Linnea Jan Whitman, 74, died December 1, 2020, at her home in Texarkana, TX, following a 26-year cancer battle. She was born on December 17, 1945, at St. Ann's Foundling Hospital in New York City, NY to Edward J. Whitman and Marzelle Hesterly, both were World War II Veterans. Her maternal grandparents were Jesse Hesterly and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Evans of Sayre, Ouachita County, AR. She attended New York City public schools in Astoria, Springfield Gardens, and Cambria Heights, NY. She graduated from Queens College in Flushing, NY. She was a Records Manager for several corporations in Midtown Manhattan, including Texaco, Celanese, and NL Industries. After 1986, she lived in Houston, TX, Plano, TX, Eldorado, AR, and Texarkana, TX. She is survived by her brother, Keith Whitman of Texarkana, TX, and three 1 ^st -cousins: Wendy Borisoff, Encinitas, CA; Wilda Resky, Livingston, NJ; and Rick Sherman, New London, CT. She was a devout Christian her entire life and had been a member of the New Covenant Fellowship, Eldorado, AR, Northside Assembly of God and New Life Tabernacle, Texarkana, TX. Burial of her cremains will be in Turner Cemetery, Reader, AR. A Memorial Service is still pending.