Louis Javan (Buck) Whitehead of Cypress Inn, TN was born March 9, 1935 in Wayne Co., TN, the son of the late Johnny Hobert and Mary Henson Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead was a retired construction worker and a member of the Piney Grove FWB Church in Cypress Inn, Tennessee. He was a United States Army veteran.
Mr. Whitehead departed this life on Friday, January 3, 2014 at Wayne Care Nursing Home in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 78 Years, 9 Months, 25 Days.
He is survived by a son, Stanley Whitehead of Cypress Inn, TN; daughters, Sheila Cross and husband, Dwayne of Saint Joseph, TN, Angela Norwood and husband, Jerry of Hartselle, AL; grandchildren, Jana Gobble and husband, Wesley, Amanda Glass and husband, Brock, Gage, Chaley, and AnnaCatherine Whitehead, and Nolan and Kayla Norwood; a sister, Bonnie Parrett and husband, Terry of Wabash, IN; the mother of his children, Rose Whitehead of Cypress Inn, TN; nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Whitehead was preceded in death by brothers, Leroy Houston and James, Earl, and Aaron Whitehead; a sister, Edna Scott.
Services will be Saturday, January 4, 2014 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Directors chapel, Collinwood, Tennessee, with Greg Eaton officiating. Burial will follow in Piney Grove Cemetery, Cypress Inn, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors, Wayne County, directing. Pallbearers will be Dwayne Cross, Jerry Norwood, Nolan Norwood, Gage Whitehead, Wesley Gobble, Brock Glass, Terry Parrett, and Jerry Hensley. Honorary pallbearer will be Larry Thomas Rich.
Visitation will be Saturday, January 4, 2014 from 11 am until service time at the funeral home.