US NAVY - KOREA

son of Allen E. Whitfield
& Hattie (Adams) Whitfield

husband of Velma (Sisk) Whitfield
Her name is on the double gravestone.

Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home Arkansas) 22 Jul 2002 Mon p. 2:
Ray "Jack" Whitfield, 72, of Norfork died Saturday, July 20, 2002 at Baxter Regional Medical Center.
He was retired from Baxter Road and Bridge, a veteran of the Korean War, and a member of the VFW post 7730 in Calico Rock. He was born in Norfork, Oct. 17, 1929 to Allen and Hattie Whitfield. His hobbies included cooking, gardening, taking care of his animals, fishing, and story-telling.
He is survived by his wife, Velma, of the home; his mother, Hattie Whitfield of Norfork; four children, Joe Whitfield and wife, Brenda, of Viola, Steve Whitfield of Norfork, Jackie Meis and husband, Everett, of Norfork, and Lisa Sanders and husband, Bruce, of Flippin; eight grandchildren, Christle and Jennifer Whitfield, Angela Grasse and husband, Joseph, Quincey Whitfield, Shad Meis, Brad Goeke and wife, Leslie, and Joshua and Melissa Sanders; three brothers, Roe Whitfield and wife, Virgie, of Norfork, Levi Whitfield of Saratoga, Wyo., and Dean Whitfield and wife, Cathy of Brumley, Mo.; six sisters, Betty Scott of Laramie, Wyo., Oneida Stevens and husband, Odell of Norfork, Helen Hathaway and husband, Dan, of Marion, Ind., Wilma Huff and husband, George of Norfork, Bobbie Sanders of Calico Rock, Norma Speaks and husband, Dennis, of New Cambria, Mo.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Allen Whitfield and two sisters, Patsy Reeves, and Carolyn Whitfield.
Visitation will be from 5 - 8 pm today for the public and from 6 - 9 for family at Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home.
Graveside services will be Wednesday, July 24, 2002 at 10 am at the Galatia Cemetery in Norfork with Pastor Tom Stover officiating. Services will be under the direction of Roller Funeral Home in Mountain Home.
Honorary pallbearers will be a host of friends