James Olin Whitaker

James Olin Whitaker, age 80, passed on to his heavenly home to be with Jesus on June 24, 2017. Mr. Whitaker was born in Greene County in Union Point, GA on February 28, 1937, to the late Emmit W. Whitaker and Lottie L. Chapman Whitaker. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Land O'Lakes, FL. He is survived by his wife, Willene Whitaker; four daughters and three sons in-law; four grandsons; five granddaughters; seventeen great-grandchildren. Mr. Whitaker was one of ten children with six surviving---two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 27, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville. Pastor Randy Whitaker will officiate and interment will be in Luthersville Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Tuesday. Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.