| | Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> | | Whittenburg was born in the [[ghost town]] of Plemons in Hutchinson County in the Texas Panhandle. On February 14, 1937, he married the former Grace Evelyn McKee (1919–2005), a native of eastern [[New Mexico]] and the daughter of Louis Palma McKee and the former Jewel Porter.<ref name=graceobit>{{cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/021705/obi_1283045.shtml|title=Grace Evelyn McKee Whittenburg obituary|publisher=amarillo.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> |
| − | The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/><ref name=genealogy>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/n/Kathy-Honeyman/GENE1-0024.html|title=Descendants of Alexander Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> | + | The couple had seven children: Grace Evelyn Coltrin (born 1939), Jewel Anne Johnston (born 1942), George Allen Whittenburg (born 1944), Louis Palma McKee "Mack" Whittenburg (born 1946), John Burkhart "Burk" Whittenburg (born 1948), Mary Lois Rowley (born 1955), and Roy Whittenburg, Jr. (born 1958).<ref name=graceobit/> Archer|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=October 4, 2010}}</ref> |