Obituary Mrs. J. H. (Emma Green) Whitfield   Waxahachie 1947 Funeral services for Mrs. Whitfield, 87, of 507 N. Rogers, native of Ellis County, were conducted Saturday by the Rev. Hubert C. Smith and the Rev. R. J. LaPrade at First Methodist Church here. Burial in Hillcrest Burial Park. Mrs. Whitfield died Thurs., her 87th birthday. She was born Feb. 10, 1861, in Bethel community and joined the Methodist Church when quite young. She married John H. Whitfield on Dec. 25, 1889. He died Jan. 1, 1918 at Denton. Mrs. Whitfield moved to Waxahachie in 1919, and had been an invalid for five years. She is survived by a son G. W. Whitfield of Dallas; two granddaughters, both of Dallas; a brother, William Green, of Italy; nieces and nephews, including Mmes. J. R. Dunaway, Edna Orr, Louella Wishard, Arthur Boze and Rose Alexander, all of Waxahachie; Mrs. Jim Maxwell of Fort Worth, Mrs. Elizabeth Dillard of Godley, Mrs. Mattie Alfrey of Cleburne, and Mrs. Nannie Harp of Fort Worth. [from The scrapbook of Mrs. Joe Anna Dunaway, mother of Mrs. Dow Dunaway McGregor]   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:21:21 MDT