She was born July 8, 1933 in Rye, AR to the late John Henry Waites and Vera Elizabeth Rhodes Waites.
She was a retired manager of Cracker Box and a member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the father of her children, Billy Carol Carpenter; one son, Danny Carroll Carpenter; one brother, John Waites; two grandsons, Mikey Lee Reed and Daniel Carpenter.
Survivors include her husband, Rev. R. V. White of Possum Valley; three daughters, Karen Donaldson and husband Art of Van Buren, Lesa Etheredge and husband Bobby of Wilmar and Elaine Mitchell and husband Brent of Warren; one step son, Bill White of Monticello; two sisters, Tommie Wilson of New Hope and Sybil D. Sulephen of El Dorado; a sister-in-law, Martha Waites of Monticello; a daughter in law, Olivia Carpenter of Monticello; twelve grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren, a large extended family, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Stephenson-Dearman Chapel with
Burial in Oakland Cemetery.
She was born July 8, 1933 in Rye, AR to the late John Henry Waites and Vera Elizabeth Rhodes Waites.
She was a retired manager of Cracker Box and a member of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the father of her children, Billy Carol Carpenter; one son, Danny Carroll Carpenter; one brother, John Waites; two grandsons, Mikey Lee Reed and Daniel Carpenter.
Survivors include her husband, Rev. R. V. White of Possum Valley; three daughters, Karen Donaldson and husband Art of Van Buren, Lesa Etheredge and husband Bobby of Wilmar and Elaine Mitchell and husband Brent of Warren; one step son, Bill White of Monticello; two sisters, Tommie Wilson of New Hope and Sybil D. Sulephen of El Dorado; a sister-in-law, Martha Waites of Monticello; a daughter in law, Olivia Carpenter of Monticello; twelve grandchildren, nineteen great-grandchildren, a large extended family, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Funeral service will be 2:00 pm Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Stephenson-Dearman Chapel with
Burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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