Eyvonne White

Obituary For Eyvonne White

The funeral services for the late Mrs. Eyvonne White, who departed this life on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. from the Jones Chapel AME Church, Sylvester, Georgia. Reverend Sherrod Cooper, Sr. will deliver the Eulogy. Burial will follow in the Shepard Memorial Garden in Sylvester, Georgia.

Ms. Eyvonne White was born in Worth County, Georgia on April 2, 1941 to the late Mr. Acey White and the late Mrs. Margaret Walker White. She was the sixth oldest child of her thirteen siblings.

Eyvonne was a regular attendee of Porters Corner Church which later changed to New Mount Olive. Missionary Baptist Church of Acree, Georgia. She was a regular member until her health declined.

She was blessed with two children: Brenda Faye White Hicks (Otis Lee) and Gwendolyn White McDaniel.

Eyvonne White departed this life on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at PruittHealth Nursing Home in Sylvester, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Acey and Margaret White; three brothers Albert Lee Walker, Acey White, Jr., Willie White; four sisters Lillie Mae Lewis, Jessie Mae Howard, Margaret White Rockwell, Minnie Lee Tolbert; four brothers-in-law Arcellar Lewis, Clyde Rockwell, Calvin Tolbert, E. L. Smith, Sr.; one sister-in-law Ophelia White and one granddaughter Jazmey L. Hicks.

Eyvonne leaves to cherish her memories her daughters, Brenda Faye White (Otis Lee) Hicks of Sylvester, GA, Gwendolyn White McDaniel of Lee County, GA; four grandchildren Ashlei MaShayne Hicks of Sylvester, GA, Jalen Kristofer McGill, Jordan Kamron McGill, Janzen Kennidi McGill, all of Lee County, GA; four great grandchildren K’Vyun Ja’Kwez Hicks, Jaxton Kash McGill, Nova Samira McGill, Meagan Saige Moore; four siblings Ruby Lee Hill, Johnnie Lewis (Trudy) White, both of Sylvester, GA, Dorothy Bell White Tolbert of Bowie, MD, Annie Mae White Smith of Moultrie, GA; brother-in-law Izzie Howard in Jupiter, FL. a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.