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BORN
1938
DIED
2026
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Frances Whitaker Obituary
Funeral services will be Thursday, February 05, 2026 at 1:00 p. m. at Waters Funeral Home with Bro. Tim Jones officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery.
She is survived by her daughter, Melba Mayhew (Mike); son, Doug Whitaker (Maycee); sister, Nell Hauser and Deb O'Higgins; brothers, Ed Whitehead (Annie), Cameron Whitehead and Murry Whitehead (Gail); grandchildren, Keenon Michael (Heather), Abby Pollard (Waylon), Deklan Whitaker, Jesse Harris, Eddie Harris, Miley Pollard, Abel Pollard, Riley (Tyler) Finley and Bode Mayhew.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde and Pauline Wynne Whitehead; her husband, Jimmy Lee Whitaker.
Pallbearers will be Dylan Hembree, Paul Berman, Donald Moore, John Thompson, Mike Wages and Waylon Pollard.
Visitation will be at Waters Funeral Home on Wednesday evening from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family @www.watersfuneralservice.com
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