Carrie Mae Wood White

Mrs. Carrie Mae Wood White, 75, widow of Mr. Billy Sam White of Dobson, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 18, 2008 after a short courageous battle with cancer with her loving family gathered around her bedside. She was born in Surry County on March 30, 1933 to the late Hillary and Lucy Amburn Wood. Mrs. White was a member of Mount Vernon Baptist and attended Westside Baptist Church on McKinney Road and worked many years for Tultex Industries but found her love as being a "Nannie" to the many children she loved and nurtured as a Day Care provider. She was a 1952 graduate of Beulah High School where she carried on many friendships with her former classmates. She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters and a son-in-law Cathy and Charlie Snow of Mt. Airy and Julie White of Dobson; three sons and a daughter-in-law Michael Lee White of the home, Ricky and Libby White of Dobson and Sammy Dale White of Dobson; six grandchildren, whom she adored, Jon and wife Amanda Snow, Chris Snow, Timothy Beck, Heather White, Jacob White and Andrew White; two great-grandchildren Riley Snow and Gracie snow; four sisters Geneva Todd of Dobson, Oma Lee Goodson of Mt. Airy, her twin Mary Faye Wilmoth of Dobson and Virginia Crouse of Dobson. Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband Billy Sam White who passed away in 1979; three sisters Stella Ramey, Gladys Hawks and Edna Wood; two brothers Edgar Wood and Columbus Wood and a special friend Roy Lee Martin. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday at Westside Baptist Church on McKinney Road by Rev. Steve Johnson and burial to follow in Little Vine Primitive Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 6 to 8 pm at Moody-Davis Funeral Home where her body will remain until carried to the church to lie-in-state thirty minutes prior to the funeral service. Special thanks to the many friends and neighbors for all the love and support shown to the family during her illness.
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