Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
8:00 am Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Jessie Ray White

Jessie Ray White

August 22, 2013

Jessie Ray White, 49, died Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, at his residence.

He was born Jan. 17, 1964 in Red Bay. He was a factory worker for 18 years.

Services were Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, with Bro. David Humphres and Bro. Ron Humphres officiating. Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery, Golden, Miss.

Survivors are three brothers, Kenneth White, Freddie White and Terry White; five sisters, Kathern Overton, Jewel Dean White, Evonne McCarley and husband, Danny, Ivy Nell Pitts and husband, Eugene, and Tina Morris; two sisters-in-law, Teresa White and Linda White and a host of nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Junior White, his mother, Ophelia White, three brothers, Dwight White, Leland White and Joseph White; a brother-in-law, L.D. Overton and a sister-in-law, Barbara Gail White.

Pallbearers were Shannon McCarley, Matthew Overton, Michael Overton, Bradley Pitts, Bobby West and Jake West.

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