William White

William White, 89
Published: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 7:04 AM Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 7:04 AM
By Staten Island Advance Staten Island Advance

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - William "Buddy" White, 89, of Tottenville, who took pride in tending to his house, died yesterday in Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Dongan Hills.

Born in Colerain, N.C., he moved to Staten Island in 1952. He worked at the former U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Clifton for many years and retired in 1980.

Mr. White served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946, during World War II.

He was a member of St. Philip's Baptist Church, Port Richmond.

His wife of 62 years, Jessie White, said he enjoyed any activity that involved using his hands. He liked to paint the house and work in his vegetable garden.

Also surviving are his brothers, Cecil and Melvin, and his sisters, Geneva Willams and Caterine Harrell, and a host of nieces and nephews.

The funeral service will be tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home, Tottenville. Burial will be in North Carolina.



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Services: Friday July 1, 2011, 7:00PM Bedell- Pizzo Funeral Home. Services for William E. White will continue on Sunday July 3,2011 in North Carolina at the Reynolds Funeral Home, Attoskie, North Carolina. 27910 Visiting will be from 5:00-7:00PM. Interment will be on July 5, 2011 in Zion Hill Cemetery, Colerain, North Carolina 27924

Visitation: Friends will be rereived July 1,2011 from 2:00-4:00 PM and 7:00-9:PM at Bedell - Pizzo Funeral Home.

Location: Bedell-Pizzo Funeral Home