EDENTON — Thomas Woodrow White, 58, of Edenton, died Friday, June 22, 2007, in his home.

Mr. White was born in Stedman on Aug. 20, 1948, to Memory White and Kate Preslar White. Tommy was raised on the Peninsula and was a graduate of Newport News High School in Newport News, Va. Tommy was a Vietnam veteran. He was a member of the Moose Lodge, the Sons of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans. He was a master electrician, working out of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1340 in Newport News. Tommy was affectionately known by his grandchildren as “Grandpa Tommy.”

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 30, 2007, in Butler Funeral Home chapel in Stedman with the Rev. Randall Strickland officiating. Burial will follow in McAlphin-Autry Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 29, 2007, at the funeral home.

Mr. White is survived by his wife of 27 years, Jennie White; a son, Tommy Lee White; three brothers, Arizona White and wife Marjorie, Gene White and wife Jennie, and David White; three stepdaughters, Katherine White, Lynn and husband Mike, and Michelle and husband Kevin; and three grandchildren, Keith, Zachery and Emily.

Online condolences may be made at butlerfh.com.

Family will receive friends Friday evening from 6 until 8 P.M. at Butler Funeral Home, 6535 Clinton Road, Stedman.

Published in the Fayetteville Observer on 6/28/2007.