WHITE, Marian Grant, 94, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2016. Marian was born to Neva Beahm Grant and Norman Richard Grant in Washington, D.C. She spent her childhood in Washington and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1940. After completion of secretarial school, she secured a job in the front office of the Postmaster General. Marian was later recruited to work in the U.S. Bureau of Censorship, an emergency agency created during WWII. She married her childhood beau, Jim White, when he returned from duty in Europe following the war. They then embarked on the adventures and tribulations that come with the married life of a career Army officer. Marian and Jim created loving homes around the globe for their family and together with their three children, took advantage of all the opportunities that their stations afforded - biking the Appian Way, skiing the Alps and snorkeling deserted atolls in the Marshall Islands. Along the way, Marian's love of literature led her to pursue a degree in Library Sciences from the University of Michigan. After Jim's retirement from the Army, she and Jim built their dream house on acreage near Flint Hill, Va., surrounded by gardens and woods. It provided many wonderful memories over the years for their grown children, grandchildren, brothers and friends.Marian was preceded in death by her husband, U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) James Todd White Jr.; her brother, Richard Arthur Grant; and granddaughter, Carolyn Jennifer White.
RTD: Sunday, January 8, 2017
RTD: Sunday, January 8, 2017
WHITE, Marian Grant, 94, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2016. Marian was born to Neva Beahm Grant and Norman Richard Grant in Washington, D.C. She spent her childhood in Washington and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1940. After completion of secretarial school, she secured a job in the front office of the Postmaster General. Marian was later recruited to work in the U.S. Bureau of Censorship, an emergency agency created during WWII. She married her childhood beau, Jim White, when he returned from duty in Europe following the war. They then embarked on the adventures and tribulations that come with the married life of a career Army officer. Marian and Jim created loving homes around the globe for their family and together with their three children, took advantage of all the opportunities that their stations afforded - biking the Appian Way, skiing the Alps and snorkeling deserted atolls in the Marshall Islands. Along the way, Marian's love of literature led her to pursue a degree in Library Sciences from the University of Michigan. After Jim's retirement from the Army, she and Jim built their dream house on acreage near Flint Hill, Va., surrounded by gardens and woods. It provided many wonderful memories over the years for their grown children, grandchildren, brothers and friends.Marian was preceded in death by her husband, U.S. Army Colonel (Ret.) James Todd White Jr.; her brother, Richard Arthur Grant; and granddaughter, Carolyn Jennifer White.
RTD: Sunday, January 8, 2017
RTD: Sunday, January 8, 2017
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