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James Harold Whitehead was born on 14 August 1927 in Comanche County, Texas.^2,3 He died on 23 May 2002, at age 74, in Texas.^4,3 He was buried in Ralls Cemetery, Ralls, Crosby, Texas.³

Graveside services for James H. "Cotton" Whitehead, 74, of Ralls will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Ralls Cemetery.

Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Reed-Farris officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.

He died Thursday, May 23, 2002.

He was born Aug. 14, 1927, in Comanche and married Joyce McDermett on Nov. 21, 1952, in Ralls. He moved to the Ralls area in 1933 and graduated from Ralls High School in 1945. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Ralls and a charter member of the Pleasant Hill Co-op Gin, serving on the board of directors for many years. He served in the Navy during World War II.

He was a charter member of the Ralls Lions Club and a longtime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was Ralls Chamber Cotton Boll Fest Marshal in 1995 and retired from farming in 1997.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Tony of Lubbock; a daughter, Jane Spruill of Pensacola, Fla.; a sister, Joann Katton of Harlingen; and four grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 447, Ralls, TX 79357 or VistaCare Hospice, 7606 University Ave. Suite C, Lubbock, TX 79423.

Lennie Merle Freeman was born on 30 January 1924 in Crosby County, Texas.^1,2 She died on 27 March 2007, at age 83, in Texas.³

Lennie Merle Freeman was a Laundry Maintence Mechanic.⁴⁴

Hugh David McDermett was born on 3 July 1944 in Crosbyton, Crosby, Texas.^1,2 He died on 7 July 1944, at age 0, in Crosby County, Texas.^1,2 He was buried in Ralls Cemetery, Ralls, Crosby, Texas.²