- Date Of Birth: September 20, 1929
- Date Of Death: July 31, 2017
- State: Georgia
Theodore “Ted” Krouse Whitfield, 87, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, July 31, 2017. Ted was born in Meridian, Mississippi to the late Maggie Barefield Whitfield and Frank Young Whitfield. He graduated from Meridian High School and served in the Air National Guard before attending the University of Alabama, where he graduated with a degree in business. Ted moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1952 to pursue a career in banking. After 20 years in banking, he transitioned to a sales position with Industrial Tape and Supply Company, where he retired after more than 25 years.
Ted was a man of faith and a devoted husband to Lucia, his wife of 62 years.
In 2006, Ted and Lucia moved to Signal Mountain, Tennessee to be nearer family, where they were warmly embraced by the Signal Mountain community.
He is survived by his wife, Lucia Whitman Whitfield; daughter, Cyndee Lucia of Ashburn, Va.; son, Theodore Krouse Whitfield, Jr. of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; favorite daughter-in-law Carol Bailey Whitfield of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; brother, Charles Herbert Whitfield (Ruth) of Greeneville, Tenn.; sister, Margaret Whitfield Wilks of Charlotte, NC; sister-in-law, Lynda Whitman Cockrell of Mobile, AL; brother-in-law, George Price Whitman III of Kennesaw, Ga; grandchildren, Melissa Usry Testa (Matthew); Martha Elizabeth Usry, Sara Ann Clary Usry, Lucille Hancock Whitfield, Charlotte Bailey Whitfield, Mary Louise Whitfield and Theodore Ryburn Whitfield; great grandson Matthew Theodore Testa, and many cherished nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother Frank Young Whitfield, Jr. and granddaughter, Caroline Rebecca Usry.
