CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Ralph Whitehead, 2 Sep 2000
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Ralph Whitehead

  Ralph Whitehead, 71, 142 Tilson Avenue, Hampton, died Saturday, 
September 2, 2000, at his residence. 
  Mr. Whitehead was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Homer 
and Ruth Pearce Whitehead. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, 
Angela Whitehead Montgomery. 
  Mr. Whitehead was employed for 40 years at North American Rayon 
Corporation in the Dying and Packing Department, and retired after ten 
years from Snap-on Tools. He was an active member of Crabtree Free Will 
Baptist Church. 
  Survivors include his wife, Ruby Cates Whitehead; two daughters and 
sons-in-law, Wanda and Eddie Burrow, Elizabethton, and Sharon and Mike 
Collins, Hampton; three sisters, Pansy Bryan, Boone, N.C., Daisy Wike, 
Lenoir, N.C., and Clara Simerly, Hampton; a brother, Leonard Whitehead, 
Fairfax, Va.; and four grandchildren, Michael Collins, April Collins, 
Matthew Montgomery and Rachel Montgomery. Several nieces and nephews 
also survive. 
  Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 

  WHITEHEAD -- Funeral services for Ralph Whitehead, 71, 142 Tilson Avenue, 
Hampton, who died Saturday, September 2, 2000, will be conducted at 8 p.m. 
Sunday, September 3, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie 
Peterson officiating. The Crabtree Church Choir will provide the music. 
Graveside services and interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday, September 4, 
in the Hyder-Pierce Cemetery. Pallbearers will be selected from the men 
of Crabtree Free Will Baptist Church. The family will receive friends 
from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the 
residence. Family and friends will assemble at the cemetery at 9:50 a.m. 
Monday. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.