CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Clarence W. Whitehead, 4 Apr 2002
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Clarence W. Whitehead

   Clarence W. Whitehead, 71, Hampton, died Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 
Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness.
   Mr. Whitehead was a native of Carter County and the son of the late 
Garfield and Ethel Lacey Whitehead. He was also preceded in death by a 
son, Clarence W. Whitehead Jr., three brothers, Jack Whitehead, J.D. 
Whitehead and Eugene Whitehead, and a sister, Iva Lee Whitehead.
   Mr. Whitehead was of the Baptist faith and was owner/operator of 
Whitehead Greenhouse and a retired employee of Jarl Extrusions. He was 
a U.S. Army veteran, having served in World War II.
   Survivors include his wife, Ollie Carden Whitehead, of the home; two 
daughters and sons-in-law, Glenda Gail and Leslie McCracken, Chuckey, 
and Wanda and Charles Gentry, Elizabethton; a son, Steven Douglas 
Whitehead, Johnson City; and three grandchildren, Andrew Daniel 
Whitehead, Elizabethton, Christina "C.C." McCracken and John Joseph 
"J.J." McCracken, both of Chuckey. Several nieces and nephews also 
survive.
   Tetrick Funeral Home, 211 North Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, (423) 
543-4917, is in charge of arrangements. 
Visit our Web site at www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick
   
   WHITEHEAD -- Funeral services for Clarence W. Whitehead, 71,  Hampton, 
who died Thursday, April 4, 2002, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 
7, in the Chapel of Peace of Tetrick Funeral Home with the Rev. Darrell Holly 
officiating. Interment will follow the service at Happy Valley Memorial Park 
with Military Honors to be accorded by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom VFW Post 
#2166. Active pallbearers will be Butch Johnson, Charles Gentry, Leslie 
McCracken, Andrew Whitehead, Dave Blackwell, Johnny Morgan and Otis 
Robertson. Honorary pallbearers will be his many friends. The family 
will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. 
Friends may also call at the residence, 608 Main Street, Hampton, at 
any time. Those who prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make 
donations to St. Jude Children's Hospital Research at Johnson City 
Medical Center, 400 N. State of Franklin Road, Johnson City, TN 37604. 
Condolences may be sent to the family via e-mail address tetrick@
funeral-plans.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge 
of arrangements.