Jimmie Lee Whitehead

Jimmie Lee Whitehead
Services for Jimmie Lee Whitehead will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 6, 2015 in the Sien-Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Raymond Henson of the First Baptist Church in Avant, officiating. A private family interment will be held in the Hillside Cemetery under the direction of the Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.
Jimmie Lee Whitehead, age 60, of Avant, died at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at his Avant residence.
Jimmie was born November 26, 1954 in Fredonia, Kansas to Sidney and Betty Marie (Brown) Whitehead. Jimmie grew up and received his education in Wynona in 1973 Jimmie graduated in the top 10 percent of his class. While in school Jimmie was a star basketball player. Jimmie entered into the United States Air Force in 1973 and received his honorable discharge in 1979. Jimmie liked playing darts, golf and basketball.
Jimmie was preceded in death by his mother and father, his twin sister, one brother and by one nephew.
Jimmie is survived by his three brothers: Danny Maltby, Kevin Landis and Tommy Switzner, one sister: Tammy Switzner Cornett, several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Music for the services will be: “Amazing Grace”, “How Great Thou Art” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water”.
Services for Jimmie Lee Whitehead have been entrusted to the Sien-Shelton Funeral Home.

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