Mrs. Shirley Ann Davis Whitehead, age 89 of Glen Allen, passed away on Friday, December 27, 2024 in the Diversicare Health Care Center in Winfield.  Shirley was born in Union, South Carolina, on July 7, 1935 to Van and Ruth Small Gregory. She attended Union County High School.  After graduation she joined the United States Air Force where she met her first husband, Joe Neil Davis. After completing her enlistment, she and Joe were married and were stationed in Wyoming, Alabama and France. While stationed in France Joe passed away suddenly at the age of 26.  Shirley returned to Joe’s hometown of Fayette and remained there while she attended Shelton State, where she received her nursing degree and worked for many years in the Fayette and Winfield hospitals. She met Rusty Whitehead, and they were married in 1966. They raised their children in Glen Allen. She retired from nursing to become a full-time caregiver to her parents until their death.  She was a member of the Oasis Church in Winfield for over 40 years.

Shirley is survived by her son, John Davis (Wanda), daughters, Sissy Sullins (Billy) and Gina Lynn (Byron), daughter-in-law, Debbie Whitehead, grandchildren, Jason, Greg (Kimberly), and Jonathan (Brittany) Davis, Heather May (Brad), Amber Whitson (Dusty), Ben Sullins (Carrie), Shondra Podmore (Keith), Peyton Whitehorn (Dakota), Angela Stiefel (Elijah), and Jennifer Robertson (Calan), her great-grandchildren, McKenzie Shade (Tyler), Rylee and Brady May, Zoe and Zander Whitson, Olivia Webb, Piper, Jackson and Rylie Davis, Willow Whitehorn, Chris and Brooklyn Podmore, Karley and Kennady Sullins, Kenzey Harding, Eleanor Stiefel, Elijah Jay Allen Stiefel, II, Rowan and River Robertson and a host of other relatives, church family and close friends. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Joe Davis and Rusty Whitehead, a son, Rex Whitehead, a son-in-law, Billy Sullins and her parents.

Funeral services for Mrs. Whitehead will be held on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. from the Bowen Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow in the Morris Cemetery.  The visitation will be on Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. service time at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made to; Gentiva Hospice 74 Industrial Parkway, Jasper, AL 35501 or 205-384-3882. 

Bowen Funeral Home of Winfield, Alabama serving the Whitehead family.