Emmett Lane Whitaker, birth date 9/4/1905, death date 1/6/2006, burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Deming, Luna County, New Mexico.
Find a Grave .
Notice of Rev. & Mrs. Emmett Whitaker's 50th wedding anniversary 10/2/1976 in Cabot, Arkansas. Whitaker was pastor in Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas; "In 1975 he served twice as Chaplain-for-a-Day of Texas Legislature. He was a member of the House of Representatives at one time." Wife Della, daughter Mrs. Donella Lowery, sons David, Daniel, Dennis, and Donald. Range Rider, Hardin-Simmons University, Volume 27, Number 4, December 1976, p. 8.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
40th Legislature (1927) - Emmett L. Whitaker, postoffice Lamesa, nativity Texas, age 21 (born circa 1906), minister.
Texas Legislative Manual .