Richard Fredrick Whitton 61, went to be with the lord at his home on Friday October 3rd, 2019. He was born March 16th, 1958 in Tulsa, OK. Richard was an avid animal lover and adored his 2 kittens “Miss Kitty” & “Buttons”. Richard & wife Helvi were members of Second Baptist Church, he loved Jesus his Lord and Savior. He enjoyed traveling around the world along side his brother Greg. Richard recently retired from Chevron where he enjoyed working for over 30 years. The team at Chevron became friends and later extended family to Mr. Whitton.
Richard is survived by wife Helvi Whitton, brother Gregory Whitton-Cornelius, brother-in-law Skyler Whitton-Cornelius and nephew Pierson Fredrick Whitton-Cornelius. He is preceded in death by parents Freddie Jo & Richard L. Whitton.
Wednesday October 9th, 2019 at 9:00 am a visitation will be held and a celebration of life service at 10:00 am at Forrest Park Westhiemer with burial to follow.
In lieu of flowers the family request donations be made to the Houston SPCA.