Johnie L. White

Johnie L. White, 95, of Clinton, S.C., formerly of Dublin, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. Funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 4, at 2 p.m. at the Draper Valley Baptist Church with Pastor Wilfred Overton officiating. Interment will be in West End Cemetery, Wytheville. He was born Aug. 9, 1913, in Max Meadows, son of the late James Burton and Larmie Belle Thomas White. He was a member of the Draper Valley Baptist Church and was retired from the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edith Ann Collins White; a great-granddaughter, Virginia Haddon; and several sisters and brothers. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Sharon and George Farris of Clinton, S.C.; a son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Duane and Ramona White of Greer, S.C.; six grandchildren and spouses, Steven and Elizabeth White, David and Rosemary White, Kelly and Jeff DeWitt, Alice and Joel Barnett, Laura and Lee Haddon and Rebekah Farris; eight great-grandchildren, Collins White, Emily White, Duane White, William White, Kayla DeWitt, Matthew DeWitt, Trey Haddon and Edith Haddon; a brother and two sisters-in-law, Walton Clinton and Daisy White of Max Meadows, and Beatrice White of Speedwell; a brother-in-law, Virgil Manuel of Graham, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to the Gideons or the Draper Valley Baptist Church. Barnett Funeral Home in Wytheville is in charge of the arrangements.