Mrs. Carter Whitt

June 3, 2011

West Point, Mississippi - Phyllis Carter Whitt, 69, passed away, Friday, June 3, 2011 North MS Medical Center, West Point. Phyllis Ann Whitt was born August 29, 1941 in West Point to the late Mary Morris Carter and Hampton Guinn Carter. Mrs. Whitt was a Supervisor of Emergency Room Services for 38 years Ivy Memorial, Clay County Medical Center and North MS Medical Center-West Point and was a member of Hope Baptist Church. Phyllis Carter Whitt married Leonard Evans Whitt, Sr. March 19, 1960, Starkville, Mississippi who preceded her she on June 1, 1996. Funeral services will be Monday, June 6, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Payton Myers officiating. Burial will follow in Palo Alto Cemetery Hwy 47. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include one daughter, Carol Habel Moore (Richard); two sons, Leonard "Bubba" Whitt, Jr. (Sarah) and John David Whitt all of West Point; 13 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; She was preceded in death by her son Phil Carter Whitt in 2004, and daughter Tammy Whitt Robinson in 1993, two sisters and one brother. Pallbearers will be Braxton Whitt, Joe Salmon, Chris Gonzales, Charles Elliott, Bubba Wise, and Brandon Benson. Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Edmund A. Miller, Jr., all her friends at Ivy Memorial and, North MS Medical Center-West Point, and Felix Estridge. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 8217, Jackson, MS 39284 or to Amercian Diabetes Association, 16 Northtown Dr. Suite 100, Jackson, MS 39211. Visitation will be Sunday, 5:00-8:00 evening prior at Calvert Funeral Home.