Mary Joan White

Robert A. Waters Funeral Home

Obituaries | The Tube City Almanac | January 29, 2017

Mary Joan White, 71, of Duquesne, Pennsylvania, departed this life January 23, 2017 in UPMC McKeesport Hospital.

She was born February 24, 1945 in Columbus County, NC, daughter of the late Rester M. Smith and Eula Stephens. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Thurman White, Sr.; brothers, Hubert Stephens and Rester Smith, Jr. and sister, Brenda Joyce.

She was employed by the Federal Government in Washington, DC.

Survivors include sisters, Susan (Enoch Leech) Jones of Duquesne, Janice Brownfield of McKeesport, and Daryl (Irving) Newby of Duquesne; step-son, Thurman (Lisa) White, Jr. of MD; step-daughter, Jolania (Juan) White Cobbin of MD; three grandchildren and many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Friends will be received Monday, from 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Macedonia Baptist Church, 17 Cochran Street, Duquesne, Pennsylvania. Service will immediately follow at 12:00 p.m. noon with Rev. Archie D. Perrin, officiating.

Interment will follow in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Maryland.

Arrangements entrusted to the Robert A. Waters Funeral Home, Inc., McKeesport, PA.

Originally published January 29, 2017.

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