L. Whitehead

Thursday, November 1, 2001

Leona Janice Whitehead, daughter of the late William Elic Bailey and Lula Johnson Bailey, was born at Morley on July 29, 1919 and departed this life in the Missouri Southern Healthcare at Dexter on Oct. 30, 2001, at the age of 82. She was united in marriage to Leroy Wendell Whitehead at Bernie, Mo. on Sept. 14, 1940. To this union six children were born. Mr. Whitehead preceded her in death on Feb. 3, 1995. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Patricia Stanley and Carolyn Sue Whitehead; one son, Michael Whitehead; one grandson, Michael Ogelvie; her father, William Elic Bailey; her mother, Lula Bailey; five brothers, Herbert Bailey, Carl Bailey, Pete Bailey, Ives Bailey and Bill Bailey.

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