Graveside service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at IOOF Cemetery in Metropolis with Rev. Charles Tate officiating. Military graveside rites will be conducted.
Mr. White served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War and was a member of Labor Local 1340.
He attended Brookport Church of God.
Survivors include one brother, Charles E. White of Paducah; one nephew, James White Jr. of Metropolis; one niece, Pam White of Roseville, Calif.; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Ora Chapel White; three brothers, Robert, Jesse and James White; one niece, Terri White Stablewski; and two infant sisters.
There will be no visitation. Family and friends are asked to go directly to the cemetery.
Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home of Metropolis is in charge of arrangements.


