Billy Earl White

September 11,1947– February 17, 2024

Eupora, Mississippi

Billy Earl White passed away at Baptist Memorial Hospital of North Mississippi in Oxford, on February 17,2024.

He was born in Arkansas to Vernon Lee White and Geneva Mae Dempsey on September 11, 1947. Billy Earl has lived the last fifty-two years of his life in Webster County. Mr. White did a stint in the Air Force then returned home to work with his father on the farm in Lodi and at the Shell Station in Eupora. He worked for a while at Plymouth Tube before his retirement. He joined the First Baptist Church of Eupora in 1986. Billy Earl is described as a simple, straight-talking man who didn't have a lot of hobbies outside of his grandchildren and tinkering on old Volkswagens.

Billy Earl White is survived by two sons, Shane White (Bobbie) of Holcomb, MS, and Colin White of Eupora; one brother, Gary White (Kathy) of Long Beach, MS; two sisters, Barbara Jackson (James) of North Little Rock, Arkansas and Ellen Powell of Meridian, ID; two grandchildren, Valerie Billingsley (Cade) and Josh White; two great-grandchildren, Brayden Billingsley and Ava White.

Billy Earl is preceded in death by his parents, Vernon Lee and Geneva Mae White; three brothers, Vernon White, Jr, Robert White, and Johnny White.

A visitation for Mr. White will be held Tuesday, February 20, 2024, from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM at Wise Reed Funeral Home in Eupora. Following the visitation, a graveside will be held at West Shady Grove Cemetery. Brother Travis Gray will officiate the service. Wise Reed Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.