AUNT EULENE

My Favorite Aunt, (Eulene Youngblood Willingham Whitten), and I had a a bunch of Aunts, died Monday morning.  She was in a Nursing Home in Sandersville, Georgia.  Tim Adams, her grandson, called to let us know.  Her funeral will be tomorrow at Sister's Baptist Church in Sandersville; that's where her daughter, Doris Ann Willingham Adams was buried a few years ago after a tragic accident.  I attended that service with my brothers and sisters.  I regret not be physically able to make the trip this time.

We grew up in Rome, Ga.; it was there, 323 East First Avenue, that my Grandfather Ollie, my Grandmother Sallie, Aunt Eulene and Doris Ann lived along with anybody else that needed a home.

We visited there some many times.  Aunt Eulene was a care-giver and the best cook in the world; at least in my world.  Within a hour of less, she could spread a feast fit for a king and his army.

I lived there while I finished school.  My family moved away and I hated that.  They welcomed me and looked after me.  There are so many warm memories.

Some years ago Aunt Eulene married Ellis Whitten, a long time friend.  After grandmother died and the neighborhood changed, Doris Ann Adams moved them down to Sandersville.  That became home and she became well know there as a Loving, Caring, and Best Cook.  We visited with her there when she had to use a cane and sit on a stool to cook: what a blessing.  My wife and all our children, Ginny, Kathy, Debbie, and Jimmy fell in love with Aunt Eulene.  We will miss her.  My brother Guy and his wife Glenda loved and kept in close touch with her as long as possible.  I know for a fact that Sammy, Pat and Polly also loved her.  

Both Aunt Eulene and Ellis went together to a nursing home.  Ellis died a few years ago.  Aunt Eulene would have been 90 this summer.  Tim Adam's and his brothers (her grandsons) and their families made sure they were loved and well taken care of.  Thank you!

Obituaries Eulene Youngblood Whitten  (August 26, 1919 - March 10, 2009)  Mrs. Eulene Youngblood Whitten, age 89, of Sandersville, died Tuesday,  March 10, 2009 at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on  Thursday, March 12th at 2:00pm at the Sisters Baptist Church  with burial in the church cemetery. Rev. Burt Parker and Rev. Phillip Winsett will officiate. Mrs. Whitten was born in Floyd County the daughter of the late Oliver Newton Youngblood  and the late Sallie McCue Youngblood. She was a long time resident of Rome where  she retired as a seamstress and was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.  After retirement to Sandersville, Mrs. Whitten was a member of  Sisters Baptist Church. She is predeceased by her husbands John Emmett Willingham  and Ellis Wilford Whitten and her daughter Doris W. Adams. Survivors are her grandchildren, Evelyn Adams Winsett (Phillip) of Evans,  William O. Adams (Christy) of Marietta,  Timothy M. Adams (Laney) of Sandersville and Clinton D. Adams (Julie) of  Tennille,  Great Grandchildren,  Zachary P. Winsett (Ashley), Christie W. Caputo (Paul), Jessie Adams, Jordan Adams,  Daniel Adams, Lindsey Adams, Ashley Adams, Melissa Adams, and Randi Adams. May and Smith Funeral Directors, Sandersville, is in charge of these arrangements. Aunt Eulene's mother and my grandmother, Obituary. Aunt Eulene and Ellis cared for her at home many years. Obituary of Sallie McCue Youngblood   Rome News Tribune December 31, 1984 Mrs. O. N. Youngblood (Sallie McCue), 92,  306 Grady Ave., died Saturday evening at her residence after a long illness.  Mrs. Youngblood was born in Fairmont, February 22, 1892,  daughter of the late George McDuffie McCue and Arkie Virginia Moreland McCue.   She lived most of her life in Floyd County.   She was a member of North Broad Baptist Church and had been a charter member of  Calvary Baptist Church since 1936. Mrs. Youngblood was preceded in death by  her husband, Oliver Newton Youngblood, Sr., July 20, 1964,  to whom she was married October 18, 1908.  Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Ellis (Eulene) Whitten, Rome;  two sons, Wade Youngblood, Rome; O. N. Youngblood, Jr., Dayton, Ohio;  seven grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren, and seven great-great granchildren.  Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday at Heritage Chapel of  Jennings Funeral Home, with Dr J. Robert Moon, Jr. and the Rev. Frank Wood officiating. Interment will be at Sunset Hills Memorial Gardens.  Pallbearers include Sam Youngblood, Guy Youngblood, Rev. Max Youngblood, Bill Adams, Tim Adams, and Clint Adams.