Columbus, Ohio, Eveline Witherspoon and Kathy Williams, both of Niles, Demetria Witherspoon of West Covina, Calif., Jeweldean Miller of Marion, Ind., and Audrey Jackson of Dowagiac; four step-daughters, Cheri Jones, Jacqueline Palmer, Glenda Jackson and Leesa Jackson, all of Niles, a brother, Lloyd Lafton of Chicago, Ill.; four sisters, Earline Cross and Nella Brown, both of Gary,Ind., Evelyn Sholar and Nora White, both of Chicago, Ill.; 28 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. at the Hoven Funeral Home of Buchanan. A Wake Service will be at 7 p.m.