Eva White

WHITE, Sis. Eva Mae - Age 74, passed away Friday, May 1, 2009 at McLaren Regional Medical Center. Family hour 10:30AM Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 2109 M.L. King Ave., with funeral service commencing at 11AM, Rev. Rodney Ellison officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30AM Saturday. Sis. White will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-8PM Friday. Sis. Eva Mae White was born January 31, 1935 in Russellville, Kentucky, the daughter of John Gray, Maybell White and Mother Adell Swain. She came to Flint at the age of 2 and lived in Flint for 72 years. Sis. White accepted the Lord at an early age and loved the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church family. She graduated from Northern High School “Class of 1953”. Sis. White also graduated from Baker College with an Associate degree in Accounting. She worked at Montgomery Wards and Citizen Bank for many years. Sis. White enjoyed talking about the old St. John neighborhood and she had a great love for all music. She leaves to cherish her memory: daughter, Diana M. White; granddaughter, Santana-Marie White; granddaughters in life, Phylicia and Khaleah Calloway; cousins, Pat House, Geraldine Motley, Ora Mae, Lois, Charles Jr., Willie Lee, Frank, Roy, Andre and Mansfield Jr., White, all of Flint, Jerome and Derrick of Philadelphia, PA; aunt, Dorothy M. White of Philadelphia, PA; the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church family; a host of other relatives and special friends including, Bro. Benjamin Jones, Sis. Jonell West, Mother Artie Dixson, Sis. Lois Bunton, Sis. Carmon Billings, Sis. Leigh Ann Hayden and beloved pet Armani. Sis. Eva Mae White was preceded in death by her parents, John Gray and Maybell White, Mother Adell Swain; grandparents, Ophelia and Garfield White; uncles, Leroy, Mansfield and Charles White. The family would like to express special thanks to Dr. H.B. Dixson and the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church family, Sis. Artie Tyler and McLaren Regional Medical Center Emergency Room and CCU staff.

Eva White

January 31, 1935 - May 1, 2009