Betty Jo Nance Whitehead, age 75 of Chadbourn passed on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Columbus Regional Healthcare System in Whiteville. Final rites will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Worthington Funeral Home with Reverend Jeff Stocks and Reverend Denise Clewis officiating. Interment will follow in the Gowan Cemetery, Cerro Gordo. The family will receive friends 6-8:00 p.m. Saturday at Worthington Funeral Home. She was the widow of Robert Gale Whitehead and the daughter of the late Emily Williamson Nance and William Ernest Nance. She was also preceded in death by two siblings, James Carlie "J.C." Nance and JoAnn Tart. Survivors include three children, Jackie Whitehead of the home, Michael Thad Whitehead of Cerro Gordo and Jason Gale Whitehead of Chadbourn; her sister, Anna N. Blanton of Chadbourn; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the burial fund at Worthington Funeral Home, PO Box 352, Chadbourn, NC 28431.
Funeral Service
Sunday, November 12, 2017 2:00 PM
Worthington Funeral Home
405 E. Strawberry Blvd. Chadbourn 28431, United States
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