William White

By Staff
November 25, 2009
Funeral for William White, 83, of Valhermoso Springs was Saturday, Nov. 28, at 1:30 p.m. at Hartselle Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Charles Owens officiating.
Burial was in Valhermoso Springs Cemetery.
Mr. White died Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009, at Floyd E. “Tut” Fann Veterans Nursing Home in Huntsville. He was born June 1, 1926, in Scranton, S.C. to Furman Thomas White and Elma McCutcheon White. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering from the Citadel in 1950 and worked in the Charleston, S.C. Naval Shipyard. In 1954 he moved to Huntsville where he worked with NASA in Astrionics on Missile Guided Systems which included the Redstone, Jupiter and the Saturn 5 program. He retired from NASA in 1974 and returned to his farm in Valhermoso Springs where he raised Charlais cattle. He was a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. He was the grandson of the late Herman William White. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Furman Murphy White.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Elsie McCutchen White of Valhermoso Springs; a son, Thomas Russell White and wife Mary Sandusky White of Priceville; a daughter, Donna White Chunn and husband Russell of Valhermoso Springs; a brother, Richard Devon White and wife Betty of Charleston, S.C.; a sister, Mary Lou Matthews of Scranton, S.C.; five grandchildren, Emily White, Will White, Matthew Chunn and wife Sherry, Wesley Chunn and Austin Chunn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Parkinson Foundation or Shiloh Baptist Church.