Richard Head

RICHARD WAS BORN IN CASTALIAN SPRING TENNESSEE TO MAZIE AND OSCAR HEAD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1932. HE WENT TO SCHOO; AT UNION HIGH SCHOOL IN GALLATIN TENNESSEE, GRADUATING IN 1952.

HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE, HALLIE MAE DYE, ON JUNE 18, 1956, IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. HE WORKED AS CHIEF CHEF AT VETERAN ADMINSTRATION MEDICAL CENTER, IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA AND RETIRED AFTER 35 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE KOREAN WAR AND ARMY AND RANKED AS CPL, AND WARDED AND RECEIVED MANY AWARDS.

HE BECAME A MEMBER OF ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, JANUARY 31, 1982. HE WAS PRESENTLY, CHAIRMAN OF TRUSTEE BOARD, CHAIRMAN OF MISSIONS, CULINARY KITCHEN COMMITTEE, AND THE FORRIE RADFORD SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, TREASURER FOR THE BARBARA J. TAYLOR BOOK SCHOLARSHIP FUND, ALSO SERVED AS CHURCH CUSTODIAN UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED. RICHARD ALSO HELD THE POSITION PART-TIME CHURCH BUS DRIVER.

EVEN THOUGH MANY POSITIONS HAVE BEEN NAMED, RICHARD WAS THE JACK OF TRADES, AN INVALUABLE MAN OF CHRIST. RICHARD FILLED IN WHEREVER HE WAS NEEDED IN THE CHURCH.

RICHARD WAS A PROFESSIONAL COOK, ONE OF THE BEST IN THE EAST. RICHARD IS CONSIDERED BY HIS WIFE AS UNMEASURABLE AND EQUAL TO NONE. HE WAS THE BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BACKYARD BAR-B-QUES. HE LOVED HIS CHURCH, PASTOR, AND CHURCH FAMILY.

RICHARD HAD GREAT JOY AND DELIGHT IN HIS SON AND ESPECIALLY HIS GRANDSON. RICHARD LOVED TRAVELING AND BOWLING. RICHARD TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN WHATEVER HE DONE.

RICHARD EXEMPLIFIED HIS LOVE FOR JESUS AND MOST DEFINITELY SHOWED THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRITS THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE LIFE.

RICHARD WAS THE SEVENTH CHILD OF EIGHT CHILDREN. RICHARD HEAD IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER-MAZIE & OSCAR HEAD. SISTERS- FANNIE MAE, ALICE HEAD, RUBY{JAMES} HARPER. BROTHERS- JOHN WILLIAM HEAD{TANYA}, OSCAR, HEAD, JR.{VALERIA}, NATHAN HEAD{MILDRED}.

RICHARD HEAD IS SURVIVED BY HIS DEVOTED, LOVING WIFE HALLIE HEAD, SON-DARREN LEE HEAD, GRANDSON- DARREN LEE HEAD, II. BROTHER-IN-LAW-FRANK CANTRELL(ELLA PEARL,DECEASED).

FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD MONDAY APRIL 25TH, 2022 AT 11AM, VISITATION WILL BE 10-11AM. AT ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 704 EAST 32ND STREET, 46205. WITH MODERATOR, BISHOP, DR. CLYDE POSLEY, JR. OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT CROWN HILL CEMETARY, 700 W. 38TH STREET.

IN LEIU OF FLOWERS OR DONATIONS MAY BE GIVEN TO ANTIOCH MISSIONRY BAPTIST CHURCH IN MEMORY FO RICHARD HEAD. THE FAMILY OF RICHARD HEAD WISHES TO THANK COMMUNITY EAST HOSPITAL, DOCTOR, NURSES, THAT ASSISTED DURING OUR TIME OF NEED. WE THANK PASTOR, ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH FAMILY FOR ALL THE CALLS, FOOD, PRAYERS.

REPASS WILL BE HELD AT ANTIOCH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, FOLLOWING SERVICES.

PALLBEARERS- JAMES TAYLOR, BOBBY TAYLOR, MICHAEL HEAD, PURNELL RICHARDSON, CURTIS PETRI AND DUANE MONTGOMERY. HONORARY PALLBEARERS-DARREN HEAD, DARREN HEAD, JR., ROBERT BOYD.

FLOWER BEARERS-MOTHER’S MINISTRY,USHERS,NIECES.

CONTRIBUTIONS IN RICHARD'S MEMORY MAY BE MADE TO ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH , 704 E. 32nd STREET , INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46205, THEANTIOCHFOUNTAINOFGRACE.ORG OR TO A CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE.

FOND MEMORIES AND EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY MAY BE SHARED AT WWW.CROWNHILL.ORG FOR THE HEAD FAMILY.