E. Marguerite Whitehead - Submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by Janet Byram Newsom 3/7/05 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** E. Marguerite Whitehead - Madison Parish, Louisiana From Shreveport Times, March 6, 2005 SHREVEPORT, LA - Services for E. Marguerite Whitehead, 90, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 7, 2005 at Frost Chapel of First Baptist Church of Shreveport. Officiating will be Dr. Greg Hunt. Interment will follow in Forest Park Cemetery, St. Vincent Avenue. Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Sunday, March 6, 2005 at Rose-Neath Marshall Street Funeral Home. A native of Ida, LA, Mrs. Whitehead, was born March 5, 1914 and passed away Thursday, March 3, 2005 in Shreveport, LA. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Shreveport. Mrs. Whitehead was a retired teacher with Caddo Parish School Board and a member of the Retired Teacher's Association. Her husband, G. Hunter Whitehead, preceded her in death. Survivors are her daughters, Gwen Gibson of Shreveport, LA and Marcia Haworth and husband, Jerry of Haughton, LA; granddaughter, Katherine Solomon and her son, James of St. Peters, MO; grandson, Ken Gibson and wife, Kristin and their daughter, Catherine of Austin, TX; granddaughter, Cheryl Sullivan and husband, Dale and their sons, Thomas and Sean of Fresno, CA; grandsons, Clayton and Mike Gibson-Faith of Ypsilanti, MI; brother, Dr. George Byram and wife, Dot of Haynesville, LA; and sister-in-law, Billie Byram of Tallulah, LA. Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, 2616 Centenary Blvd.,Shreveport, LA 71104. NOTE: Marguerite Byram Whitehead grew up in Tallulah and graduated from Tallulah High School as did her late husband, Hunter Whitehead.