It is with great sadness that we share the death of Tom Whitehead, the beloved husband of Margaret Whitehead, Director of our Children’s Medical Escort Program.  He was patient and supportive of Margaret working nearly full time to manage this program since 1996 and he will be dearly missed.  Cards or letters to Margaret can be sent to:  Email  mmwhitehead3@aol.com or by post to:

Margaret Whitehead; 113 Masters Dr. N.  Peachtree City GA 30269

The Children’s Medical Escort program has provided loving escorts for more than 3,000 children to receive life-saving surgeries. Here is a sample and  another sample of hundreds of recent stories….and Margaret wouldn’t have been able to oversee this important work, without the support of her loving husband.

Obituary: Tom J. Whitehead, 78, of Peachtree City, GA passed away December 17, 2014 following a brief and courageous battle with cancer. He was born and raised in Albertville, AL and was a US Army veteran. He was an air traffic controller and retired from the FAA in Atlanta, GA. Following his retirement he traveled extensively throughout the world in various positions with aircraft parts companies, supervising major commercial aircraft maintenance projects, and as a volunteer with intercountry adoption agencies. He loved all things aviation and for many years he built and flew model airplanes. In recent years he was an avid woodworker. Tom is survived by Margaret, his wife of 48 years; one son, David Whitehead (Mollie) of Birmingham, AL; daughters Terri Vannatter (Larry), of Birmingham, AL, Kathryn Oliver (Harold) of Trussville, AL, Kimberly Brandt-Nielsen (Jorgen) of Peachtree City, GA and Juliane Santiago (Marc) of Fletcher, NC; 4 grandchildren; 2 great grandchildren; and a sister, Ann Jacobs of Newnan, GA. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Civil Air Patrol at either: the Asheville Composite Squadron, 120 Wright Brothers Way, Fletcher, NC 28732 or the Peachtree City Composite Squadron, c/o Peachtree City United Methodist Church, 225 Robinson Road, Peachtree City, GA 30269.