Cover photo for John White's Obituary
John White Profile Photo

John White

November 12, 1928 — December 26, 2019

John White

JOHN B. WHITE, 91, of Atwood, IL passed away at 9:22 P.M. on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at the Arthur Home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Monday, December 30, 2019 at the First Baptist Church, 231 N. Illinois Street in Atwood, IL.   Pastor Lanny Faulkner will officiate.   Burial with Military Rites conducted by the American Legion James Reeder Post 770 of Atwood will be held in the Mackville Cemetery in Atwood, IL.   Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral at the church.   The Edwards Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

John was born on November 12, 1928 in Perryville, KY.   He was a son of Jack and Hattie (McCrystal) White.   He married Wilma Jean Korte on June 2, 1951 at the Zion Church of Christ in rural Arthur, IL.

Survivors include his wife Wilma, three sons, John White and his wife Terri of St. Joseph, IL, Tom White and his wife Lesa of Atwood, IL and Greg White and his wife Jalane of Tuscola, IL; seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, three step grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

His parents, one son, Tim White, one grandson, Sean White, a daughter-in-law, Kathy White and one sister, Lois Smith preceded him in death.

John was a Navy Veteran of WWII.

He was a member of the Zion Church of Christ of rural Arthur, IL and the American Legion James Reeder Post 770 of Atwood, IL.

He retired from USI with nearly 40 years of service.

John enjoyed watching football and basketball and recently became a fan of fast pitch softball.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Arthur Home.

John’s family would like to thank everyone at the Arthur Home and Wilma would like to extend a very special Thank You to Ashley.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of John White, please visit our flower store.

Past Services

Visitation

Monday, December 30, 2019

12:00 - 1:00 pm

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Funeral Service

Monday, December 30, 2019

Starts at 1:00 pm

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 51

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree