Anne Wilson (Annie Ruth) Whitener widow of Guy Vanderbilt Whitener Jr. passed away on Sunday November 5 2006 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation for Mrs. Whitener will be Monday November 6 2006 at her residence 2323 Wells Park Drive at 6:00 P.M. Funeral services were conducted at Central United Methodist Church on Tuesday November 7 2006 at 3:00 P.M. Interment did follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family did further celebrate Mrs. Whitener's life at her residence following the burial.Mrs. Whitener is survived by two daughters Stuart Whitener Kennemore and her husband Paul of Greenwood SC and Leslie Ann Whitener of Hilton Head Island SC; a grandson Paul Hampton Kennemore III DMD and his wife Kim of Moore SC and a sister-in-law Billie Wilson of Belton SC.She was the daughter of the late William Mark Wilson and Annie Louise Pitts Wilson Plowden. She was also predeceased by her step-father Stuart Plowden who she was extremely close to and her brother William Sloan Wilson.Mrs. Whitener was born on September 1 1925 in Greenwood County and graduated from Greenwood High School and Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing. She met and married Guy Whitner Jr. and lived in Newberry the rest of her life.She was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She was active in the Green Thumb Garden Club and loved playing bridge and shaghai. She and her late husband were extremely involved with Tennessee Walking Horses and they had many memorable times at their Isle of Palms home. She was if nothing else a gracious hostess a loving wife mother and "Nana" to her only grandchild Hampton.Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome. com.Whitaker Funeral Home Newberry is assisting the family.