Southampton County-Norfolk-Virginia Beach City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Whitehead, Calvin R. Sr., 2000 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ CALVIN RUSSELL WHITEHEAD SR. Calvin Russell Whitehead Sr., 77, of the 800 block of Pinecrest Drive, died Dec. 22, 2000, in his residence. Born in Courtland, Va., he retired as a machinist with the Norfolk Naval Shipyard after 38 years and was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church. He was past master of Doric Lodge No. 44 A.F.&A.M. and its secretary for 19 years. Mr. Whitehead was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a recipient of the Purple Heart. Survivors include his wife, Madora A. Whitehead; a daughter, Joanne Lazernick of Chesapeake; two sons, Calvin R. "Pete" Whitehead Jr. of Stevensville, Ohio, James M. Whitehead of Orlando, Fla.; a stepson, Steve Ashe of Virginia Beach; four sisters, Gaynelle Williamson and Winnie Satterfield, both of Virginia Beach, Eldred Floyd of Chesapeake, and Barbara Hogwood of Norfolk; a brother, Hugh C. Whitehead of Virginia Beach; and eight grandchildren, David, Angie, Jason, Jeff, Jenny, Mandy, Samara and Joshua. A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by the Rev. Clarence R. Brown Sr. and Chaplain Kenneth A. "Toby" Askew. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to a charity of one's choice in his name. Following the service, the family will receive friends at the home of Joanne Lazernick, 415 Kemp Lane, Chesapeake. Calvin Russell WHITEHEAD, Sr., retired Norfolk Naval Shipyard machinist, Army veteran of WW-II, b. 3 Oct 1923, Courtland, d. 22 Dec 2000, at home, Virginia Beach, interred in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens*, Norfolk, 27 Dec 2000, "Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Dec. 24, 2000, B9 *Buried with first wife Vera Louise (MANNING) WHITEHEAD {1924-1992}. (Find a Grave Mems. #13586757 & #13586764) They m. 6 Apr 1946 in Norfolk. (Norfolk Co. #274) He 2m. Madora June (HUDDLSTON; wid/o Horace L.) ASHE, 18 Jan 1995, in Virginia Beach. His parents, Hugh Clifton & Letha Jane (MOORE) WHITEHEAD, are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland - Section I, Plot 44. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w330c2ob.txt