L. Whigham

Mr. L. Franklin Whigham, Jr., 78, of Cartersville, GA (formerly of Bainbridge, GA and Indiatlantic, FL), passed away Thursday, January 14, 2010 in Cartersville. The graveside funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2010 at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to A Rood Awakening, P.O. Box 309, Byron Center, MI 49315.( http://www.michaelroodministries.com/donate.htm ) Mr. Whigham was born March 18, 1931 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Lamar Franklin Whigham and Rosa Jones Whigham. He was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1947 and the University of Georgia, and was a U. S. Navy Veteran of the Korean War. He owned Southland Dairies and Whigham Farms in Bainbridge for many years and was a retired real estate developer in Florida and Georgia. Mr. Whigham and his wife Shirlianne lived in The Holy Land from 2002 to 2007 and operated a bed and breakfast in the mountains of Samaria and became involved in a ministry working with victims of terror. He was a member of the Beit Israel Congregation in Orlando, FL. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Janet Chapman Whigham. Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Shirlianne Sharber Whigham of Cartersville, GA; two sons, James Whigham of Cartersville, GA and Benjamin Whigham of Orlando, FL; four daughters, Sarah Whigham Mills and her husband Joe of Orlando, FL, Christina Whigham Jarrell of Cartersville, GA and Rachel Whigham of Cartersville, GA; and seven grand-children, Micah, Jared, Emily and Jesse Mills of Orlando, FL, Kyle and Caroline Whigham of Cartersville, GA and Faith Whigham of Orlando, FL. Whigham of Orlando, FL.