Dewey Whitehead Sr.

Dewey Whitehead Sr.

Dewey Whitehead Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 18, 2009.
Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead Sr. MEADOWVIEW, Va. A graveside service for Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead Sr. will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at Forest Hills Memory Gardens on Lee Highway in Abingdon, with Rev. Roger O'Quinn officiating. Interment will follow. Pallbearers will be Raymond Warren, Glenn Mitchell, Justin Whitehead, Michael Whitehead, Daniel Whitehead and Ricky McVey. Honorary pallbearers will be friends and neighbors. Highlands Fellowship Veteran's Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. Those wishing to go in procession to the cemetery are asked to meet at Farris Funeral Service by 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com and signing the online guestbook. Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead, 95, passed away Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. Farris Funeral Service, 427 E. Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210 (276) 623-2700, is serving the family of Mr. Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead.

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November 20, 2009

JIm Vicars posted to the memorial.

November 19, 2009

Rhonda and Emmett Powers posted to the memorial.

November 18, 2009

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JIm Vicars

November 20, 2009

I extend my sincere condolences and support to the Family of Mr. Whitehead as I belately read this notice. I am thankful for his military service and those many men like Mr. Whitehead who but for their sacrifice their families might be reading this message in German or Japanese today.

Jim Vicars

Rhonda and Emmett Powers

November 19, 2009

Ruby, you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers during your time of sorrow.

Larry & Lois Wilson

November 18, 2009

Don and family:
We are sorry to hear of your father's passing. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers during this time of sorrow.

SHIRLEY BARKER

November 17, 2009

Please accept my deepest sympathies.

Donna Whitehead Brewer

November 17, 2009

I want everyone to know just how proud i was of my grandfather and i loved him more then words could ever say i have been remembering growing up and spending times with him and granny i loved him and her more then life and i tell my children how wonderful he was and i want them to be just as proud of him as i am...


love you all
Donna Whitehead Brewer

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