Holice "Huck" Whitaker, Jr.'s Obituary
Funeral services for Holice "Huck" Whitaker, Jr., 69, of Leesville, Louisiana will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 1, 2011 at Labby Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Leesville with the Rev. Ross Whitaker officiating. Burial will follow in the Canaan Cemetery in Leesville, LA under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held from 3 pm - 9 pm, Friday, December 31st and 8 am until service in the funeral home Saturday, January 1st.
Huck, the son of Holice Whitaker, Sr and Hattie Williams was born on March 27, 1941 in DeRidder. He passed away on Tuesday, December 28th at the Byrd Regional Hospital in Leesville.
Holice worked as a carpenter building Industrial Smoke Stacks across the nation. He served in the Army. He was a member of the American Legion Post 145, where he was Past Post Commander and was instrumental in the remodeling and improvements done to the Post. He also was the Founder and Past Post Commander of the American Legion Post 407 in Westlake, LA, former member of the American Legion Post 179 in Sulpur, LA and American Legion Post 370 in Westlake, LA. He was preceded in death by his father Holice Whitaker, Sr and his mother Hattie Fay Williams.
He is survived by his, wife of 19 years Mary Anne Meche Whitaker; sons, Jeff and wife Brenda Whitaker all of Leesville and Kevin and Kristal Naquin of Pearland, TX; daughters, Julie and Ted Crawford of Cambridge, WI, Gloria and Jeff Taton of Houston, TX, Vicky Face of South Bend, ID, Mitzy and Tim Plumb of Houston, TX, Anita Whitaker and Brad Natvig of Stoughton, WI; uncles, Grady and Gisela Whitaker of Germany & Willie T. Hargrove of DeRidder,LA; aunt, Joy Love Martinez of Jacksonville, AR;2 half brothers & 2 half sisters all of GA ; 20 Grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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