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==Background==

==Background==

Whetstone was born in the [[village]] of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish in northeast Louisiana to Will Whetstone, a [[Farming|farmer]], and the former Luta Craig (1883–1967). His formal education was limited to the Oak Ridge public school; he was self-educated thereafter. On October 3, 1931, Whetstone married the former Josephine Elizabeth Hudson (1911–1984), daughter of C. R. Hudson and the former Annie Childres of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana.<refname=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Whetstone, William Edwin|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (Louisiana Historical Association)|page=838|accessdate=July 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120054027/http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|archive-date=November 20, 2010|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Whetstone was born in the [[village]] of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish in northeast Louisiana to Will Whetstone, a [[Farming|farmer]], and the former Luta Craig (1883–1967). His formal education was limited to the Oak Ridge public school; he was self-educated thereafter. On October 3, 1931, Whetstone married the former Josephine Elizabeth Hudson (1911–1984), daughter of C. R. Hudson and the former Annie Childres of [[Shreveport]], Louisiana.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Whetstone, William Edwin|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (Louisiana Historical Association)|page=838|accessdate=July 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120054027/http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|archive-date=November 20, 2010|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

Whetstone was a [[Methodism|United Methodist]] and active in the Northeast University [[John Wesley|Wesley]] Foundation. After retirement, he farmed in Morehouse Parish near Monroe.<ref name=bio/> Other prominent Morehouse Parish planters include the Barhams, brothers Edwards and Robert J. Barham, who also served in the Louisiana State Senate .The Whetstones' son and only child, Eddie Craig Whetstone (July 22, 1932 &ndash; April 12, 2014), served in the [[Korean War]] from 1951 to 1953, played [[minor league baseball]], and graduated in 1965 from Northeast Louisiana University. He retired asdistrict engineer after thirty-two years with Bell South. He and his wife, Helen, resided in [[West Monroe, Louisiana|West Monroe]] and had five children. A [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], he is interred at the Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Whetstone&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=127915462&df=all&|title=EddieCraig Whetstone|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref> in Oak Ridge, along with his parents.<ref name=bio/>

Whetstone was a [[Methodism|United Methodist]] and active in the Northeast University [[John Wesley|Wesley]] Foundation. After retirement, he farmed in Morehouse Parish near Monroe.<ref name=bio/> Other prominent Morehouse Parish planters include the Barhams, brothers Edwards and Robert J. Barham, who also served in the Louisiana State Senate .The Whetstones' son and only child, Eddie Craig Whetstone (July 22, 1932 &ndash; April 12, 2014), served in the [[Korean War]] from 1951 to 1953, played [[minor league baseball]], and graduated in 1965 from Northeast Louisiana University. He retired asdistrict engineer after thirty-two years with Bell South. He and his wife, Helen, resided in [[West Monroe, Louisiana|West Monroe]] and had five children. A [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]], he is interred at the Oak Ridge Baptist Cemetery<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Whetstone&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=127915462&df=all&|title=EddieCraig Whetstone|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref> in Oak Ridge, along with his parents.<ref name=bio/>

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