Carrie Lee White

Our dear mother, Carrie Lee White, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 26, 2025 and was taken to Heaven to meet Jesus. She suffered with Dementia/Alzheimer for over 10 years; fighting with the demons of confusion, fear, and anger during this time for the last 5 or more years but she never forgot any of us. However, she passed the test that was sent to test her and her last month became filled with The Peace of The Lord That Surpasses ALL understanding. And this was such a blessing for us all!

Mama lived in Mango, Tampa, Brandon, and Town n Country, Florida but her final 2 years were spent in St. Cloud, Florida, close to where her son, Stephen lives, in a nursing facility to receive 24/7 care that I could not provide by myself. During this battle of her own, she cared for my father and my brother, Alan both also suffering with Dementia/Alzheimers. Carrie Lee and Theresa both worked together for many years helping them through that journey of life.

Born August 6, 1934 in Tampa Florida, she was one of four girls of the late Fredrick and Janie (Davis) McMolin. She attended Mango Elementary completing 10th grade. She was baptised in 1946 at the age of twelve. Carrie Lee, having Stephen and Michael, from a previous marriage, met and married John L White on October 3, 1957. Adding to the family was the birth of twins, Theresa and Alan, and then later the youngest, LaUna.

Although Mama worked for Eckerd Drugs for 3 years, she prefered to be at home with all of us. There was not a moment that I remember after she left Eckerd Drugs that the smell of love from her cooking didn't permeate our home when we walked in the doors of our home. She was an extraordinary wife to our father, John L. White, who is deceased, and an extraordinary mother to all her children. And we were the ones she worked for every single day and night. Mama always made sure we all had what we needed, kept us healthy, and taught us all about Jesus as well as the ways of the world so that we might be prepared for life when we grew up loving and nurturing us.

Mama's main church that she loved and participated in was The House of Prayer, an Episcopal Church where she served decorating the altar with flowers and delivering them to those that were homebound for many years.

Mama loved everyone in her family and practiced the living examples of Jesus with unconditional love and forgiveness. In her bibles, the most important scriptures that she favored were scriptures of unconditional love and forgiveness, and there were many prayers from her to our Heavenly Father! Thank you Lord of Lords for a mother that strived to better herself and become closer to Jesus so that we too would do so by her examples. We all fall short from the Glory of our Heavenly Father...but mama definitely made it to Heaven and no longer suffers. While I was there with mama in her last days, she often spoke of seeing Jesus and how beautiful he was. Oh my what a sight that was for her! She was elated with peace and joy when she'd see him. And my daddy too and her mother, calling out to them daily. It was the most beautiful experience I had ever experienced with mama after the birth of my daughter Heather.

Mama was extremely crafty making ornaments, flower arrangements, quilting, crocheting, sewing, baking, and oh what a great cook she was! I learned all of that from her and it carried on to my daughter who is so thankful for what she was taught from her grandmother. She could put on the HUGE festive holiday gatherings for us all to enjoy and she excluded no one. And she was always seeking ways to help anyone that needed help.

Mama's main cause in life was her family. It was so important to her to see her family together and for them to follow the living examples of Jesus right up until she departed us to be with Jesus in Heaven. This was her biggest challenge in life and she never gave up and she did it successfully too, now it is up to us individually to follow Jesus...we will no longer have her here praying for us for this or anything else.

Her and daddy's favorite thing to do when they could was to travel into the mountainous areas. She always found great treasures to bring home to show us. She LOVED the mountains and all that fresh air.

Probably mama's most treasured family moments were having all of us children together under the same roof. Especially when the grandchildren came along.

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John L White; her sons, Michael McCullers and Alan D White and a sister, Fredricka Haskins.

She will be remembered and missed by her son, Stephen White, her daughters, Theresa L Ismond and LaUna White; her 5 grandchildren, Michelle, Alan, Stephen, Tina and Heather. They will miss her but have the best memories grandchildren could have. She had so much fun with them all and adored each and every one of them and also her sisters, LaUna Conway and Donna Trout.

A small graveside service will be conducted at Garden Of Memories on Saturday, March 8, 2025, at 1:00 pm. And you all are welcome to come celebrate the life she and and now the life she is living with our Heavenly Father.

The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, if you with to donate to Alzheimer's Association, https://www.alz.org/get-involved-now/donate in memory of Carrie Lee.