THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, October 17, 1995 TAG: 9510170228
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Katherine Markes Whitehead, 78, died Oct. 15, 1995, at Courtland Health Care Center.
A native of Southampton County, she was the daughter of Henry Earl and Ethel Davis Marks, and the widow of Leslie V. ``Big Boy'' Whitehead. She had retired as a nurse at Greenville Memorial Hospital, Emporia, and was a member of the Capron United Methodist Church. She loved to fish.
She is survived by a daughter, Charlotte W. Rasnake and her husband, Norman of Franklin; three brothers, Ben E. Marks and Lon S. Marks of Capron, Va., and Aubrey P. Marks of Yale; four grandchildren, Kathy P. Darden, David Earl Pope, Robin Lynn Powell, and Dale Henry Pope; and seven great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by two brothers, Henry Earl Marks Jr., and Jessie Thomas Marks.
A graveside service will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. today at Riverside Cemetery by the Rev. John Wimer and the Rev. Reginald Warren. Wright Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
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