Randel Whiteaker, 61

Warren County resident and native Jewell Randel Whiteaker, 61, died Friday at River Park Hospital after an extended illness.

A self-employed mechanic and a member of Bybee Branch Church of Christ, he was the son of Jewell Whiteaker and Minnie Moffitt Whiteaker of McMinnville.

He is survived by his wife, Mickey Roberts Whiteaker, daughters and sons-in-law Kelly and Paul Smartt, Tammy and Anthony Cantrell, all of McMinnville, Sherry and Windell Tate of Rock Island, and Tina Brown Glotfelty of Orlando, Fla.; grandchildren Stephanie Tate, Bryan Tate, Houston Simons, Alyson Smartt, Chandler Cantrell, Whitney Cantrell, Zach Glotfelty and Skylar Brown; brothers and sisters-in-law C.L. and Jo Whiteaker, and Gary and Kay Whiteaker, all of McMinnville; sisters and brothers-in-law Jerelene and Jerry Prince of LaVergne, Carolyn and Al Doig of Boston, Mass., and Kathy and Don Wiley of Calhoun, Ga.

Services are at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with Tony Lawrence officiating. Burial will follow at Smyrna Cemetery. Visitation is from 10 a.m. until the time of the service today at High’s. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 1, 2006