Mr. Henry Whisenhunt Jr.

Retired U.S. assistant district attorney

Web posted September 28, 2000

Mr. Henry L. Whisenhunt Jr. died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2000, at his residence.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church with Dr. David Jones officiating. Burial will be at 4:30 p.m. in Head of Tennessee Baptist Church Cemetery, Dillard.

Mr. Whisenhunt, a native of Cope, S.C., was an Air Force veteran and had retired as a U.S. assistant district attorney from Department of Justice. He was a former loan officer at C&S Bank and was a member of West Augusta YMCA, where he was a former president, Augusta Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association, Rotary Club of Augusta and Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Henry L. Whisenhunt III, Monument, Colo., and Kenneth M. Whisenhunt, Garden City, N.Y.; two daughters, Becky Whisenhunt, Atlanta, and Sara W. Mobley, Martinez; two sisters, Cornelia Pannell, Cope, and Nancy Shrine, Fort Mill, S.C.; and six grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, 2623 Washington Road, Augusta, GA 30904; or to Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church, 1330 Monte Sano Ave., Augusta, GA 30904.

Friends may call at the residence of Sara Mobley, 3753 Murray Road, Martinez.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Poteet Funeral Home, Wheeler Road.