THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, May 24, 1996 TAG: 9605240474
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B8 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: FRANKLIN LENGTH: 34 lines
Exum Newby White Jr., 71, a lifelong resident of Southampton County, died May 21, 1996.
He was born Nov. 29, 1924 and was the son of the late Alice Winston and Exum Newby White. He was a birthright member of Bethel Friends Meeting and served in civilian public service during World War II. Newby and his beloved wife of 51 years, Virginia Blythe White, made their home on the farm in Hunterdale since 1947. Newby operated a dairy during the 50s. Newby was a former dairyman, truck driver, general contractor, logger, sawmiller, and wood producer. He was an avid motorcyclist and steam engine enthusiast, and inventor/designer of tools for special needs.
Survivors include his children, Alice Burgess and her husband, Tom, Mary Kathryn Gray and her husband, Calvin, David Winston White, Viki White-Wade and her husband, Tex Wade. Newby and Virginia had 10 grandchildren, Ken Burgess and his wife, Lori, Jim Burgess and his wife, Helen, Tobi White Byrd and her husband, Jimmy, Audra, Candace and Cal Gray, David Winston White Jr., Amanda White, Zak and Texi Wade; a great-grandson, four-month-old James Dylan Burgess. Newby is also survived by his sisters, Sadie Taylor and her husband, Richard, of Oberlin, Ohio, and Julie Reynolds and her husband, Delbert of Grass Valley, Calif.; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was predeceased by a son, Exum Newby White III.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Bethel Friends Meeting. The burial will be in the family cemetery at Whistle Stop Drive, Franklin. A visitation will be at Wright Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, and other times at the home of Tom and Alice Burgess on Whistle Stop Drive. Newby was an organ donor. Memorial donations may be made to Bethel Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 434, Franklin, Va. 23851.
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