Joye Frances White

Joye Frances White, beloved wife and mother, passed away peacefully at home with her husband by her side on June 10, 2012. She was born in Jacksonville, FL on September 27, 1934. She had a love of music from childhood, and studied music for more than 20 years. Her interest and talent in music came from her father, also a musician.

Joye continued her studies in music education at Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia. One of the happiest times in her life, and her greatest joy, was teaching her grandchildren classic and popular music on the piano. She also loved writing children’s poetry. One of her children’s stories about her dog Muffin’s little red ball was bound into a booklet by her daughter-in-law for the enjoyment of her grandchildren.

Joye was a member of the North Fulton Music Teachers Association and attended monthly meetings until her illness confined her to her home. She, together with two business men, started the Charter Insurance and Consulting Company in 1986. After seeing the company grow from that small beginning into a major insurer of oil, gas and coal producers, she retired from Charter Insurance on September 30, 1997.

Joye is survived by her husband of thirty-five years, Edwin Lee Ted White, and their family: William L. Coleman Michelle, Frances Marion Wellstead Mike, Christopher David Boo White Carolyn, Jeanne Marie Borget Steve, fifteen grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and her loving pet Shis Tzus, Nabiki and Latte.

Joye wants to be remembered to all who knew her as a faithful friend.

Memorial services will be held at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Milton on Saturday June 16th at 11 am.
In lieu of flowers, donations should be made in her memory to the Honduras Mission LAMB Institute and the Atlanta Humane Society.

Her body was cremated and her ashes placed in a memorial urn. A part of her ashes will be scattered at the ocean seaside, somewhere along the Florida coast. The remaining ashes will be interred with her husband at his passing.