Jeanette was above all a loving, devoted wife and mother who cherished the time she spent with her family. She married Plemon Leon Whatley, Jr., an Atlanta contractor, on July 3, 1939 and they enjoyed and celebrated 56 wonderful years of married life together. She was preceded in death by her husband and their oldest daughter, Camille. She is survived by daughters Beverly Whatley McDonald and Jo Ann Whatley, son Imam Plemon El-Amin (Sandra); grandchildren, Fatima El-Amin Ziyad (Karim), Kevin McDonald (Carmen), Fareed El-Amin (Nia) and Keisha McDonald; great grandsons Hanif Abdullah and Sultan Ziyad; brother Dr. G. Johnson Hubert; the Whatley family and many other loving relatives and friends.
Every blade
in the field,
Every leaf
in the forest,
Lays down its life
in its season
As beautifully
as it was taken up.
- Thoreau
Order of Service
Ms. Robin Brown, Organist
The Prelude
The Processional
Evocation . . . . . . . The Rev. Dr. Paula Whatley Matabane
Hymn . . . . . . . . . . "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand" #248
The Scripture . . . . .
The Old Testament, Psalm 23
- Patricia Whatley Showell
The New Testament, John 14:13
- Lynn H. Whatley, Sr.
Qur'an, Bakarah 153-157
- Fareed A. El-Amin
Prayer of Comfort . . . .Rev. Jannie Redmon
Remarks
Warren S. Whatley, Sr. (Family)
Ella D. Stanley (Friend)
Rita Dawson Morgan (Student)
Imam Plemon T. El-Amin (Son)
Solo . . . . . "Precious Lord" . . . . . . Roslyn D. Whatley-Lumpkin
The Eulogy . . . . . . . . . Rev. Paula Whatley Matabane
The Recessional . . . . . "In That Great Getting Up Morning"
Interment
Westview Cemetery
15880 West View Drive, SW
Atlanta, Georgia