Dewey Co., OK. - Obit for Melburn Lester WHITEHEAD

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Obit for Melburn Lester WHITEHEAD

From the Medford (OR) Mail tribune 05-28-2002 at www.mailtribune.com

Melburn Lester Whitehead
A funeral service for Melburn Lester Whitehead will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at 
Memory Gardens Mortuary.

Mr. Whitehead, 78, of White City, died Friday (May 24, 2002) at his home.

Mr. Whitehead was born May 14, 1924, in Lenora, Okla. On Sept. 4, 1947, in 
Reno, Nev., he married Carrie Tant, who died in 1990. On April 8, 1995, in Reno, 
Nev., he married Myrtle Casada, who survives.

He moved to the Rogue Valley from Oroville, Calif., more than 50 years ago. He worked 
for Med-Ply and Southwest Forest Products for many years, retiring as a mill 
superintendent.

He enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing and trips to Reno.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, Randy and Terry, both 
Central Point; four stepdaughters, Terry Jean Davis, White City, Shara Lynn Davis, 
Central Point, and Christina Staten and Cindy Brooks, both Anchorage; three
stepsons, Stephen and David Davis, both Anchorage, and Robert Davis, Birch Bay, 
Wash.; a brother, Wayne, Central
Point; a sister, Pauline Hickman, Enid, Okla.; and eight grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald, and a sister, Fern.

Arrangements: Memory Gardens Mortuary, Medford.