Marshall E. White

marshall white

MARSHALL E. WHITE DIED JULY 6, 2007 FOLLOWING A BRIEF PERIOD OF DECLINING HEALTH. HE WAS BORN JUNE 10, 1913 IN BERTIE COUNTY, THE FOURTH OF SIX CHILDREN BORN TO JOSEPH J. AND ANNIE COFIELD WHITE.
MARSHALL SERVED AS A SECRETARY-TREASURER OF HACKNEY BROS. BODY CO. IN WILSON WHERE HE WORKED FOR AROUND 47 YEARS. HE MARRIED GERTRUDE LEWIS OF WILSON AND AFTER RETIREMENT THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN ROCKY MOUNT. MARSHALL WAS AN AVID WALKER AND FOR MANY YEARS HE AND HIS WIFE WERE REGULAR WALKERS THROUGH THE WESTRIDGE AREA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF RIDGECREST WORSHIP CENTER IN ROCKY MOUNT.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE GERTRUDE AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS, DARRELL, R.P., MELVIN AND GLEN AND BY HIS BELOVED SISTER BLUMA WHITE COCKRELL.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD MONDAY, JULY 9 AT 2PM IN THE CHAPEL OF WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. DR. DAVID WHITLEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
FLOWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED OR MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO REDGECREST WORSHIP CENTER, 1120 WEST MOUNT DRIVE, ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27803.
ARRANGEMENTS BY WHEELER AND WOODLIEF FUNERAL HOME, 1130 N. WINSTEAD AVE., ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27804.

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Interment: Monday, July 9, 2007 2:00 pm

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