Earnestine White

Earnestine Kilburn Dixon White of Waynesboro, TN was born July 27, 1932 in Barton, AL, the daughter of the late Henry Edward and Mary Antha Keeton Kilburn. Mrs. White was a retired CNA at Wayne County Nursing Home and was a Christian and a member of Green River Tabernacle in Waynesboro, Tennessee.

She departed this life on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at her home in Waynesboro, Tennessee at the age of 86 Years, 9 Months, 4 Days.

She is survived by two sons, Robert Allen Dixon and wife, June of Lawrenceburg, TN and Lester Henry Dixon and wife, Donna of Waynesboro, TN; four daughters, Mary Nell White and husband, Virgil, Catherine Swinea and husband, Jerry, Dorothy Harper and husband, Vincent and Janie Pope and husband, Randy all of Waynesboro, TN; step-daughter, Dollie Dixon Martin of Collinwood, TN; 11 grandchildren, 14 step-grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, 6 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. White was preceded in death by her first husband, the father of her children, Ruby Allen Dixon and her second husband, William H. White; grandchildren, Jeffery Waymond Swinea and Stacey Marlana Dixon and sisters, Beulah Griggs, Eula Ray, Christine Dixon and Lorraine Kilburn.

Services will be held on Friday, May 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Shackelford Funeral Directors chapel, Waynesboro, Tennessee, with Larry Janes officiating. Burial will follow in the Shields Cemetery, Waynesboro, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors, Wayne County, directing. Visitation will be Thursday, May 2, 2019 from 5:30 pm to 8 pm and Friday, May 3, 2019 from 8 am to 11 am at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Allen Dixon, Alex Eledge, Evan Sadler, Jeremy Pope, Austin Murrell and Seth Swinea. Honorary pallbearers will be Jaxon Pope, Braylen Martin, Bresden Martin, J. J. Long, Blane Whitehead, Joseph Dixon, Rodney Smith and Wayne Swinea.