Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....White, Eva Delle March 10, 2006
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Atkinson County Citizen - March 16, 2006
 Ms. Eva Delle White of Pearson, GA passed away Friday, March 10, 2006 at 
Summers Landing at age 93. She was the daughter of James Owen White and Lilla 
Corbitt White of Pearson.
 Miss White attended grade school and high school in Pearson before attending 
Tift College, Norman Junior College, and the University of Georgia where she 
graduated Phi Beta Kappa. After her graduation; she taught school in the 
Atkinson County Schools and then for a short time in Manchester, GA before 
returning to Atkinson Co where she taught the remainder of her career in 
Pearson and Willacoochee. Most of this career was spent teaching the seventh 
grade, which was her favorite, with a few years of work at the high school 
level where she taught U.S. History and World History and served as a senior 
class sponsor and coordinated graduation exercises.
 Miss White made her home with her mother, Lilla C. White on King St. in 
Pearson until Mrs. White's death in 1975, she continued to live in the family 
home until her health required that she move to Summers Landing in 2003.
 Miss White was active in her community and the First Baptist Church in 
Pearson. She was a member of the Pearson Woman's Club, holding several offices 
and chairmanships. She was a member of the John Floyd Chapter of the Daughters 
of the American Revolution where she held numerous chairmanships and offices 
and attended many sessions of Continental Congress in Washington, S.C. with 
members of her family and other chapter members. She was a member and past 
President of the Retired Teachers Association of Atkinson County. Miss White 
was a charter member of Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, which was 
organized in the area in 1962. She took great pride in being a member of this 
organization since it honored her as an educator and stressed the importance of 
dedicated teachers, who not only challenged students academically, but also 
presented appropriate role models of integrity, good values, kindness and love 
of family and country.
 Her quiet voice of authority and encouragement was heard in the classroom by 
the many thousands of students she taught during her career. When she announced 
her decision to retire after over forty years in the classroom, one of her 
fellow teachers said, "Miss Eva Delle you just can't retire and leave us." She 
responded that she had taught the parents, the children, the grandchildren and 
now the great grandchildren and it was time to go.
 Miss White was a loyal and active member of the First Baptist Church in 
Pearson for most of her life. She served as Sunday School teacher for the 
senior adults until declining health prevented her from continuing in this 
position a few years ago and was active in the Women's Missionary Union in 
which she conducted annual missionary study courses on foreign and home mission 
work.
 During her retirement, Miss White traveled extensively in the United States 
and abroad, When asked to name her favorite among the foreign countries she had 
visited, without hesitation she replied that it was the Greek Isles and hoped 
that she could return once more to experience their beauty.
 An avid fan of baseball, Miss White watch the Atlanta Braves faithfully, all 
of who she knew by name along with their positions, batting, and pitching 
statistics. Another great love was watching the University of Georgia Bulldogs. 
However, she is best remembered in the family and neighborhood for her love of 
reading. She had an extensive personal library, which was always available to 
anyone who wanted to borrow a book. When she came for a visit, she always 
brought a bag of books to share.
 Miss White is survived by two of her sisters, Mrs. Eula White Kirkland of 
Rome, GA and Mrs. Edwina White Corbitt; brother-in-law, W. Elton Corbitt of 
Pearson and numerous nieces and nephews who loved her and whom she treated as 
her own. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her siblings, Etta 
White Kirkland, Evelyn White Delk, Elva White Grow and James Owen White, Jr.
 Services for Miss White were held on Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 2 p.m. at the 
First Baptist Church of Pearson with the Rev. Ricky Allen, great nephew of Miss 
White and the Rev. Bob Pierce officiating with the eulogy being presented by 
her nephew, William A. Grow, Jr. Music was provided by her niece, Mrs. Candace 
R. Brown,
 Serving as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers for Miss While were her 
nephews and great nephews, William A. Grow, Jr., James J. Kirkland, Gerald O. 
Grow, John S. Kirkland, Jr., David N. Kirkland, William L. White, Wade E. 
Brown, Edward C. Sherling, Tom Morris, Tim Morris, John Higgs, John O. 
Kirkland, Stefan Grow.
 The interment was in the family plot in Sweetwater Cemetery.
 Relihan Funeral Home of Pearson, GA was in charge of the arrangements.

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