Emma White

Emma Cox White, 85, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at Bainbridge Healthcare. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at West Street Baptist Church with Rev. Bill McCamon officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery with Donnie Hall, Ronald Cox, Eddie Cox, Billy Cox, Andrew Avery, and Bobby Donley serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 21, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mrs. White was born March 22, 1927 in Bascom, FL, the daughter of Charles Whitman Cox and Ola Avery Cox. She graduated from Malone High School in Malone, FL, and attended business school. Mrs. White retired as a legal secretary for the Kirbo Law Firm and was a charter member of West Street Baptist Church. Survivors include her sons, Kenneth White and his wife, Janie, of Eufaula, AL, and Charles White of Bainbridge, GA; her daughters, Kay White of Thomasville, GA, and Susan Bailey of Bainbridge, GA; her brother, Alfred Cox and his wife, Sharon, of Bascom, FL; her sister, Ruby Lee Anderson of Cypress, FL; her sister-in-law, Pearl Cox of Bascom, FL; her four grandchildren, Cara Jones, Alicia Nichols, Adrian Bailey, and Brian White; and her seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John R. White; her five brothers; her two sisters; and her granddaughter, Tracey White.