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Vernon "Pete" Whitehead, Sr., 60 of Crosby, passed away at his home Sunday, July 10. Services will be at 2:00 PM Thursday, July 14, at Dorman Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Thursday at Dorman Funeral Home.

Pete was born in Oakdale, La., Sept. 23, 1955 to Myrtle Cauthron Whitehead and Clyde Whitehead. He worked many years as a truck driver with CBSL Transportation before his health failed. He was a full time Cowboys fan and a part-time Texans fan. He loved muscle cars and enjoyed spending time with his precious grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, son, James Whitehead and brothers; Obie Whitehead, Bo Whitehead and Dale Whitehead.

Survivors include his son, Vernon "Petey" Whitehead, Jr. and his wife Catie of Lumberton and daughter Barbara Turner of Hobbs, NM.; brothers, Allen Whitehead of Baytown, James Whitehead and his wife Qing Xu and Millard Whitehead and his wife Elizabeth, all of Baytown; sisters, Melissa Carpenter of Seabrook, TX, Nellie Krizak and her husband Kevin of Seabrook, TX and Jeanette Whitehead and her companion John Mills of Bridge City and grandchildren, Heavenleigh Hughes, Trey Whitehead, Travis Whitehead and Kharli Turner.