Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, Raymond J. April 19, 2008
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Elizabethton Star  April 21, 2008
Rev. Raymond J. Whitehead 


    II Timothy 4: 7 & 8: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my 
course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of 
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: 
and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 


    Rev. Raymond J. Whitehead, 88, 229 Garrison Hollow Road, Elizabethton, 
died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following a brief 
illness. 


    A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Dan and Bertha Ward 
Whitehead. 


    Rev. Whitehead served in the U.S. Navy, and was also a farmer, woodworker 
and minister. Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church was his church home. Rev. 
Whitehead served the following Freewill Baptist Churches as Pastor: Carter 
County: Friendship, Upper Gap Creek, Sugar Hollow, Oak Hill and Millers Grove; 
Johnson County: Southside; Unicoi County: Mt. O'Dell, Mtn. Dale and Park 
Street; Yancey County, N.C.: Millers Chapel and Pattersons Branch. 


    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters and 
six brothers. 


    Survivors include his wife, Ella Greene Whitehead, of Ivy Hall Nursing 
Home, Elizabethton; two daughters and son-in-laws, Ella Louise and Dennis 
Stevens, Elizabethton, and Judy Ann and Jay Blythe, Scottsburg, Ind.; a 
grandson and fianc√Še, Larry Lynn Moreland and Rebecca Ann Taylor, 
Elizabethton; a great-granddaughter, Olivia Grace Moreland, Elizabethton; and 
three sisters, Rose Largent, Hampton, Kate Cousins, Johnson City, and Hattie 
Schwartz, Adrian, Mich. Several nieces and nephews also survive. 


    The funeral service for Rev. Whitehead will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. 
Tuesday, April 22, in the Tetrick Funeral Home Chapel of Peace with Rev. Jay 
Blythe and Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Music will be under the direction 
of Robert Ray and Pat Ray. The family will receive friends in the funeral 
chapel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service. Friends may also 
call at the residence, 229 Garrison Hollow Road, Elizabethton, at other times. 
The graveside service and interment will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 
April 23, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Everyone is welcome to meet the 
family at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home to go in procession to the 
cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Larry Lynn Moreland, Robert Ray, Sam 
Harrison, Carl Roberson, Leonard Whitehead, Robert Blackston, Alton Metcalf 
and Rev. Ronnie Edwards. Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Jonas Revis, the 
Men's Class of Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church, nephews and great-
nephews, neighbors and friends, and the staffs of Ivy Hall Nursing Home and 
Adventa Hospice. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make 
donations to Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church, Building Fund, 1503 
Riverview Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Condolences may be sent to the family 
electronically by signing the guestbook at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com or by 
fax to (423) 542-9499. 


    Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Whitehead family. 
Obituary Line: (423) 543-4917. Office: (423) 542-2232. 


     


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