Dec. 21, 1925 – Sept. 16, 2011

NATCHEZ —Services for Jack B. Whitehead, 85, of Natchez, who died Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at Promise Rehabilitation Hospital in Vidalia, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Henderson officiating.

Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today and from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday, both at the funeral home.

Mr. Whitehead was born Dec. 21, 1925, in Roxie, the son of Richard Alvie Whitehead and Eron Thomas Whitehead.

Mr. Whitehead was employed by Armstrong Tire and Rubber Company for 41 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the South Pacific and the Korean Conflict. He was a member Lovely Lane United Methodist Church.

Mr. Whitehead was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Myrtle Whitehead; and two brothers, Ford Whitehead and Richard Alvie Whitehead Jr.

Survivors include one sister, Willie Mae Williams of Natchez; nieces and nephews, Junior Williams and wife, Connie, Dianne Housley, Elzie Whitehead Jr., Connie Gamberi and husband, John, Sandy Stampley, Sherrill Free, Bobby Beard, Mark Henderson and wife, Amber, Dale Henderson and wife, Renee, Debbie Smith and husband, E.W., Roy Stephenson and Linda Patterson and husband, Ken; special friend, Leona Friedman; and a number of great-nieces and great-nephews.

Pallbearers will be Junior Williams, Dale Henderson, Bobby Beard, John Gamberi, Roy Stephenson and David Thomas.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Men’s Club of Lovely Lane United Methodist Church.

Memorials may be made to Lovely Lane United Methodist Church Building Fund.

Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.