Miss Grace Whitfield Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Gadsden Cumberland Presbyterian Church for Grace Whitfield, of Gadsden, who passed away March 14, 2015. Reverend Daniel Barkley and Dr. Jerry Headrick will officiate. Interment will follow at Pineville Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery of Calico Rock, Arkansas. Village Chapel Funeral Home and Cremation Service is in charge of arrangements. Miss. Whitfield was a member of Gadsden Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where she served as Stated Session Clerk, on the Executive Committee of General Assembly for the Cumberland Presbyterian Denomination, and various boards and committees for Grace Presbyterian. She retired as a teacher from the Madison County School District with 30 years service. Grace had an everlasting impact on her students, with many of them still in contact after all these years. After retirement she took up the hobby of buying antiques and operated different antique shops throughout Etowah County. Miss. Whitfield was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Ruth Whitfield. She is survived by her dearest friend, Marionette Bishop; special friends, Ken, Amy, and Mia Fowler, cousins in Gadsden, and a host of cousins and extended family in Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home, 909 Greenlee Street Denton, TX 76201. Pallbearers will be Ken Fowler, Richard Dean, Mike Ray, Marston Cash, and Charles Hill.

Miss Grace Whitfield

May 8, 1936 - March 14, 2015