FRUITLAND - JB White, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Monday, May 9, 2016, at Coastal Hospice At the Lake in Salisbury. Born in Ridgeville, S.C., he was the son of the late George White and Mary Nix White. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Prior to retiring, he was a construction worker. He survived by a daughter, Melanie Davenport, of Fruitland; two brothers, Herbert White, of Harleyville, S.C., and Hayward White, of Columbia, S.C.; two sisters, Mary A. Fuller and Janie Mack-Walter, both of Brooklyn, N.Y.; a granddaughter; and several nephews and nieces. A funeral service was held Saturday, May 14, 2016, at First Baptist Church in Salisbury. Interment will be at a later date at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery near Hurlock. Arrangements are in the care of Lewis N. Watson Funeral Home in Salisbury.