Rev. Raymond J. Whitehead

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Rev. Raymond J. Whitehead, 88, 229 Garrison Hollow Road, Elizabethton, died Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following a brief illness.

A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Dan and Bertha Ward Whitehead. Rev. Whitehead served in the U.S. Navy, and was also a farmer, woodworker and minister. Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church was his church home. Rev. Whitehead served the following Freewill Baptist Churches as Pastor: Carter County: Friendship, Upper Gap Creek, Sugar Hollow, Oak Hill and Millers Grove; Johnson County: Southside; Unicoi County: Mt. O'Dell, Mtn. Dale and Park Street; Yancey County, N.C.: Millers Chapel and Pattersons Branch.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters and six brothers. Survivors include his wife, Ella Greene Whitehead, of Ivy Hall Nursing Home, Elizabethton; two daughters and son-in-laws, Ella Louise and Dennis Stevens, Elizabethton, and Judy Ann and Jay Blythe, Scottsburg, Ind.; a grandson and fiance, Larry Lynn Moreland and Rebecca Ann Taylor, Elizabethton; a great-granddaughter, Olivia Grace Moreland, Elizabethton; and three sisters, Rose Largent, Hampton, Kate Cousins, Johnson City, and Hattie Schwartz, Adrian, Mich. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

The funeral service for Rev. Whitehead will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Tetrick Funeral Home Chapel of Peace with Rev. Jay Blythe and Rev. Randy Johnson officiating. Music will be under the direction of Robert Ray and Pat Ray. The family will receive friends in the funeral chapel from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, prior to the service. Friends may also call at the residence, 229 Garrison Hollow Road, Elizabethton, at other times. The graveside service and interment will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Everyone is welcome to meet the family at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home to go in procession to the cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Larry Lynn Moreland, Robert Ray, Sam Harrison, Carl Roberson, Leonard Whitehead, Robert Blackston, Alton Metcalf and Rev. Ronnie Edwards. Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Jonas Revis, the Men's Class of Valley Forge Freewill Baptist Church, nephews and great-nephews, neighbors and friends, and the staffs of Ivy Hall Nursing Home and Adventa Hospice.

Raymond married Ella Dessire Greene about 1940 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Ella (daughter of Coy Clyde Greene and Nora Bell Guy) was born on 30 Jan 1918 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; died on 9 May 2009 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Happy Valley Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ella Louise Whitehead was born on 16 Jan 1947 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 5 Jun 2021 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, , Carter County, Tennessee.

Daniel married Bertha Ward about 1905 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Bertha was born about 1888 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Mary E. Lunceford on 23 Apr 1871 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Enoch Lunceford and Temperance Cable) was born on 3 Sep 1851 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Eliza Chambers about 1847 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Eliza was born about 1830 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Enoch married Temperance Cable on 30 Aug 1840 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Temperance (daughter of Benjamin Caesar Cable and Rebecca Primer) was born on 7 Jan 1814 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 21 Apr 1907 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Walnut Mountain Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]