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Bernard White
Posted 3/30/07
Bernard White, 85 MILTON - Bernard White of Milton died in Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, Smyrna, March 27, 2007, of natural causes. He was 85. Mr. White was born Jan. 17, 1922, in …
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Bernard White
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Bernard White, 85
MILTON - Bernard White of Milton died in Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, Smyrna, March 27, 2007, of natural causes. He was 85.
Mr. White was born Jan. 17, 1922, in Milton.
He attended 196C in Milton and graduated from Delaware State College.
Mr. White retired from the U.S. Army. He performed civil duties for the Civil Defense Department of the Navy.
He was an employee of the Federal Civil Defense Administration and held several military jobs which included fireman, water tender, messman, oiler, lifeboatman and military police.
Mr. White was also a merchant seaman for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Mr. White worked for Draper's Factory and was an aide at the Stockley Center.
He attended Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah Witness in Georgetown and Milford.
In his later years, he began to attend Bethel A.M.E. Church in Milton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Roland White and Joanna Hopkins White.
He is survived by his wife, Doris O. Griffin; four sisters, Agnes Doe of Milton, Anna Henry, the Rev. Martha Mifflin, both of Georgetown and Peggy L. White of Atlanta; and five sisters-in-law, Phyllis F. White of Georgetown, Dorothy White of Millsboro, Clara Swinson of Florida, Daisy Daniels of Slaughter Neck and Beulah Harvey of Milton.
Graveside services will be held today at 11 a.m. in Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton.
Professional services entrusted to Young & McPherson Funeral Homes Inc., Milford.
MILTON - Bernard White of Milton died in Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill, Smyrna, March 27, 2007, of natural causes. He was 85.
Mr. White was born Jan. 17, 1922, in Milton.
He attended 196C in Milton and graduated from Delaware State College.
Mr. White retired from the U.S. Army. He performed civil duties for the Civil Defense Department of the Navy.
He was an employee of the Federal Civil Defense Administration and held several military jobs which included fireman, water tender, messman, oiler, lifeboatman and military police.
Mr. White was also a merchant seaman for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Mr. White worked for Draper's Factory and was an aide at the Stockley Center.
He attended Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah Witness in Georgetown and Milford.
In his later years, he began to attend Bethel A.M.E. Church in Milton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Roland White and Joanna Hopkins White.
He is survived by his wife, Doris O. Griffin; four sisters, Agnes Doe of Milton, Anna Henry, the Rev. Martha Mifflin, both of Georgetown and Peggy L. White of Atlanta; and five sisters-in-law, Phyllis F. White of Georgetown, Dorothy White of Millsboro, Clara Swinson of Florida, Daisy Daniels of Slaughter Neck and Beulah Harvey of Milton.
Graveside services will be held today at 11 a.m. in Henlopen Memorial Park, Milton.
Professional services entrusted to Young & McPherson Funeral Homes Inc., Milford.
