Mrs. White was a member of Chamberlain Memorial Baptist Church where she served as church secretary for 36 years. She was also a member of the church choir and worked with the WMU. A devout Christian and prayer warrior, she loved to visit shut-ins, start the prayer chain and enjoyed participating in the Young at Heart activities. She also loved to read and make sourdough bread. Before becoming the church secretary, she worked for Interstate Life Insurance Company. She was also a member of the Jenny Wren Garden Club. She was a graduate of Central High School class of 1949.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest E. White; parents, Albert Eugene and Georgia Jarvis Wilkes; brother, Jarvis Wilkes and a sister, Helen Baysden.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna (Roger) Lawrence; sons, Tim (Melissa) White, Stephen (Nancy) White and Chris White; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11:30 AM Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 404 South Moore Road. Burial will follow in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 3-7 PM Tuesday and from 10 – 11:30 AM Wednesday.
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