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DATE: Wednesday, November 9, 1994            TAG: 9411090227
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B9   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: WAVERLY                            LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

ARTHUR C. WHITEHEAD

Arthur Crumpler Whitehead, 77, a resident of Jerusalem Plank Road, died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1994, at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg.

Born in Southampton County, Va., he was a retired farmer. He was a member of Newville Baptist Church and was the son of the late Augustus Crumpler and Margie Vann Whitehead.

Survivors include his wife, Sally Garris Whitehead; a daughter, Ann W. Parker of Wakefield; a son, Arthur Garry Whitehead of Waverly; a sister, Irene W. Smith of Tampa, Fla.; a brother, Warner Vann Whitehead of Branchville; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Mr. Whitehead was predeceased by two sons, William C. Whitehead and James Mack Whitehead.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, by the Rev. Ron E. Sowers. Burial will follow in Riverside Cemetery, Courtland. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Newville Baptist Church Building Fund, 7710 Beef Steak Road, Waverly, Va. 23890, or Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad.

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