Cora White

WHITE, Mother Cora L. - Age 82, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Willow Brook Nursing Home. Family hour 11 a.m. Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1083 E. Stewart Ave., with funeral service commencing at 12Noon. Pastor Napoleon Tyler III officiating, Pastor Lewis Randolph, Host Pastor. Interment Gracelawn Community Cemetery, G-5710 N. Saginaw St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 11 a.m. Saturday. Mother White will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. There will only be viewing at the church during family hour. Mother Cora L. (Younger) White was born on October 19, 1928 in Sandy Ridge, Illinois, Pulaski County, the daughter of Henry and Anna Mae McDaniel. Mother White met and married Sheffield Young on July 22, 1947 in Mounds, Illinois and to this union 7 children was born. Mother White was employed by the City of Peoria, IL for 16 ½ years; Executive Housekeeper for Junction City Lodge for 17 ½ years and St. Francis Hospital for 10 years, where she retired in 1990 totaling 44 years of employment. Mother White was current member and past President of the United Usher Board, current and past Register of Deed for the Callanthe No. 38, and past President of the Peoria Community Choir. She was a member of the Morning Echo’s, the Spirits of Peoria, the Glory Bound Singers of Peoria and a DJ for Gospel Express Radio Station 1140 AM in Peoria, IL. Mother White was also a License Beautician for many years before moving to Flint, MI. When Mother White was in Flint, she was a member of True Light Baptist Church under the leadership of Pastor Rushing, where she sang in the choir, on the Mother’s Board, Nurse’s Guile and was President of the Heavenly Bound Singers of Flint, MI. She was now a regular member of True Temple of God Ministry under the pastorate of her grandson, Rev. Napoleon Tyler III. Mother Cora L. (Younger) White leaves to cherish her memory: 2 sons, Theodore Wilbert and Charles Lee; daughter, Pamela Marie; granddaughter whom she raised as her own, Jacquelyn M. Bailey; 4 stepsons and 3 stepdaughters. Mother Cora L. (Younger) White was preceded in death by her husbands, Sheffield Younger, Sr. and Calahan White; 2 daughters, Harthena Sue (Younger) McDaniel and Patricia Michelle Younger; and 2 sons, Lathum Eugene Younger and Winifred Earl Younger.

Cora White

October 28, 1928 - July 16, 2011