BEAVER DAM, Ky. — Charles Earl Whitaker, 65, of Beaver Dam, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at his home. He was born in Hartford, Kentucky, to the late John Calvert and Alma Louise Dunning Whitaker.
Charles was a logger and enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, mudding, and his family.
He was preceded in death by a son, Charles Earl Whitaker Jr.; three brothers, Bobby Whitaker, Johnnie Whitaker, and Phillip Gene Whitaker; and a sister, Elizabeth May Johnson.
Survivors include his wife, Theresa Ann Howard Whitaker; four daughters, Lisa Ann Reyes, Sara Ann Herrera, Beth Ann Whitaker, and Sylvia Ann Johnson; two brothers, Raymond Whitaker and Oather Whitaker; four sisters, Victoria “Vicky” Howard, Anna Sue “Suzie” Jones, Margaret Francis Johnson, and Helen “Darlene” Neighbors; and 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam with Bro. Darrel Blacklock officiating. Burial will be in Render Memorial Cemetery in McHenry. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, and from 9 a.m. until funeral time on Wednesday at the funeral home.
The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Charles Whitaker Memorial Fund at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home.
Online condolences may be made at bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.
