Steven Douglas Whitehead
February 27, 2018
Date of Service: March 3, 2018
Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper
Steven was born on May 31st, 1960, to Ollie Carden Whitehead and Clarence Walter Whitehead of Carter County. They were waiting at the River Jordan for him as was his brother Clarence Walter Whitehead, Jr. and his sister, Wanda Yvonne (Bonnie) Whitehead Ritchie Gentry. He was also preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Garfield and Ethel (Lacey) Whitehead and his maternal grandparents Laney James Carden and Alice (Teague) Carden. Many other uncles, aunts, cousins, and friends were there to receive him.
He is survived by a sister Glenda Gail Whitehead McCracken formerly of Hampton, TN currently residing in Orfordville, WI; a brother-in law Leslie Lewis McCracken; niece Christina McCracken, Orfordville, WI; nephews John Joseph McCracken (Katie Jacoby) Madison, WI; Andrew Daniel Whitehead (Shanda Miller); great-niece Kaila Zevon Whitehead of Johnson City, TN; a guardian nephew Jeffery Rutter, Oshkosh, WI; brother-in law Michael Charles Gentry of Siam as well as several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Steven was a member of Hampton First Baptist Church. A 1977 graduate of Hampton High and ETSU, he was a professional cook all of his life, beginning his career at Gus’s Greek Restaurant, Corpus Christi TX and working at CornerStone (Appalachian Christian Village) when he passed. He will be missed by many co-workers and friends.
Visitation will be from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM on Saturday March 3 th 2018. A service will be conducted at 1:00 PM on Saturday in the Chapel of Peace, Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. Interment will follow at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers will be Michael Rich, Nathan Rankin, Arthur Kennedy, Danny Holden, Melvin Bentley and other family members and friends. Songs will be some of his favorite hymns and service by immediate family.
In lieu of flowers please donate to a no kill animal shelter for he dearly loved his cats/raccoons/deer/opossums/rabbits/birds/and even a bear that visited his backyard, or to the Pride Community Center of the Tri-Cities, P.O. Box 5277, Johnson City, TN 37602.
Online condolences may be shared with the family on our website, www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Mr. Whitehead and his family are in the care of Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton. Office, 423-542-2232, service line information, 423-543-4917.
