Barbara A. White

Published 7:56 pm Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Barbara A. White died Sunday, March 31, 2019, at the Merit Health River Region Medical Center.

She was 83.

A native of Escanaba, Michigan, she had been making her home in Vicksburg for the past 46 years. She was a member of the Vicksburg Elk’s Lodge, BPO 95, the Vicksburg Loyal Order of Moose Lodge and the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion.

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She was preceded in death by her parents, Marshall and Irene Gardner Myers Collins.

Survivors include her husband, Herbert White of Vicksburg; her daughters, Susan Taylor of Vicksburg, Lori Ohlinger of Lookout, West Virginia, and Lisa (Tony) Diaz of Staunton, Virginia; her sons, Steve (Leona) White of Brookhaven and Gerry (Ginger) White of Vicksburg; her sister, Lori Demars of Escanaba, Michigan; her brothers, Chuck Collins of Escanaba, Michigan, and Tom Collins of New Berlin, Wisconsin; 13 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be Saturday, April 13, 2019, at 10 a.m. at the Elevate Church, 3527 Manor Dr., with pastor Robert Andrews officiating.