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Meredith White

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Kents Store, Virginia

Meredith White Obituary

Meredith White

November 6, 1980 - April 21, 2025

Meredith Lynne White, 44, of Palmyra, VA, left this world too early on April 21, 2025.

Born on November 6, 1980, she spent her life amassing a wealth of experience and spreading an abundance of kindness. She was a doting and doted upon daughter, a fiercely loyal and loving sister, and there was probably no title she enjoyed more than that of aunt to her nephew. She took the task of treasuring him, spoiling him, and teaching him quite seriously. She was a beloved fur mama to many fur babies (especially dogs) and raised and cared for many other types of farm and house critters over the years–often trying to convince her mom and sister to raise chickens, too. Her soul-dog was Chloe, a huge, spirited lab mix, who undoubtedly greeted Meredith on the other side with giant kisses and lap dog cuddles. There was nothing more important to Meredith than time with her family–immediate, extended, and chosen. She cherished the friendships she fostered with people everywhere she went.

Meredith was a graduate of Fluvanna County High School ('98), Virginia Tech (BA '03), Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (AD '08), Liberty University (BSN & MSN '24) and had begun pursuing her doctorate to become a Nurse Practitioner. By all accounts, she was a gifted nurse, and nursing was her calling. She genuinely felt for everyone she encountered, sought to be a voice for others in nursing, was gifted at welcoming new nurses into the profession while teaching them, and had a goal to be a Nurse Practitioner for older people on their life journeys.

Meredith had an interest in and passion for many things. She enjoyed being outdoors–gardening, swimming, playing in the snow, floating a river, fishing–if it was outside, she wanted to do it. She was an artist, particularly notable for the pictures she painted for many of their memorialized pets. She loved music, had an appreciation for the good use of a four-letter word or high-quality whiskey, never looked a task in the eye that she feared too much to take on, and never minded good old-fashioned hard work. As a cancer survivor, she wanted to destigmatize conversations around the illness and its myriad effects on those who lived through it.

While Meredith never met a stranger, there are those of us particularly entrusted with her memory. She is survived by her parents, Wayne and Lynne White of Palmyra; a sister, Blair Steele of Palmyra; a brother-in-law (to whom Meredith introduced Blair), Quincy; her beloved nephew, Micah; her friend, Justin; and many extended family, friends, and chosen family. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Wistar, Virginia, and Dorothy; her uncle, Larry; her aunts, Cheryl and Gloria; and her god-aunts, Karen, Ernestine, and LaVerne.

Family will visit with friends from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 31st, at Sheridan Funeral Home, in Kents Store, VA, 23084.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests gifts to charitable organizations in her memory (Mere particularly loved animals and Christmas, if you need inspiration) or to simply pass along kindness to others.

Sheridan Funeral Home

4626 Cedar Lane Rd., Kents Store, VA

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Daily Progress on May 27, 2025.

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