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• Name: Della Lee Pitts
• Born: August 28, 1909 Boswell, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States
• Father: Arthur Lee Pitts
• Mother: Tursa Tennessee Love
• Married: October 2, 1926 Fisher County, Texas, United States
• Spouse: Emmett Lane Whitaker
• Children:
• Darwin Whitaker
• M. David Whitaker
• Donella F. Whitaker
• Daniel Lee Whitaker, Sr.
• Dennis Ray Whitaker
• Donald Wayne Whitaker
• Spurgeon Ross Whitaker
• Died: February 8, 1996 Cabot, Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States
• Buried: Lower Big Fork Cemetery, Big Fork, Polk County, Arkansas, United States

Each birthday she would send her granddaughter Vanessa Whitaker a perl that could be strung together on a necklace.

Sources:

• 1930 US Federal Census, Texas, Taylor County, Abilene, Sheet 8A, Line 31, House No. 2304, Family No. 189, Simmons Avenue; Della L. Whitaker; Wife-H; Lives on farm, no; female; white; Age, 19; Married; Age at first marriage, 17; Attends school, yes; Able to read and write, yes; Birthplace, Oklahoma; Father's birthplace, Georgia; Mother's birthplace, Arkansas; Able to speak English, yes; Occupation, none.
• "Name: Della L. Whitaker; Social Security Number: 454-12-1033; Birth Date: 28 Aug 1909; Issue year: Before 1951; Issue State: Texas; Last Residence: 72023, Cabot, Lonoke, Arkansas, USA; Death Date: 8 Feb 1996" Social Security Death Index, Master File; Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA
• p. 1177, 1968 City Directory, Fort Worth, Texas. "Whitaker [...] E L (Della) EMP Houston Press H509 W Broadus St"
• 1940 US Federal Census, Texas, Taylor County, Abilene, Sheet 63A, Line 23, House No. 2702, S. 3rd Street; Della Whittaker; wife; female; white; age 31; married; not attended school; highest grade completed, high school 3rd year; birthplace, Oklahoma; residence in 1935, same place; employed for pay, no; public emergency work, no, seeking work, no; employment history, no; employment details, home housework; income other sources, no.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41667972
• Name: Della Lee Pitts Gender: Female Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1926 Marriage Place: Fisher, Texas, USA Spouse: Emmitt L Whitaker Film Number: 001409300 Marriage Records. Texas Marriages. Texas State Library and Archives Commission and various county clerk offices, Texas.
• Name: Della Lee Pitts Gender: Female Marriage Date: 2 Oct 1926 Marriage Place: Fisher, Texas, United States Spouse: Emmitt L Whitaker FHL Film Number: 1014966 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
• Name: Della L Whitaker Birth Date: 28 Aug 1909 Address: 10 Morgan Ln, Cabot, AR, 72023 (1992) Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings.
• Name: Della L. Whitaker SSN: 454-12-1033 Last Residence: 72023 Cabot, Lonoke, Arkansas, USA BORN: 28 Aug 1909 Died: 8 Feb 1996 State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951) Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
• Name: Della L Whitaker Gender: Female Birth Date: 28 Aug 1909 Death Date: 8 Feb 1996 Claim Date: 14 Jan 1974 SSN: 454121033 Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
• Name: Della Lee Whitaker Gender: Female Relationship to Draftee: Wife Registration Place: Texas, USA Next of Kin: Emmett Lane Whitaker --- The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1607
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pitts-1779