Funeral service for J.W. Whitehead, 59, Lawton, will be at 11:00 am Thursday, April 24, 2014 at the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Darrell Blaine, Central High Baptist Church, officiating. Mr. Whitehead passed away Saturday, April 19, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. The family will greet friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. J.W. was born March 31, 1955 at Fort Knox, Kentucky to Wilbur and Ethel (Jackson) Whitehead. He graduated high school in Killeen, Texas, and later attended Central Texas College. He married Cheryl Likins on June 12, 1985 in Lawton. She passed away January 3, 1991. He was employed by the City of Lawton for over thirty years. He loved hiking in the wildlife refuge, collecting and shooting various weapons, and most of all playing with his grandchildren. J.W. loved motorcycles, and always owned them since the age of twelve. Survivors include his three daughters, Jessi Berndsen of Marlow, OK, Kimberly Davis of Gatesville, TX, Jennifer Haralson and Family of Texas City, TX, his brother Ken Whitehead and wife Mary of Oklahoma City, OK, nieces and nephews, Sherry Spicer and Family, Lawton, OK, Crissi Morgan and Family of Oklahoma City, Wendy Gholson and Family of Lampasas, TX, David Whitehead and Scott Whitehead both of Arkansas. He is also survived by three grandchildren, Ryleigh, Kaelyn and Blacyn Berndsen and numerous other nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents a brother David Allen Whitehead and a nephew Gary Whitehead.