Walter James White

WALTER JAMES WHITE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 23, 1941, IN JOFFREY ALABAMA, TO THE LATE ELL AND OVETTA WHITE. HE PEACEFULLY TRANSITIONED FROM THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 11, 2025, SURROUNDED BY THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY.

WALTER RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT AUTAUGA COUNTY TRAINING

SCHOOL. HE LATER UNITED WITH THE ISRAEL OF GOD CHURCH IN

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, WHERE HE FAITHFULLY WORSHIPED.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHERS: LARNZELL WHITE, JUNIOR EDWARDS, BENJAMIN LEE WHITE, WELTON GEORGE WHITE, AND HENRY OLIVER WHITE.

WALTER LEAVES BEHIND A LOVING LEGACY THAT WILL BE CHERISHED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE OF 45 YEARS, DELORSE WHITE, AND THEIR CHILDREN: MELISSA WILLIAMS (HOPE, ARKANSAS), WANISHA WHITE (ELMORE, ALABAMA), ROBIN LEE (DUMFRIES, VIRGINIA), DONNA WEISE (WINFIELD,ILLINOIS), AND RAY DINOVO (PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA). HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SIBLINGS: TWO BROTHERS, CECIL (KATHERINE) WHITE AND RONALD (IRENE) WHITE, BOTH OF PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA; AND ONE SISTER, CARLVETTA WHITE-WRIGHT, ALSO OF PRATTVILLE, ALABAMA. SISTER-IN-LAWS YOLANDA PHYFIER,(MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA), LAVON JONES, (CHICAGO, ILLINOIS), A BROTHER-IN-LAW CYRUS PHYFIER (ATLANTA, GEORGIA) AND MOTHER-IN-LAW DOROTHY BATES (MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA). HE LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, AND NEPHEWS WHOM HE DEEPLY LOVED. AMONG HIS MANY TREASURED GRANDCHILDREN, HE HELD A SPECIAL BOND WITH ZYMIA ALEXSIA MOORE AND ZAKHARI ANTONIO MOORE. WALTER’S LOVE AND GUIDANCE EXTENDED BEYOND HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY. HE WAS A GODFATHER TO DR. STACY STEWART JACKSON AND A SOURCE OF STRENGTH TO MANY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS WHO WILL REMEMBER HIM WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE. HIS MEMORY WILL FOREVER REMAIN A BEACON OF FAITH, FAMILY, AND PERSEVERANCE.

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