Whitehead, Richard ‘Rick’ C.

Bethel Baptist’s worship leader dies at 56.

Richard “Rick” C. Whitehead Jr., who served for 11 years as worship leader at an Alabama Baptist church, died April 28. He was 56.

Whitehead, of Odenville, served as worship leader at Bethel Baptist Church, Moody, in St. Clair Baptist Association.

Whitehead also established Celebrate Recovery at Bethel Baptist and ministered at The Lovelady Center in Birmingham. He was co-owner of M & R Pipe & Supply in Birmingham, which opened in 1989.

He is survived by his wife, Pam, and one son.