Ralls (Special)- Luther Doyle Whitehead, 70, longtime Ralls farmer, died
at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Ralls Convalescent Home. Services will be at
10 a.m. Saturday in the Ralls First Baptist Church with burial to follow
in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Carter Funeral Home. Officiating
will be the Rev. C.M. Fields, of Claremore, Okla., a former pastor of the
Baptist Church here. Assisting will be the Rev. H.B. Coggin, pastor of
the First Methodist Church here and the Rev. E.R. McGregor, a methodist
minister.
Born in Comanche County, Whitehead came to Ralls in 1933 from
Comanche. He was a retired farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Alta Mae; a son J.H.(Cotton) of Ralls;
two daughters, Mrs Wanda Gay King and Mrs. Jo Ann Kattan, both of Ralls;
three brothers, C.L. of Silverton, Leroy of Wichita Falls and L.E. of Ropesville;
a sister Mrs. Opal Stephens of Bangs; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clinton McReynolds, Roy Harrell, Earl Moses, I.B. Davis,
J.W. Payne and J.H. Munmoore.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Friday, October 4, 1968
RALLS (Special) - Services for Alta Mae
Whitehead, 94, of Ralls will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Ralls First
Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Morrow, pastor, and the Rev. Les
Griffin, pastor of Crosbyton First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Ralls Cemetery under
direction of Adams Funeral Home.
She died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 1997, at Crosbyton
Care Center.
She was born Oct. 12, 1902, in Myrtle, Miss.
She married L.D. Whitehead on Feb. 6, 1921, in Hasse. He died
Oct. 3, 1968. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ralls.
She moved to Comanche in 1934.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, J.H. "Cotton" of
Ralls; two daughters, Wanda Gay King of Lubbock and JoAnn Kattan
of Harlingen; a sister, Gladys King of Comanche; five
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and five
great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Crosbyton
Care Center Service Club.
©Lubbock Avalanche Journal, February 20, 1997
