Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....White, Doris Kight April 23, 2013
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Atkinson County Citizen - May 2, 2013
 Mrs. Doris K. White age 92 of Pearson, GA passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013 a
at Summers Landing Retirement Home in Douglas, GA following an extended illness.
 Born August 21, 1920 in Johnson County, GA, Mrs. White was the daughter of 
Otis Lee and Carrie Mae Hoover Kight. She made her home in Atkinson County for 
most of her adult life. She retired in 1978 from the Atkinson County Board of 
Education as a Teacher, Principal and Curriculum Director and was the first 
female public high school principal in Georgia. She was a member of the Georgia 
Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority. Her church 
membership was at the First Baptist Church in Pearson, GA. She was preceded in 
death by her husband, James Owen (Toots) White, Jr., a son James Owen (Jim) 
White III, and a sister Betty Kight Broom.
 Survivors include son, William White and wife, Angela of Pearson, GA; 
daughter, Lynn W. Inman of Jacksonville, FL.; daughter-in-law, Jenny White of 
Charleston, SC; grandchildren, Carrie Inman, Will Inman, and James Inman of 
Jacksonville, FL., Owen White of Austin, TX., Clayton White and wife Jen of 
Charleston, SC., Jennifer Pace and husband Travis of Easley, SC., Perry White 
and wife Hayley of Baxley, GA.; brother, James O. Kight of Lake Placid, FL; 
sisters, Virginia K. Anderson of Hayesville, NC and Charlotte L. Lipham of 
Minneapolis, MN; brother-in-law, Ray Broom of Warner Robins, GA; Sister-in-law, E
Eula W. Kirkland of Rome, GA.
 Graveside funeral services for Mrs. White were held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 
26, 2013 at Sweetwater Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Worzella officiating. The Eu
Eulogy was given by her son William White. The interment followed in Sweetwater Ce
Cemetery.
 Serving as active pallbearers were Will Inman, James Inman, Perry White, C
Clayton White, Travis Pace, Wade Brown.
 Relihan Funeral Home of Pearson, GA was in charge of the arrangements.


	







 
 
 

 


 
 
 












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