William "Bill" Linus White, Obituary, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: July 23, 2003



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Obituary of Mr. William "Bill" Linus White

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. WILLIAM "BILL" LINUS WHITE, AGE 68, OF ENTERPRISE
WILL BE HELD 2PM WED. JULY 23, 2003 FROM THE CHAPEL OF RISER FUNERAL HOME 
WITH THE REV'S: STACY PITMAN & RICK CRANDALL OFFICIATING.
     
WILLIAM LINUS WHITE  KNOWN TO ALL AS BILL WAS BORN ON DEC. 21, 1934 AT 
COLUMBIA, LA TO THE UNION OF HIS PARENTS THE LATE WILLIAM RUFFIN & LOEASE 
RATCLIFF WHITE. HE PASSED FROM THIS LIFE ON SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2003 IN 
LASALLE PARISH FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. HE WAS 
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, A BROTHER CHARLES WHITE AND INFANT SON.
HE WAS A RETIRED RIVERBOAT CAPTAIN HAVING SERVED OVER 50 YEARS. HE LOVED 
THE RIVER AND THE WAY OF LIFE WHICH IT PROVIDED. THE RIVER WAS HIS LIFE 
AND HE FELT MOST AT HOME WHEN HE WAS THERE. HE WAS LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW 
HIM AND WILL BE SORELY MISSED.
    
SURVIVING HIM ARE HIS WIFE: MRS. EDNA GRIFFIN WHITE OF ENTERPRISE. 4 
DAUGHTERS: PAM MC MULLEN & HUSBAND RICKY OF MONROE. TERRY WHITE OF GRAYSON.
DONNA WAGGONER & HUSBAND RANDY OF EROS AND SONYA DUNCAN & HUSBAND KENNY OF 
GRAYSON. 1 STEP SON: JOHNNY GUNN & WIFE CINDY OF SICILY ISLAND. TWO SISTERS:
ANNA RUTH PITMAN OF GRAYSON AND DONNA JEAN GREGORY OF GRANBURY, TEXAS. 15 
GRANDCHILDREN & 17 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
    
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WILL BE GRANDSONS: DUSTIN LEO GUNN, HUNTER WHITE, 
DUSTIN WHITE, LEE MC MULLEN, WILLIAM HEATH CALHOUN, JACOB RAY PATTERSON, &  
JOHNNY DEWAYNE GUNN.
    
THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE VISITORS ON TUESDAY FROM 4PM UNTIL 9PM AT THE RISER
FUNERAL HOME,7131 HWY 165, COLUMBIA, LA.