Felix Page Whatley
Holman Headland Mortuary & CremationsViewed: 2485
Posted by: Holman Mortuaries
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Date: Apr 10 2022 2:27 PM
REHOBETH. . .Felix Page Whatley, a resident of Rehobeth, died late Saturday afternoon, April 9, 2022, in a Dothan hospital surrounded by his family. He was 66.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, April 13, 2022, in the Holman-Headland Mortuary Chapel with eulogies to be given by family and close friends. Graveside services, with military honors, will follow in the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, near Slocomb. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:30 P.M. Wednesday at the mortuary in Headland. At other times, the family will be at the home of Hunter and Kathryn Whatley, 106 Scarlett Oak Drive, Headland.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Landmark Park, In Memory of Page Whatley, 430 Landmark Drive, Dothan, AL 36303 or to The Orianne Society, 11 Old Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, GA 30576 or to the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topek, KS 66675-8516.
Page Whatley was born and reared in Miami, Florida, son of the late Felix Brown Whatley and Mildred Elmore Whatley. He lived in various locations in the U.S. and overseas while serving in the United States Army. He retired from the Army with the rank of Staff Sergeant. While serving on active duty, he was the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Page was a member of the Kinsey Baptist Church. He was a member of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans, Charlie Company 509th PIR (ABN/PFDR) Infantry Association, Army Pathfinders, National Pathfinder Association Jumpmasters Association and the National Rifle Association. Page volunteered at Landmark Park where he was involved with the reptile program and the Eastern Indigo Snake Exhibit. He was also a member of the Wiregrass Herpetology Society, The Orianne Society, the North American Falconers Association, the Flint Knapping Association and participated in the Civil War Reenactment Association. Page was preceded in death by a daughter, Lindsay Brooke Whatley, a sister, Nan Jones, and a nephew, Spencer Butt.
Page loved spending time outdoors with his family and educating others about wildlife, especially reptiles. He also loved spending time in the kitchen preparing meals for his family. Page was a skilled fisherman and hunter. He was an avid Alabama Crimson Tide, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers, and Arsenal fan. Above everything, he valued his family the most.
Surviving relatives include his wife, Beverly Caraway Whatley, four daughters, Shelby Kriser (Shane), Chipley, FL; Rachel Whatley, Dothan; Jayme Gee (Don), Fishers, Indiana; and Scarlett English, Richmond Hill, Georgia; a son, Hunter Whatley (Kathryn), Headland; a sister, Bonnie Thorn, Arizona; a brother, Jeff Whatley, Kinsey; six grandchildren; a sister-in-law and brothers-in-law from the Caraway family, Donald and Joyce Caraway, Ann and Larry Kremer, Ronald and Diane Caraway, Harry and Debbie Caraway and Phillip Caraway; numerous nieces and nephews, and his beloved animals.
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