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Wayne WHITE

Lacey Cemetery
Drew County,
Arkansas

Wayne
March 19, 1926 - January 30, 2014

Married December 13, 1947

Reva
May 5, 1928 - December 25, 2013

Obituary (Wayne)
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas

Wayne White, age 87, of Lacey, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at his home. Born March 19, 1926 in Drew County, AR, he was the son of the late Arthur Christian White and Verlee O’Neal White.

He worked for Georgia Pacific over twenty years before retiring after seventeen years of service as a Forest Ranger One with the Arkansas Forestry Commission. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Lacey United Methodist Church. Wayne was a lifelong resident of Lacey, an avid hunter and, in his early years, enjoyed horseback riding. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Reva Mayo White; two brothers, Arthur Junior White and Levi White; and four sisters, Willie Mae White Willis, Iva Merle White Scogin, Bethel White Wallis and Mary White Causey.

Survivors include two sons, Roy Alan White and Lindsay White and wife, Lizzie both of Lacey; two granddaughters, Mendy Culifer of Malvern and Tori White of Lacey; four great-grandchildren, Jayce Hughes, Dwayne Culifer, Zachary Lewis and Jesse Lewis all of Malvern; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Obituary (Reva)
Stephenson Dearman Funeral Home
Monticello, Arkansas

Reva Mayo White, 85, of Lacey, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at her home. She was born May 5, 1928 in the Possum Valley Community to the late Roy T. Mayo and Pauline Alma Thomas Mayo.

She was a homemaker, member of Lacey Methodist Church and was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. She was very active in her church, helping in any capacity that she was needed. She loved genealogy and spent many hours studying it and spent her life serving others and gladly so. She will be missed by many. She also helped organize and served as secretary of the Lacey Cemetery Association.

Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Wayne White of Lacey; two sons, Roy Alan White and Lindsay White and wife, Lizzie, both of Lacey; one brother, Curt Mayo of the Possum Valley Community; one sister, Faye Degges of Nashville, TN; two granddaughters, Mendy Culifer of Malvern, AR and Tori White of Lacey; four great-grandchildren, Jayce Hughes, Dwayne Culifer, Zachary Lewis and Jesse Lewis, all of Malvern, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Contributed on 6/3/21 by deltabelle55
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Submitted: 6/3/21 • Approved: 6/3/21 • Last Updated: 6/6/21 • R1377496-G1377496-S3

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