I got to know Joe White through my friend Nan when I needed help for feedback for my writing adventure. Although I had not met him then, he wrote a two-page commentary, "Placing Your Voice into the Public Dialogue and being Heard". It was very thoughtful and insightful feedback! I truly appreciate Joe putting in a lot of thought and time into his advice and suggestions. It is tremendous help in making me rethink my goals and approaches. He was a great mentor and deep thinker and absolute patriot! Although I just met Joe one time (and talked to him on the phone through my friend couple of times), his heart for his country, traditional values and God’s word was evident. His passing is a great loss to his family and friends. In some ways it is a loss for our country because patriots like him are needed more than ever in our society.

Joe was a faithful and valued member of The Amazing Grace Bible study class at The Met for many years. I was privileged to teach that class for 27 years  and had the opportunity to have many Biblical discussions with him. His knowledge of scripture was evident in these discussions, as well as his love for the members of the class. We will miss him but are comforted in knowing that he is with our Lord and Savior. 

Larry and Pat Allen

I met Joe White two years and three months ago at a Sunday School Class (Amazing Grace) social at the Met Church. On the next day, Sunday, he came to me after Sunday School to ask me to go with him to our class socials and to share the noon meals with him since we both recently had lost our life long spouses.  He added that God had sent him .  Well, I found out shortly that God had sent him as a great spiritual blessing in my life.  I want to share a few of Joe's traits that blessed me when I observed or experienced them.  I thank God for bringing us together as we walked through the grief of losing our spouses. "Thank You God for loving us" (said by Joe often in prayer).

Joe's traits included the following: Loves God which is his driving force; Prayers are extended trips to heaven; Loves his family dearly and deeply; A methodical and deep thinker, discusses well; Listens well to a person's need; Listens for God's direction; Teaches by example and is intentional down to the details of life; Always polite, especially to rude people; Dry sense of humor; A driving force to alleviate pain and suffering; Rightly divides the Word of Truth through the Holy Spirit; Thinks of other people's needs before his own; Thanks God for loving us when he prays; and his love for Jesus Christ and God is behind every thought.

Thank You, Lord, for blessing us with Joe White.  Nan R

• I am sorry that I will be unable to attend as I will be out of town .Mysincere condolences to the family.  Santa Glenn 

Dad was a proud Grandpa. He loved all of his grandkids, but generally let Mom monopolize their time when they visited.  That was until Ethan was born in May of 2011.  Dad took an instant, magical bond with Ethan straight away.  He almost always deferred holding grandkids to Mom, but not with Ethan.  I handed Ethan to him the night he was born and Dad was hooked.   The one story that I hold on to from this period, is that later on when we would bring the boys over to their house for a visit, Dad would dote on him.  To such a point that he would do something with Ethan that I don't recall him doing for any other grand baby, he would  take him and change his diaper.  He had sworn that he had earned the right as PawPaw to delegate that task, and he had for every other grandchild.  It always touched me deeply that Dad felt that close to Ethan, and that closeness was evident until the day he passed.