Cora Ruth White, age 85, of Dierks, Ark., passed away peacefully at CHI St. Vincents Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.
She was born in Dierks on March 4, 1939, to Nal and Mary Jo Terry. She was a Librarian for over 40 years at Dierks City Library and loved to travel.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Nal Benton, and Mary Jo Cundiff Terry; her in-laws, Ollie, and Grace White; her son, Jimmy Charles White; her sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn, and Norm Burt; her brother-in-law, Billy Spears.
She is survived by her husband, Charles O. White; her sisters, Irene Spears of Nashville, and Linda Terry of Prescott; sons, Danny and Bette White of Dierks and Phillip and Maria White of Bella Vista, Ark.; grandchildren, Cristy White, Nicholas and wife, Katie White, Priscilla and husband, Kevin Snow, Andrew, Samuel, and Benjamin White; great-grandchildren, Nyssa White, Dylon White, Billy Emfinger and Maddie Emfinger and a number of nieces and nephews.
A memorial graveside service for Mr. and Mrs. White will be held on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at 11 a.m., at Dierks Cemetery with her son, Danny White officiating, under the direction of Wilkerson Funeral Home in De Queen.
The family will receive friends at the cemetery at 10:00 a.m., one hour before the service on Friday.
The ladies of the Dierks Church of Christ on Main Street will provide the family meal at noon.
Cremation arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home.
You may leave a condolence online at www.wilkersonfuneralhomes.com.
