Jerry Allen Whitaker, 75 of Somerset, who had planned for his transition and made his final wishes known, passed from this life on Sunday, October 3, 2021 at the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.

He was born on December 2, 1945 in the Squib Community of Pulaski County, Kentucky, son of the late James Walter and Pearlie Burdine Whitaker.  Jerry was an assembly-line worker at the old Lear-Siegler manufacturing Plant for a number of years.  He enjoyed visiting with his family and friends, watching game shows and the daily news.  He also enjoyed playing cards with his friends.  He was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Bethany Baptist Church.  He will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved him.

Along with his parents, he is preceded in death by a son; Jerry Allen Whitaker, Jr. and a daughter; Sabrina Stigall, four brothers; James, Scoble, Ronald and Carlos  Whitaker, a sister; Orpha Burton Adkins and another sister who died in infancy.

He is survived by his daughter; Christina Pearl Sroufe of Somerset, and Wanda Bell Whitaker, the mother of his children whom he married on November 24, 1965.  He is also survived by  a sister; Norma Carlton of Pittsboro, Indiana, three grandchildren; Payton Whitaker, Jessica Whitaker and Jenessa Sroufe, five great-grandchildren; Shadrik, Blade and Jerick Smurr, Levi Whitaker and Rozalee McCranie, several nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.

A Private Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at the Bethany Baptist Church with Bro. Will Brown and Bro. David Hawk officiating. 

Burial was in the Whitaker Cemetery.