JAKE WHITAKER

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. JAKE WHITAKER, AGE 84, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR. WHITAKER PASSED AWAY THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 2013 AT FLOWERS HOSPITAL IN DOTHAN, AL. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. WHITAKER WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 2013 AT 4:00 PM (EST) AT THE CHAPEL OF EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME IN DONALSONVILLE, GA WITH REV. JAMES SCARBOROUGH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN CORINTH FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY IN IRON CITY, GA. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SERVICE. MR. WHITAKER WAS BORN IN ASHFORD, AL ON JULY 7, 1928 TO THE NOW LATE EDMOND AND ALMA TATE WHITAKER. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND WAS A RETIRED IRON WORKER. HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS WIFE OF 25 YEARS, HAZEL KELLEY WHITAKER OF ENTERPRISE, AL; A SON, JEFF WHITAKER OF SANFORD, FL; A DAUGHTER, SUSAN WHITAKER OF GOLDEN ROD, FL; A STEP-SON, JAMES NEISWENDER OF PENNSYLVANIA; THREE STEP-DAUGHTERS, NITA BOURNE AND HER HUSBAND ROBERT OF ENTERPRISE, AL, REBECCA CARR AND HER HUSBAND DEWAYNE OF ENTERPRISE, AL, AND JACQUELINE ROBINSON AND HER HUSBAND ANDY OF HOUSTON, TX. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A SISTER, JANICE MURNINGHAM OF WEST PALM BEACH, FL; SEVERAL GRANDSONS; AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. MR. WHITAKER WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, EDMOND AND ALMA TATE WHITAKER; ONE BROTHER; AND THREE SISTERS.