David Emory Morehead, Sr.

DAVID EMORY MOREHEAD, SR., 82, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2021 at Wytheville Community Hospital. He was born January 20, 1939 in Bland, VA, the son of the late Emory & Nannie Burton Morehead.

David was a member of Central United Methodist Church. He worked for many years at Burlington- Klopman Mills. He loved his farm and his cattle and was happy outdoors.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lee Caldwell, a half-brother, Ernest Morehead and a half-sister, Emma Havens.

Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife of 64 years, Phyllis Melvin Morehead; his son & daughter-in-law, David Jr., & Barbara Morehead; his grandchildren, Justin Morehead and Amanda & Ryan Havens; special nieces, Charlotte Meadows and Nancy Sink and a special nephews, William Caldwell, Rusty Meadows and Leon Sink II.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. at A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, White Gate, with Rev. Darlene Marshall officiating. Burial will follow in Hoge’s Chapel Cemetery.

The Morehead family is in the care of A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate, avestandsons.com, (540) 921-2985.