Mary E. White

With ultimate sadness, we announce the passing of Mary E. White, a woman deeply in love with Jehovah, and she loved her husband, children, and community with that same faithfulness and grace.

Mary was a woman of stunning achievement, creating a significant and indelible impact on all who knew her, capturing their respect and admiration. In every room her name was mentioned, people responded with genuine acknowledgment of the strength of her character, the consistency of her faith, and the merit of her work. She had persevered through the darkest of times yet was still able to project hope and light for her husband, children and extended family. From her heart and body, she built a loving home, despite facing troubles of her own. From her mind, she encouraged her loved ones to pursue education, also mounting a career as a teacher’s aid, despite not having the opportunity to finish high school in her childhood. She had endured tribulations that could make others feel forsaken and forgotten, but it was through those trials she solidified her faith.

She later fell in love with her late husband, Joseph White, Jr., with whom she would build a family. Throughout their nearly four decades of marriage, they demonstrated a love that inspired and instructed all around them on the foundations of love and partnership. As a mother, she liked structure and provided it through commitment, devotion and sacrifice. Her children, and eventually her grandchildren, easily relied on her steadfastness, ingenuity, and compassion to hold and nourish them. She loved with a selflessness that made her loved ones a part of her. She was made up of who she loved, not what she survived. She was especially proud of her work at United Cerebral Palsy, working as a teacher’s aid to educate and care for people with disabilities. She dedicated nearly two decades to this work, not only aiding them, but learning from them and carrying those lessons forth to her family. She will be interred next to her husband on Monday, May 13, 2024 in Pyne’s Cemetery in Whitehall, South Carolina. 

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