Mrs. Helen Warner

October 25, 1930 - February 2, 2021

Graveside services for Mrs. Helen Warner, 90, of Carthage, Texas will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Odd Fellows Cemetery with Bro. Mike Tibbs officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Visitation will be 9-10:30 a.m. at Hawthorn Funeral Home prior to the service. Mrs. Helen Estelle Quitman Whitehead Warner was born October 25, 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri. She passed this life February 2, 2021 peacefully at her Carthage, Texas home. Helen was born to the marriage of Harey Quitman and Elsa Hupple Quitman. She was raised in the Lutheran faith in Missouri and Florida. She married Monroe R. Whitehead and to that union came three sons. Helen worked for the Florida National Bank,and First Federal Savings and Loan in Orlando, FL. The family moved to Marshall, Texas and from there she came to Carthage, Texas. Helen worked for the First State Bank as a teller and Winn Dixie Grocery for many years. It was later in life she met Johnnie Thomas “J.T.” Warner, Jr. Together Helen and Johnny loved fishing and time with family until he preceded her in death. She is also preceded in death by her parents, father of her children, Monroe R. Whitehead; sons, Mark and Steven Whitehead; step daughter, Kathy Weaver; and a grandson. Mrs. Warner is survived by her devoted son, Scott Whitehead of Carthage; step daughter, Frances Warner of Carthage, step grandson, Lee Polk of Carthage; other relatives and a host of friends. Serving as pallbearers will be Jodie Jimmerson, Jose Metcalf, Marc Belfonz, Smiley Willie, Sebastian Douglas, and Andre Guinn.