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Richard Whitson Obituary

1952 - 2014 Richard Rick Whitson passed away on October 25, 2014 at the Michael Debakey Veterans Memorial Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was born and raised in Beaumont and attended French High and Lamar college. He then joined the United States Marine Corps where he was proud member for nine years.His last few years were spent engaging in radio controlled model aircraft, a hobby he enjoyed. Preceding him in death were his parents Archie and Helen Whitson. Survivors include a sister Pamela Whitson Danbom and husband Michael, A daughter Victoria Tate and two grandsons. A niece Stacey Fasano an her daughters,Kasie and Danielle Murff, as well as cousin and great friends . A private service will be held for family and friends.

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Published by Henry County Local on Nov. 2, 2014.

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Stacey

February 9, 2024

Uncle Ricky ,miss you and our trip too sturgis

david dupree

November 20, 2014

going to miss you rick. thanks to you i will always be known as grandma, works for me

November 6, 2014

Ricky could really brighten a room with his humor. If you ever heard him laugh...you could never forget it. I will miss him.

Susan Dempsey-Thum
Freudenstadt Germany

Terry Blankenship

November 3, 2014

I met Rick 53 yrs. ago when I went out for peewee league baseball. I was picked by the Tigers his dad was an assistant manager of that team. later we played on some more baseball teams together. He lived near me and we became friends that grew up together. His parents had a beach cabin on the gulf coast and we went there often. Later in years, he bought a Harley Davidson Motor cycle and named it "ole Dollar". We flew radio controlled aircraft. JoAnn my wife would fix steaks and loaded baked potatoes and invite him over to eat. I could go on and on he was my Best Friend. WE remained friends until his death. I will miss him GREATLY!

Ronnie LeBlanc

November 2, 2014

I will miss my "Cuz" (our nickname for each other) who always saw the funny side of things and made me laugh. Cuz instilled a love for motorcycles in me from the first ride on his Honda 65. Bounty Hunter guns, Cool Hand Luke, paper route at 3 am, Mustang, Roadrunner, grand daddy's guns, Jimi Hendrix, Honda 160 Scrambler, Kawasaki crash in Arkansas, Peterbilt trucks, "your money's no good here", and much, much laughter. So long, Cuz.

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