David "Roadrunner" Eugene Whitmire
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David "Roadrunner" Eugene Whitmire
April 13, 1953 - January 17, 2016
David Eugene “Roadrunner”
Whitmire, 62, of Port Neches, died Sunday, January 17, 2016. He was born on
April 13, 1953, in Liberty, to Lucy Mae Dunlap Whitmire and Samuel Smith
Whitmire, Sr.
David was a big fan of Willie
Nelson and the Dallas Cowboys. He enjoyed gardening and growing peppers. David
loved the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. He will be remembered as a man of
courage and fierce independence.
Survivors include his brothers,
Sam Whitmire of Rockport and John Whitmire and his wife, Brenda, of Midway;
sisters, Nelda Faye Beard of North Carolina and Josalyn Broyles and her
husband, Cliff, of Nederland; known to his several nieces and nephews as Uncle
Dew and a host of other relatives and friends.
He is preceded in death by his
parents, Reverend Sam and Lucy Whitmire; and his faithful Chihuahua, Tiny.
A family committal for Mr.
Whitmire will be held at Broussard’s Crematorium, Beaumont, under the direction
of Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland, with a family
memorial to follow.
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