The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, January 31, 1996            TAG: 9601310348
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
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MARY R. WHITEHEAD

Mary Rascoe Gillam Whitehead, died Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1996, in Wilson Memorial Hospital.

She was a native of Bertie County, a member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church and a homemaker.

Survivors include a son, Lewis Willard Whitehead Jr. of Wilson, N.C., and sister, Cornelia Gillam Wilcox of Tyler, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis W. Whitehead Sr.; her son, Clifford Whitehead; and a brother, Peter Rascoe Gillam.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church by the Rev. Barbara Chaffee. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Walker Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Thomas Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, 302 S. Queen St., Windsor, N.C. 27983.

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