Hulan Edward Whitehead

Hulan Edward Whitehead (91) of Dunedin, Florida died on Sunday, May 5, 2019 in Georgia.

He was born in Birmingham, Alabama on October 7, 1927 to Hulan E. Whitehead, Sr. and Ann Minerva Howell. He called Pensacola, Florida home until moving to Tallahassee with his family in 1934. He graduated from Marion Military Institute in 1945 and from Florida State University in 1951. Hulan also worked on Graduate Degrees in Accounting and Political Science at FSU and University of South Florida. He received a degree in Education for Ministry from the School of Theology from the University of the South in 1998.

Hulan served in the Army Air Force from 1945 until 1948, and then in the U. S. Air Force from 1951 until 1953 as a Lieutenant after receiving his commission from the USAF ROTC program at FSU. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War where he served as a Postal Finance Officer.

He was married to his college sweetheart Lucinda Lee Carson Whitehead in 1955, until her death in January 2016.
Hulan had been an active Member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dunedin and served on the Lay reader Staff, Chalicist, and Vestry for 16 years.

He also served on the original Board of Directors of St. Paul's School in Largo, Florida from 1968 through 1972.

He is survived by his daughters, Wales Olivia Whitehead and Whitney Lee Wiggins, and grandsons Carson Blake Wiggins and Connor Lee Wiggins.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Dunedin over Memorial Day Weekend.

In lieu of flowers, a Circle of Caring Photography Scholarship Fund has been set up at The Dunedin Fine Art Center in his honor.