CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Steward Whitehead, 31 Dec 1998
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Steward Whitehead
01/04/99 
   Steward Whitehead, 74, 203 Tower Road, Roan Mountain, died Thursday, 
Dec. 31, 1998, at his residence, following an extended illness. 
   A native of Hampton, Dennis Cove area, he was the son of the late 
John H. and Bessie M. Townsend Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead was preceded in 
death by a great-grandson, Zachary Brooks; a sister, Christine Rainbolt; 
and a brother, Samuel Whitehead. 
   He was a retired textile worker at Bemberg Corp. and a member of Hopson 
Chapel Free Will Baptist Church. He was an Army veteran, serving in World 
War II.
   Survivors include his wife, Georgia V. Townsend Whitehead, of the home; 
four sons and daughters-in-law: Jackie and Theresa Whitehead, Hampton; Ronnie 
and Roberta Whitehead, Jeffrey Whitehead and Rex Whitehead, all of the home; 
six daughters and sons-in-law: Judy and Ronnie Holtsclaw, Joyce and Eddie 
Largent, Debbie and Larry Townson, Sandra and Ralph Potter, Mary Betty and 
Gary Parker, all of Roan Mountain; and Crystal and the Rev. B.F. McKinney, 
Hampton; four brothers: Earnest, Bymon, Mack and Lee Whitehead, all of 
Elizabethton; two sisters: Cordia Jones and Ellen Stout, both of Hampton; 
two special nieces: Juanita Jarrett, Roan Mountain; and Bobbie Ingram, 
Hampton. Twenty-two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and several 
nieces and nephews also survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in charge 
of arrangements.

   WHITEHEAD -- Funeral services for Steward Whitehead, 74, 203 Tower Road, 
Roan Mountain, who died Thursday, Dec. 31, 1998, were conducted at 8 p.m. 
Saturday, Jan. 2, 1999, at Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, with 
the Rev. Ronnie Campbell, the Rev. Charlie Trivett and the Rev. Gary 
Whitehead officiating. Music was under the direction of the Sunset Youth 
Choir. Graveside services and interment will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, 
1999, in the Whitehead Family Cemetery, Roan Mountain. Active pallbearers 
will be nephews: Jerry Whitehead, Larry Whitehead, Bynom Whitehead, Jr., 
James Whitehead, Michael Whitehead, Clifford Whitehead, Billy Pate, Larry 
Rainbolt, John Rainbolt, Lester Rainbolt, Roger Stout and Andy Stout. 
Honorary pallbearers will be Nick Hill, David Maples, Earl Lyons, Byrl 
Lyons, Carl Brown, Ralph Brown, Jake Townson, Sam Arnett, Bill Arnett, 
Stanley Largent, Willard Largent, Bill Street, Paul Smith, Malcom Smith, 
J.D. Smith, J.L. Potter, Freddy Largent, Herman Stout and Robert "Tub" 
Rainbolt, Sr., Everyone will meet at the cemetery at 1:55 p.m. for the 
graveside services. The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, 
Jan. 2, 1999, at the Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan 
Mountain, or at the residence, 203 Tower Road, at anytime. Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in charge of 
arrangements.