Funeral service for Mr. Jonathan Wayne Whitfield, age 40, of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday April 9, 2017 at 2 pm at Higgins Funeral Home, with Rev. Jay Pope officiating. Burial will follow in Morgan Cemetery. Mr. Whitfield passed away April 5, 2017 in Madison IN.
A native of Lincoln County, he is survived by his mother Mary Bradford of Kelso, father Ralph Whitfield and Deborah Whitfield of Petersburg, wife Stephanie Wilson Whitfield, children Jon Tyler Whitfield, Shayla Marie Whitfield, Dalton Wayne Whitfield, and Cooper Allen Whitfield of Kelso, TN. sister Brandi Jo Blanco of Shelbyville, brother Christopher Whitfield of Kelso, TN. two grandchildren Aiden and Lily Whitfield, step sister Tiffany Metcalf of Chapel Hill TN.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday April 8, 2017 from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home.
Johnathan Whitfield was my half-brother. My father was Ralph Whitfield and mother Margarett L. Mason (Owens) I had gotten to know John and some of our family as a kid and then a teenager. He was a good person, Father, Husband, Brother, friend and so much more. I had hoped to get to know him longer as we didn’t grow up together and I’m his youngest sibling. My biological father, Ralph, never had nor wanted anything to do with me. I do wish I had gotten to know my biological father’s side of the family. John’s Mother, brother, an Uncle/Aunt, and niece live down the road from me. I will always miss John and he taught me as much as he could about my biological father’s family as he could until him and his widow moved to Indiana where I lost touch with them. I will always cherish the memories we shared and wish I had done more to know my biological father’s side of the family. I’ve lost so many of my own close family (grandparents Leo and Lois Mason, Great grandparents Sarah Ellen Hunt and Willie Hunt, Mary Sue Mason, Uncles Dean and Keith Mason, and an Aunt who passed August 2024 that was only 44, Cynthia Jean Campbell. My grandparents mostly raised me and Cindy and so are close in age so it also felt like losing a sister. I just hope that one day my biological father’s family will embrace me and get to know me. Some know me by my nick name “Jody”. If the Whitfield family would like to get to know me better, I still reside in my grandparents (Mason’s) home and my half brother Chris knows how to reach me.
God needed you more than us! Your flying high, where there is no more pain or sorrow! Till we meet again my dear friend! Only the good die young!
Your Dancing in the Sky!
R.I.P. Jon ❤️
Only the good die young. God needed u more! Ur Gone and never will be forgotten! Fly high, Fly high Jon!
So sorry for your loss , Stephanie and Children..
Stephanie, I am so sorry to hear of Jonathan’s passing. I enjoyed meeting you both at Lighthouse a few years ago. Please know you are in my prayers.