Evelyn Jean Ray Whitehead, 46, Bledsoe, died Oct. 7, 2006, at Mary Breckinridge Hospital in Hyden following a long illness.

She believed in the Holiness faith and was a member of the Laurel Branch Pentecostal Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents: John and Bertha Ray; five brothers: Charles Ray, Homer Ray, Denver Ray, Bige Ray and Bill Ray; two sisters: Arie Ray and Mary Brock; and two brothers-in-law: Freddie Whitehead and Don Stewart.

She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Leslie Whitehead Jr., Bledsoe; a son, Jason Whitehead Sr. and his wife, Misty, Bledsoe; two grandchildren: Jason Whitehead Jr. and Jesse Whitehead, both of Bledsoe; three sisters: Chloe Stewart, Baxter; Grace Day and husband, John, Bledsoe; and Loretta Whitehead and husband, Walter Sr., Barbourville; three brothers: James Ray and wife, Ailleen, Greenfield, Ind.; Clarence Ray and wife, Debbie, Mozelle; and David Wayne Ray, Catrons Creek; mother- and father-in-law, Rosa and Leslie Whitehead Sr., Bledsoe; and a host of family and friends.

Visitation will be after 4 p.m. today at the Laurel Branch Pentecostal Church.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the church with the Rev. Keith Coldiron and the Rev. Hershel Belcher officiating.

Burial will follow at the Napier Cemetery at Bledsoe. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.

Loyall Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.