Laura Whitehead

Laura "Dutch" Holliman Whitehead, age 91 passed away in a Kerrville hospital on Saturday, December 22, 2018.\r\n\r\nShe was born September 19, 1927 in Medina, Texas to Julia Edna Howard Keese and Alfred Stanely Keese. Dutch was a life resident of Medina and a member of Bandera Chapter No. 643 Order of the Eastern star for over fifty years.\r\n\r\nShe was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Anna Lee Hollimon and Julia Edna Noles; one nephew; one niece; and her first husband of over fifty years Bodie Holliman. \r\n\r\nSurvivors include her husband Dayton Whitehead whom she married on May 4, 2004 in Medina, Texas; sister Billie Suthard; nephews, James Alfred Hollimon, Howard Ray Hollimon and Steven Ray Evans; niece Sandy Evans Noles; Dayton's children Robert Whitehead, Chuck Whitehead, Darlene Stevens and Mark Whitehead and their families as well as many extended family members and treasured friends.\r\n\r\nGraveside services will take place Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at West Prong Cemetery in rural Medina, Texas at 10:00 A.M. followed by O.E.S. rites under the auspices of Bandera Chapter No. 643.\r\n\r\n Those who desire may make memorial gifts to Medina United Methodist Church or the charity of one's choice.