Dear Friends, Family and Community,

Our father, Donnie Whitfield, has been suffering from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis since 2008. His condition worsened quickly in September 2014 and he was placed on the waiting list for a life-saving double lung transplant. His doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have told us that this is his only hope for survival.

Dad is a loving husband, father, grandfather and good friend to many. He is a retired MSG with 28 years of service with the Army and Tennessee National Guards. He served in Vietnam and Iraq. Dad grew up in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He was a resident of Shelbyville/Tullahoma for 24 years. Currently he resides in Winchester, Tennessee. The disease forced him to retire from Arnold Engineering Development Center after 25 years as a Machinist Journeyman (Mechanic). Also, our mother Betty is unable to work at this time due to being his full time caregiver while waiting for the lung transplant.