- Date Of Death: June 22, 2004
- State: Michigan
Age 79, of Onsted, formerly of Pulaski, VA,
died June 22, 2004 at home. He was born April 6, 1925 in Pulaski,
Virginia, the son of Lawrence & Gracey (Hughett) White.
He served his country in the U.S. Army from June 6, 1943 to July 6,
1946 during WWII. He also served from July 26, 1949 to December 19,
1952 in the Korean Conflict. He was employed at Tecumseh Products Company
for 34 years retiring in 1987.
He married Ruby Irene Duncan on July 21, 1953 in York, South Carolina.
She survives.
In addition to his wife Ruby he is survived by a son, Roger Wayne White
of Britton MI; 3 daughters, Linda Kay Goll of Adrian, MI Brenda Gay
Evers of Cement City, MI and Cynthia Fay Shippy of Henderson, CO;
brother, Theodore Ward of Elkton, KY; 6 sisters, Dorothy Burton or Adrian, MI,
Nancy Duncan and Darline Barrett of Whitmore Lake, MI, Maxine Harris of
Midlothian, VA, Nadine Harless of Suffolk, VA, and Shelvy Covey of
Pulaski, VA; 4 grandsons, Mike Evers, Jeremy Johnson, Travis White, and
Jacob Shippy; 2 granddaughters, Mandy Hitt and Rhonda Shippy, and two
great grandsons, Joshua Hitt and Kyle Tompkins.
Rev. Ron Sparks officiating.
North Rome Cemetery with Military Honors performed by Adrian VFW Post 1584
Annis Fint.
