Dr. Anne White Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Dr. Anne Maureen White, age 76, passed away on July 29, 2022. Dr. White was born in Macon, Georgia. She was the daughter of Maurice Emory White and Martha Annelle White. She was a graduate of A.L. Miller High School and Georgia Southern University, where she received a B.S. in Education. She completed her masters in psychology at the University of Georgia and her PH. D. in psychology at the Florida Institute of Technology. Before returning to Middle Georgia, Dr. White lived 29 years in Statesboro, Georgia. During that time she was a psychologist for First District RESA, Psychologist and Acting Director at the Midville Pscho-Educational Center, Counselor at Springfield Central Middle School in Effingham County, Pupil Services Director and Special Education Coordinator for the Screven County School System and Director of the Live Oak Migrant Education Agency. While in South Georgia, Dr. White also served as adjunct faculty in the Educational Psychology Department at Georgia Southern University. She also served as adjunct faculty at Brewton Parker College; there she taught at Montgomery Correctional Institutional and Rodgers Correctional Institution. Dr. White also served on various Boards. These included: The High Hope executive board, Statesboro Food Bank, The State Advisory Board for Education, Child and Family Guidance of Georgia, and the President’s (GSU) Committee for Handicapped College Students. Dr. White was also a charter member of the Georgia Association of School Psychologists, GASP. In GASP she served several times on the executive board. In 1994 Dr. White moved to middle Georgia and worked as a school psychologist for the Bibb County School System. During that time she served as adjunct faculty working with the prison program sponsored by Mercer University. She taught classes at Central Correctional Institution and Baldwin Correctional Institution. At the end of the 1999-2000 school year, Dr. White retired from the Bibb County School System. She continued to work part time with the school system until 2008. Upon retiring Dr. White volunteered with the American Red Cross as a mental health worker and grief counselor. She participated in many disasters such as 911, Katrina, Isabel, and Ike and various local fires. In 2006, Dr. White was awarded the President’s Volunteer Service award by George Bush. Dr. White, was of the Baptist faith, while living in Statesboro she was a member of the Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church. There she served as class president, co-coordinator of vacation Bible school, and camp counselor. Later she was a member of Mt. Yonah Baptist church in Cleveland and then Lakeside Baptist Church in Milledgeville. She was trained as a disaster counselor for the Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief program and she worked with the church’s clothes closet for disabled veterans in Milledgeville. Her faith has always been very important to her. In 2011, Dr. White became a member of Jones county, Oliver Morton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She loved history and government and being a DAR member had been along time goal of hers. Dr. White is survived by her husband, Elton Tucker and two daughters, Dr. Wendy Norton and Wichelle Norton. Three stepchildren Randy Tucker, Janet Tucker, and Keith Tucker. Two Brothers Keith White of Macon, Georgia, and Emory White (Dr. Anne Wright White) of Rome, Georgia. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 2 pm in the Sunshine United Methodist Church Hillsboro (Round Oak), GA. Flowers are accepted and for those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, Alzheimer's Association, or to the donor’s charity of choice. A special thank you to the amazing staff at the Harbor at Harmony Crossing for their wonderful care. express online condolences at www.williamsfuneral.net Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville

Dr. Anne White

May 5, 1946 - July 29, 2022