CW White

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CW White, 80, was born in Oxford, MS on July 6, 1943. He passed away on March 11, 2024, in Memphis, TN. Visitation will be held March 13, 2024, from 4:00 – 6:00 P.M. in West Hall of Waller Funeral Home. The funeral will be Thursday, March 14, at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home. Reverend Tommy Inmon will be officiating the service, with burial following in the Shiloh Cemetery.

CW was a manager at Georgia Pacific for more than 34 years and during this time, served on the Lafayette County School Board for more than 25 years. Following retirement, he served as a reserve officer with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department.

He was married to the late Carolyn Sneed for 51 years. His greatest joy in life were their three children and three grandchildren. He was a man of strong faith and a long time member of Bellevue Baptist Church. He will always be remembered for his sense of integrity, work ethic, and love of life and laughs.

CW is preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn; father, Samuel Andrew White and mother, Birdie Agnes Jenkins; siblings, Faye Houston, Gene White and Quay White.

He is survived by his daughter, Kim Thornton and husband, John, of Los Gatos, California; his son, Steve White, and son, Bryan White and wife, Julie, of Oxford, Mississippi; three grandchildren who were the twinkle in his eye, Carter Thornton, Raleigh White and Sterling White; his sisters, Dianne Gray of Fulton, Mississippi, Donna Patterson of Southaven, Mississippi, and Janice Cook, Oxford, Mississippi; brother, Johnny White of Oxford, Mississippi.

Memorials may be made to Shiloh Cemetery Fund, 31 County Road 429, Oxford, MS 38655 and the American Cancer Society, 1800 W. Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38801.