Johnny Butler Whitaker

1935 - 1997  (61 years)

• Name	Johnny Butler Whitaker  [1]
  Born	29 Nov 1935	Jefferson County, Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Mar 1997  [1]
  	Obit for J. B. Whitaker - Knoxville News Sentinel, Knoxville, TN J. B. (Fireball) Whitaker J. B. (Fireball) Whitaker, age 61, of New Market, passed away suddenly Monday, March 31, 1997. He was owner/operator of J. B. Whitaker Auto Parts. He is survived by his daughters, Debra Whitaker and Vickie Whitaker, both of Jefferson City; sons, Johnny, David, and Bobby Whitaker, all of New Market; seven grandchildren; sisters, Kathleen Lowe of new Market, Christine Elder and Thelma Vineyard both of Knoxville; brother, Clyde Whitaker of Dandridge; several nieces and nephews. The family received friends Wednesday at Farrar Funeral Home in Dandridge prior to the funeral service. The interment service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 3, at Pleasant Grove Piney Cemetery
  Person ID	I27752	Evans
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2004

  
  

  Father	Emment Whitaker,   b. 30 Sep 1899,   d. 20 Nov 1947  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Nina Pollard,   b. 12 Jul 1903,   d. 16 Jan 1955, Tennessee  (Age 51 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1921  [1]
  Family ID	F2662	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betty Ball
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Johnny Glenn Whitaker   2. Debbra Jean Whitaker   3. David Whitaker   4. Bobby Wayne Whitaker   5. Vickie Melinda Whitaker
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F3436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DANDRIDGE -- Three sevier County brothers were charged Friday with murder after authorities traced a license plate number on the dead man's hand to the suspects, authorities said. The three also are charged with attempted murder of a Grainger county woman and her granddaughter. Ronnie Ray Ogle, 24, Terry Ogle, 31, and Ted Ogle, 20, all of Douglas Dam Road in Kodak, were charged with the first-degree murder of J.B. Whitaker of New Market. Whitaker, 61, was shot to death Monday morning at his business, Whittaker's Auto Parts, an Asheville Highway junkyard. Robbery was the apparent motive, authorities said. The Ogles were arrested early Friday by Birmingham, Ala., police who had been contacted by authorities in Jefferson County. Officers confiscated guns and knives. Among the firearms was a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun allegedly used in the murder. District Attorney General Al Schmutzer confirmed the victim had been shot several times. The trio had been to the business on several occasions, according to Jefferson county Sheriff Doug Quarles. Whittaker was known to carry large amounts of cash. When his body was found, investigators discovered Whittaker had written a license plate number on the palm of his hand. That number was traced to a Pontiac Firebird owned by Terry Ogle, authorities said. Quarles said Whittaker frequently called the Sheriff's Department for a check of a vehicle if he was suspicious of the driver. The three brothers were arraigned Friday before Jefferson County General Sessions Judge Max Moore, who scheduled a preliminary hearing April 11 and ordered the trio held without bond. They had to appear Friday afternoon at an arraignment in Grainger County, where they have been charged with two counts each of attempted murder in connection with a Monday morning shooting. Sheriff Bobby Whitt said the three were joined by two other people and went to the residence of Judy Hurt. They are accused of opening fire while she slept with her granddaughter, Haley Olson, 2. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S278] email - Deanna Hancock Cooley, (25 JAN 2003).