STEDMAN, NC - Larry White, 65, of 1615 Bainbridge Road, died Friday, March 12, 2010, in his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 2 p.m. in Butler Funeral Home in Stedman with the Rev. Gary Revels officiating. Burial will follow in Autry-McAlphin Cemetery in Stedman. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mr. White was a native of Cumberland County, the son of the late Milton and Mildred McAlpin White. He grew up in Portsmouth, Va., where he attended Craddock High School, before joining the military. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served his country during the Vietnam era, and later served for many years as a fireman with the Fort Bragg Fire Department. He will be remembered by his family as a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Louise White of the home; daughters, Jessica Stamp and husband Sid of Stedman, and Marcie Kauffman and husband Chris of Stedman; sister, Nyoka White of Washington, D.C.; grandson, Clifford Stamp of Stedman; and granddaughters, Eva Kauffman, Lindsay Stamp and Kyra Kauffman, of Stedman. Arrangements by Butler Funeral Home of Stedman. Condolences may be made at butlerfh.com.
 

Larry died from a brain tumor, less than 3 months after diagnosis. He would have been in the class of 62, but left school in his senior year to join the Air Force so did not graduate from Cradock.