LAURA E. KILGORE WHITE, 91 years old of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness.  Born in Middleport, OH, she was the daughter of the late Leonidas Redwine and Viola Dean Kilgore.  She was a member of the Big Prater Baptist Church and a housewife.  She moved to Grundy in 1957 and was an active member of the Grundy Baptist Church and then became a Charter member of Greenbrier Baptist Mission.  Most recently, she was a member of Big Prater Baptist Church.  She taught Sunday School and VBS for 42 years.  She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and loved Children.  She made the World’s best Coconut Cream Pie.  She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and was the last surviving member of her immediate family.

She is survived by two daughters – Dawn White and her husband William J Neville, Princess Anne, MD, Ann White and her husband Morris W. Palmer, Lake Mary, FL, One son – David White and his wife Nona White who also served as her caregiver – Vansant, VA, Two granddaughters- Lindsay and her husband Trey Stouffer, Julie Ann Palmer, Four grandsons- Timothy and his wife Heidi Neville, Jonathan Neville, Joseph (Joey) White and Derrick White, Two Great Granddaughters – Scotland Olivia Stouffer and Evangeline Lucille Neville

She is survived by several nieces and nephews and was especially close to nieces – Margie Doughty and Barbara Lou Woodward and nephew Bill Kilgore.

She was preceded in death by her husband William B. White; her parents Leonidas Redwine and Viola Dean Kilgore – Three sisters – Mamie Dott Hollingsworth, Margaret Pritchard and Evelyn Mann and two brothers – William Dean Kilgore and George Donald Kilgore

Funeral services for LAURA E. KILGORE WHITE will be conducted Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel followed by graveside rites at Mountain Valley Memorial Park at Big Rock, Virginia Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Jeff Slone and Rev. Eddie Lindsay officiating with burial to follow at the Mountain Valley Memorial Park at Big Rock, VA.

Friends may call at the Grundy Funeral Home Tuesday, June 12, 2012 after 6:00 P.M. followed by the funeral service at 7:00 P.M.

Active Pallbearers will be Men of Big Prater Baptist Church.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Dr. Clint Sutherland, Dr. J. Spear, Dr. J. G. Patel, Josh Addair, Bill Kilgore and Cornell Sutherland.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com

Grundy Funeral Home of Grundy, VA is in charge of all arrangements.