Laura, the daughter of the late David and Orene White, was a member of the Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, East Decatur. On October 17, 1977, Laura dedicated her life to Jehovah and remained a faithful Jehovah’s Witness member until her death. Before her health failed she would witness and talk to people about God’s Kingdom. Laura will be remembered for her quiet, beautiful smile by those who knew her. She will be truly missed.
Laura graduated from Central High School in Courtland, Alabama and from Cosmetology School in Birmingham, Alabama. She relocated to Brooklyn, New York in the 1960’s where she continued her profession in cosmotology. Her expertise in her field rendered her a large clientele. She later entered the health care field, a job she loved caring for individuals in need. After a long career in New York she returned to her hometown in North Courtland, Alabama.
Laura was united in marriage to Glonnie Faison, Sr. in August, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York. She was preceded in death by her father and mother, husband, two brothers; David White and Hoover White; two sisters: Susie White (Otis) Hardy and Bertha White James.
Left to cherish her memory are a loving and devoted family; one daughter, Darlene (Andre’) Jackson, Staten Island, New York; two sons: Glonnie Faison Jr., East Orange, New Jersey; Norman Faison, Mastic, New York; a granddaughter, Brittany Jackson and grandson, Brandon Jackson, both of Staten Island, New York; four brothers; Mylun (Elois) White, North Courtland, AL, Louis (Mollie) White, Courtland, AL., Albert Robinson, Sheffield, AL, J.C. (Cynthia) Robinson of Decatur, AL; six sisters, Sue (William) Dixon of Mt. Vernon, NY, Ernestine White, Dorothy White, Joann (Lee) Langham, Dorothy Robinson, all of North Courtland, AL, Carolyn (Edward) Reedus, Huntsville, AL; five sisters-in-law: Ernestine F. White, North Courtland, AL, Barbara White, Bronx, New York, Maggie Faison, Gloria A. Faison, Althea Faison, all of Seattle, WA; four brothers-in-law: Fred James, Huntsville, AL, William Faison, North Carolina, Ricky Faison, Randy Faison, both of Seattle, WA; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other rerlatives and friends.
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