Obituary
Funeral service will be at 2:30pm Saturday, August 3, 2024,
at Crestwood Chapel for William “Butch” White, age 72, of Glencoe, AL. Butch
passed away on Saturday July 27, 2024. The family will receive friends from
12:30 prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Crestwood
Cemetery. Crestwood Funeral Home will direct services.
Butch was a lifetime resident of Etowah County. He was a
graduate of Glencoe High School, Class of 1969. He had served his community in
many ways; he had retired from the City of Gadsden Fire Department as a
firefighter, served as a councilman for the city of Glencoe, and had served on
the Etowah County Commission. He always managed to keep busy and had even
worked as a plumber.
He is preceded in death by his parents Homer and Annie White
and sisters Demyrle Whorton, Otho Pentecost, and Marie Alexander.
Butch is survived by his children Regina Rowland (Buzz) and
Patrick White (Amy); grandchildren Hunter Rowland, Cole Rowland, Reid White
(Monica), Jackson White, Jase White, and Jacob White; great grandson Beau
White; Sisters Ann Smith, Joyce Armstrong, Nancy Fuhrman, and Glennis Collins
(Andy); special friends David East, Jackie Alford, and Joe Cothran; and many
nieces, nephews, and cousins.
The family would like to express their appreciation for the
nurses and staff of Gentiva Hospice and SICU of Gadsden Regional Medical
Center.