Obituary of Amos Ray White, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: August 27, 2004



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Obituary: Mr. Amos Ray White
August 16, 2003

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. AMOS RAY WHITE, 48, OF KELLY, LA WILL BE HELD 11AM 
SAT. AUGUST 16, 2003 FROM THE COLUMBIA CHAPEL OF RISER FUNERAL HOME WITH 
THE REV. ODELLE BLANSON OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE ST. 
JOSEPH ST. BETHEL CEMETERY AT KELLY.
   
AMOS RAY WHITE WAS BORN ON OCT. 13, 1954 AT MONROE, LA TO THE UNION OF 
HIS PARENTS ROY HILTON WHITE & SELESTINE MARY HARRISON WHITE. HE WAS 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER. AMOS RAY PASSED FROM THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 
11, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE FOLLOWING AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. MR. WHITE WAS A 
GRADUATE OF CALDWELL PARISH HIGH SCHOOL, AND RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS 
DEGREE IN SOCIAL SERVICES FROM GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY. HE WAS EMPLOYED 
AS A CORRECTIONS OFFICER WITH SWANSON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN MONROE. MR. 
WHITE SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. 
JOE BAPTIST CHURCH, KELLY.
   
SURVIVORS INCLUDE: HIS WIFE: MARRUTH WHITE, KELLY, LA HIS MOTHER: SELESTINE
WHITE, KELLY. 2 SONS: FREDERICK LEWIS, NEW ORLEANS AND AMOS RAY WHITE, JR.,
KELLY. HIS DAUGHTER: HOPE LEWIS JONES OF NEW ORLEANS. 5 BROTHERS: THEODORE 
KELLY, DETROIT, MI.  ROY WHITE, KELLY, LA, EDWARD WHITE, WEST MONROE JAMES 
WHITE, KELLY AND DARREL WHITE OF GARLAND, TX SISTER: PHYLLIS WHITE OF 
GRAYSON. 2 GRANDCHILDREN: DARRELL JONES, JR., AND ANGELA JONES BOTH OF 
NEW ORLEANS AND A HOST OF NEICES & NEPHEWS.
    
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WILL BETHEODORE KELLY, ROY WHITE, EDWARD WHITE, 
JAMES WHITE, DARREL WHITE, AND AMOS WHITE, JR. 

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE ROY WHITE, JR., FRED LEWIS, RONNIE LYONS, 
JAMES WHITE,JR., JAMAIN WHITE, AND WAYNE ALEXANDER.
    
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS ON SAT. AUGUST 16, 2003 FROM 1OAM UNTIL 
TIME OF SERVICE AT THE RISER FUNERAL HOME, 7131 HWY 165, COLUMBIA, LA 
71418.