Services and interment at A.J. Powell Cemetery in Hominy were under the direction of Peters-Stumpff Funeral Home of Skiatook.

Mr. Willhite was bom Nov. 26, 1941, in Pawhuska to Willliam H. and Opal R. (Glenn) Willhite. He was reared and educated in Hominy and Bartlesville. graduating from Colege High School in Bartlesville in 1959. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1959, attended Nuclear Power School and received his honorable discharge in 1968 after serving nine years. He married V. Ann Cox Oct. 12, 1963, in Hominy. They have made their home in Skiatook since that time. He had been employed as stationary engineer with Amoco, facilities manager with Cklahoma State University College of Medicine and as a real estate agent with Keller-Williams. He was currently pursuing a business degree in international business.

Survivors include his wife, Ann of the home; two children, Darrin S. Willhite and Lisa D. Miller, both of Skiatook; seven grandchildren, Bethanni and Samantha Miller, Jake, Chloe and Destanie Willhite, and DeMichael and DeLaney Hampton: and numerous other relatives and friends.