Funeral Service Set for Jonathan Whitmore

The time of death for a man found shot in the head last Friday has been set as sometime Thursday night. An obituary from Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home lists the date of death for 44-year old Jonathan Wayne Whitmore as last Thursday. It was Thursday evening that family members last saw him alive, but his body was not found until about sunup Friday along the southeast side of his property.

Funeral services for Whitmore will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at New Damascus Baptist Church with the Rev. James Little and the Rev. Ronald Howell officiating. The funeral home says Whitmore's body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial will be in Scenic Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Thursday from 6 until 8.
The sheriff's office released little additional information in the case, and has not publicly identified a suspect.