Mrs. Edith H. Whitehead

October 2, 1931 - August 31, 2016

Mrs. Edith Marlene Hight Whitehead, age 84 of Rockmart passed away Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Mrs. Whitehead was born October 2, 1931 in Rome, daughter of the late Luther Hight and the late Hazel Goss Hight. She was raised in Rome and was a graduate of the Rome Girls High School. While living in Rome, she was a member of the North Broad Baptist Church. In 1965, she and her husband, Robert H. (Buck) Whitehead, who preceded her in death on September 28, 2013, purchased a florist in Rockmart which is currently known as Whitehead’s Flower House. Mrs. Whitehead was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rockmart. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Martha Lou Hight Rogers. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Ginger and Robert Sanford; two grandchildren, Matt Sanford and his wife Lisa and Hadley Sanford and his wife Britteny all of Rockmart; three great-grandchildren, Parker Sanford, Peyton Sanford and Chelsey Reynolds also survive. Funeral graveside and interment services for Mrs. Whitehead will be held on Friday morning, September 2nd at 11:00 a.m. in the family lot of the East View Cemetery of Rome with Rev. Maryellen Hittel and Dr. Connie Langford officiating. Freeman Harris Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral graveside service for Mrs. Edith Marlene Hight Whitehead.