A memorial service celebrating the life of Mandy Lue Ellis Whitehead, 74, will be held Saturday, August 14, 2021, 2:00 PM at the Kilpatrick's Rose-Neath Funeral Home Coushatta chapel with inurnment in Zachary Cemetery in Jones, LA to be held at a later date.
Mandy was born July 16, 1947, in Jones, LA to her parents, Wiley Midus Ellis and Grethel Baggs Oliver and passed August 11, 2021, in Shreveport, LA. She was a homemaker who loved to raise goats and other animals and make memories with family and friends.
Mandy was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Christine Marsh; and brothers, Robert Ellis and Junior Ellis. Left to cherish her memory are her husband, David Whitehead; daughters, Diane Giddings, Linda Harrell, Ann Adams and Louise Bell; grandchildren, Wiley Giddings, Amanda Giddings, Ashley Giddings, Dustin Adams, Adam Harmon and Jason Adams; twelve great-grandchildren; sister, Williene Hardy; and numerous nieces and nephews.