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Whetstone also held other positions impacting education. He was a 16-year member of the trustees for State Colleges and Universities. He was president of the Scholarship Foundation for the University of Louisiana at Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana University). He served two appointed terms on the Louisiana Educational Television Authority and two elected terms on the Monroe City School Board.<ref name=bio/><ref name=tg/> His activities were endless: baseball umpire and coach, president of the Monroe [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Chamber's "Man of the Year" in 1978, member of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce, director of the [[YMCA]] and the American Red Cross,chairman of [[United Way of America]], Rotary International, [[American Farm Bureau Federation]], Ouachita Valley River Association, and the Louisiana Forestry Association. He was cited for "Outstanding Citizen Recognition" by the ''Louisiana Municipal Review''. In 1986, Northeast Louisiana University granted him an honorary LL.D.<ref name=bio/>

Whetstone also held other positions impacting education. He was a 16-year member of the trustees for State Colleges and Universities. He was president of the Scholarship Foundation for the University of Louisiana at Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana University). He served two appointed terms on the Louisiana Educational Television Authority and two elected terms on the Monroe City School Board.<ref name=bio/><ref name=tg/> His activities were endless: baseball umpire and coach, president of the Monroe [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Chamber's "Man of the Year" in 1978, member of the West Monroe Chamber of Commerce, director of the [[YMCA]] and the American Red Cross,chairman of [[United Way of America]], Rotary International, [[American Farm Bureau Federation]], Ouachita Valley River Association, and the Louisiana Forestry Association. He was cited for "Outstanding Citizen Recognition" by the ''Louisiana Municipal Review''. In 1986, Northeast Louisiana University granted him an honorary LL.D.<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 Barham]] 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 as district engineer after thirty-two years with Bell South. He and his wife, Helen, resided in 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=Eddie Craig 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 Barham]] 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 as district engineer after thirty-two years with Bell South. He and his wife, Helen, resided in 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=Eddie Craig Whetstone|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 27, 2015}}</ref> in Oak Ridge, along with his parents.<ref name=bio/>

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