Funeral service for Don Joyce Whatley, 80, Houston will be at 11:00am Friday in the First Baptist Church, Fletcher with Eric Hulet officiating. Mr. Whatley passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital in The Woodlands, TX. Burial will be in the Fletcher Cemetery, Fletcher under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service of Fletcher. * The family will greet friends Thursday evening from 5pm until 7pm at the funeral home in Fletcher. * He was born July 30, 1930 outside of Fletcher, Oklahoma, and spent his youth in several locations within this vicinity. After marrying in 1949, he and his wife Sissie eventually relocated to Oklahoma City, OK, Dallas, TX and Houston, TX where he spent his last 33 years. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1948, and attended Cameron College in Lawton, Oklahoma. Don spent most of his working career in sales and sales management in the institutional foods industry. Most recently, he retired as a Division Manager with Cain's Coffee Co., retiring in 1995. He is survived by his wife, Donna F. Sawin Whatley (Sissie) of the home, daughter Mary Dawn Whatley Ellington and husband Pete of Cleveland, TX, son Milton Waid Whatley and wife Carol of Eden Prairie, MN, daughter Terri Elizabeth Whatley Townsend and husband Steve of Spring, TX, sister Sandra Luna and husband Larry of Lawton, OK, grandchildren Allison Alpha and husband Adam of Cleveland, TX, Jennifer Schwartz and husband Moshe of Potomac, MD, Claire Danford and husband Danny of Charlotte, NC, Christopher Townsend of Spring, TX, Hannah Abullarade of Milwaukee, WI and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, CB Whatley, mother, Versie Whatley and his brother, Cecil W. Whatley, all of Lawton.