Dennis Lee White Jr

Dennis Lee White, Jr., age 68, of Crossville, passed away February 28,2017 in Nashville Tenn. He was born on October 30,1948 in Miami, FL to Dennis Lee White, Sr. and Audry Haas White, who had moved to Miami from Charleston W .V.. The family moved back to Charleston, where another son, Daniel, was born. They then moved to Cleveland, Oh. area,where Dennis Sr, found work at Ford Motor Co.in Brookpark, OH. Dennis graduated from Berea High School, attended Cuyahoga County Community College, and joined the United States Navy in 1970. He was stationed in Galveston, Texas where he met Kathy, and they married in Durant, Oklahoma in 1972.Their daughter, Aril Leigh was born in 1973. The family moved to Ohio in 1974 when Dennis got out of the Navy. He had a job waiting at Ford Motor Co. where he had been working before he joined the Navy. A son Dennis Lee White III was born in 1976, and another son Matthew Daniel, was born in1985. Dennis retired in 2004, to Crossville, Tenn. where he and Kathy bought a home in 2003.                       Dennis loved traveling and had been to all 50 states and several countries. He also was in bands in Ohio, as a teenager in the Mysterions, and later in the Summertime Blues and played in a lot of locations in Northern Ohio. He was in a band in Crossville for awhile, Special Delivery. Dennis Played the guitar, the keyboard and sang. He had played the trumpet in school. He also loved photography, gardening and golf. He was in a league, the Liars and Cheaters, since 2004. He loved living in Crossville, and he loved his family and took wonderful care of all of them.                                                                                            Dennis is survived by his wife, Kathy; his children, April Leigh White Sales (Sean), Dennis Lee  White III. and Matthew Daniel White (Laura); his grandchildren, Haylee Evelyn Hurray, Shelby Leigh Sales  and Felix John White; and his brother Daniel D.White (Sherry)              He was preceded  in death by parents.                                                                                    A visitation will be held Friday, March 3, from 4pm to 7pm at Crossville Memorial Funeral Home. A celebration of life will be held Tuesday, March 7th in Berea ,Ohio at the American Legion Post 91 from 6 pm to 8 pm EST.                                                                                      Crossville Memorial is in charge of the arrangements.

 

 

 

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