Jolene Whitehead

Jolene Whitehead passed away on October 6, 2026, in Baytown, Texas four days before her 85th birthday. She was born on October 10, 1941, in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Presler and Bernice Lewis. Jolene was a long-time resident of Baytown since 1950 and attended Robert E. Lee High School. She then went on to get her Beauty Operator’s license which she used for many years. Jolene was a member of Cedar Bayou Grace Methodist Church but was currently not able to attend because of illness.

Jolene was preceded in death by her parents, Presler and Bernice Lewis; by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Joseph and Doris Whitehead; and by her son-in-law, John Watson.

She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Ronnie “R.D.” Whitehead; children, Kelley and Donna Whitehead, Terrie Watson, and Tamera Reddell; by her brother, Tommy Lewis and wife Carolyn and their family; nine grandchildren, Christy Hammack and husband David, Kevin Sowders and wife Nicole, Wendy Bach and husband Brian, Jerry Watson and wife Debbie, Courtney Perry and husband Steven, Kyle Bielamowicz and wife Amber, Kaitlin Hurst and husband Justin, Andrew Adams-Whitehead and wife Paloma, Kelley Jordan Whitehead; fourteen great-grandchildren, Madison Hammack, Jazlyn Gates, Kelsey McDonald, Kayla Sowders, Kayson Sowders, Taylor Polumbo, Jonah Watson, Hayleigh Watson, Aiden Bach, Hunter Perry, Fisher Perry, Saylor Bielamowicz, Brinley Hurst, and soon to be Tatum Hurst; and one great-great-grandchild, Aria Armstrong.

Visitation will be held from 10:30 am -12 pm, Monday, October 12, 2026, at Navarre Funeral Home, 2444 Rollingbrook Dr., Baytown, Texas 77521, with the graveside service to follow at 12:30 pm, at Earthman Memory Gardens Cemetery Pavilion, 8624 Garth Rd., Baytown, Texas 77521, with Chaplain Tim Edwards officiating.

The family would like to give a very special thanks to: Harbor Hospice, her nurse Amanda, Margarita who came every day to take care of her, and to Chaplain Tim Edwards for all the wonderful care and support given to the family.