Yvonne Kay Whitehead, 63, of Roan Mountain, Tenn., went to be with her Lord on Saturday, July 22, 2017, after a battle with cancer.
Yvonne was born on August 16, 1953 in Detroit, Mich. She was the daughter of June Whitehead and the late Byrl Whitehead.
Yvonne was a graduate of John F. Kennedy High School in Taylor, Mich., where she resided for several years before joining the Army in 1978 where she received Medical Lab Assistance Training. She retired from Michigan Correctional Facility. She was a member of Little Mountain Baptist Church, where she enjoyed her church duties.
She was preceded in death by her father, Byrl Whitehead; one sister V. Sherrye Reine; and one niece, Beth Reine.
She is survived by her mother, June Whitehead; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Tom and Vanessa Reine; nephews, Britt Reine and Thomas Holloway; several aunts, uncle and cousins; and special friends, Terry Catt and Vicky Curtise.
A memorial service will be planned at a later date. Condolences may be sent to the family on our website: www.memorialfcelizabethton.com
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Whitehead family.