Services for James "Whit" Whitfield, Jr., 86 of Ralls will be at 2:00 PM, Saturday, December 12, 2009 at the Ralls First Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Ralls Cemetery under direction of Adams Funeral Home of Ralls.
Whit passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at Lubbock Heart Hospital.
He was born May 10, 1923 in Trinidad to the late Mozell (Hubbard) and James Willie Whitfield, Sr. On November 18, 1968 he married Rosia Lee Emerson in Amarillo. She preceded him in death on May 5, 1995.
Whit was a member of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Ralls where he served as a deacon. He worked at Fred Shell Grain Co. in Ralls for 32 years as an elevator operator and superintendent.
He is preceded in death by a brother, R. L Whitfield.
Survivors include, two sons, Raymond of Ralls and Ralph of Garland; three daughters, Janis Whitfield of Ralls, Toni Adkison and Rose Marie Taylor both of Arlington; and a sister Nellie Collins of Hereford.