Glenn Thomas Whitaker Jr.

Published 12:00 am Friday, December 12, 2003

Glenn Thomas Whitaker Jr. died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, at River Region Medical Center. He was 57.

Born in Largo, Fla., Mr. Whitaker was a former resident of the Tampa Bay area and had recently moved to Vicksburg. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the Torrejon Air Force Base in Spain. He was a retired water pollution control operator.

Mr. Whitaker was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose and a former treasurer of the FWPCOA. He was a communicant of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Largo.

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He was preceded in death by his father, Glenn Thomas Whitaker Sr., and a brother, Bruce Moore.

Survivors include his wife, Joann A. Whitaker of Vicksburg; a son, Tom Whitaker of Vicksburg; his mother, Bertha Lee Moore of Lakeland, Fla.; three sisters, Inez Rich and Melanie Moore, both of Lakeland, and Jeanette Pruette of Maggie Valley, N.C.; and a granddaughter, Stefanie Whitaker of Vicksburg.

Riles Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.