 1947 - 2007 (60 years)
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| Name |
Donald Edward Whitehead |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Birth |
13 May 1947 |
Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Also Known As |
Eddie |
| Death |
21 Nov 2007 |
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA |
- Mr. Donald E. (Eddie) Whitehead, Jr., 60, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007 in Tuscaloosa, AL. He was born on May 13, 1947 in Lake City and graduated from Columbia High School and Lake City Community College. Mr. Whitehead was a former firemen and E.M.T. with the Lake City Fire Department, a Security Guard with the Florida Dept. of Corrections and the Mississippi Dept. of Corrections. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Lake City, FL and First Baptist Church in Starkville, MS. He served ten years in the Army with three years in Vietnam, where he was a specialist 4th Class, 82nd Airborne. Mr. Whitehead earned the Purple Heart, Marksman, Airborne, Paratrooper, and Bronze Star medals. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald E. Whitehead, Sr.; and his grandparents, H.N. (Hickey) and Allie Pearce Greene of Lake City and G.A. and Laura Whitehead of Lake City.
Mr. Whitehead is survived by his mother and step-father, Inez Green Mathis and Leon H. Mathis, Jr., Starkville, MS; sisters, Nancy Whitehead Martin (Mitch), Starkville, MS and Rhonda Mathis Shotts (Charles), Louisville, MS; three brothers, Michael R. Whitehead (Martha), Columbia, MO; Matt Mathis (Kathy), Starkville, MS and Mark Mathis (Whitney), Starkville, MS; a special friend, Sue Warren of Fayette, AL; nephews, Ryan Shotts, Louisville, MS; Caleb, Seth, and Paul Mathis all of Starkville, MS and nieces, Becky and Laurel Whitehead also survive.
Graveside services will be conducted, Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. at Corinth Cemetery in Lake City with Reverend Mark Mathis officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Monday evening at Gateway-Forest Lawn Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the direction of GATEWAY-FOREST LAWN FUNERAL HOME, 3596 S. HWY 441, Lake City. (386) 752-1954. Please sign the guest book at www.gatewayforestlawn.com.
Published in Legacy on Nov. 23, 2007.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/legacy/obituary.aspx?n=donald-whitehead&pid=98473115&fhid=4584
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| Burial |
27 Nov 2007 |
Corinth Methodist Church Cemetery, Columbia, Florida, USA |
| Person ID |
I43070 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
Living |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Inez Mamie Greene, b. 10 Apr 1928, Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA d. 21 Jan 2022, Starkville, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, USA (Age 93 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F16170 |
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 | Birth - 13 May 1947 - Lake City, Columbia, Florida, USA |
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 | Death - 21 Nov 2007 - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA |
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