Born in Chowan, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Allen Gilliam
and Annie Melinda Hoskins
Sister of
Mamie Elizabeth (Gilliam) Chamberlain and Charles Russel Gilliam
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 May 2022
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Biography
Jessie (Gilliam) White is a part of US Black heritage.
Jessie (Gilliam) White was born in North Carolina.
Obituary
Jessie White Obituary "When peace like a river attendeth my way When sorrows like sea billows roll What ever my lot you have taught me to say It is well, it is well with my soul"
Our beloved, Jessie Mae White, 97 of 211 Covent Garden Street, Hertford, NC, departed from this earthly life on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 with her loving family by her side at the Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.
Celebration of Life will take place on Monday, October 1, 2018 at 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Missionary Church, Hertford, NC. She will lie in state one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in the Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home of the deceased.
She leaves to cherish her memories; her loving children, Oscar White (Katie) of Hertford, NC, Leora Brown of Merry Hill, NC, Mary White (Chris), Earl L. White, Sr., (Dorcas) and Connie G. White, all of Hertford, NC and Isaac S. White (Vernell) of Elizabeth City, NC; eighteen grandchildren, forty-three great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Final Care and Compassionate Services are being provided to the White and connected families by Mitchell Funeral Care and Cremations, Elizabeth City.[1]
Sources
- "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHYX-Q63 : 8 December 2014), Jessie Mae Gilliam, 08 Jan 1944; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. B26, p. 244, Chowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
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