09-11-1937 to 08-22-2024
On Thursday, August 22, 2024, Miss Lillie V. Garrett White Johns pulled off
her mortal body and put on immortality and went home to live with our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
Lillie V. was born to the parentage of the late Will and Mattie Pollard Garret on
September 11, 1937. She grew up in Kaufman County. She attended the
Cartwright school in Wills Point, TX. She married Billy White, and to this union,
three children were born.
She worked and retired from the Terrell State Hospital. She loved fellowshipping
with the seniors at the senior center in Kaufman, TX. She was a great fisherman.
She loved her hobbies and enjoyed them daily.
As a child, she attended the Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. She later joined the
Macedonia Baptist Church in Kaufman. She attended the New Life Baptist Church
in Terrell until her health failed her.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Will and Mattie Garrett; 3 infant girls;
brothers, Willie T, Marvin Garrett, and Austin Garrett; sisters, Bertha Lee Garrett,
Wilson Lee, Juanita Garrett Hartfield, Mineola Garrett Anderson; sons, Kenneth
Wayne White, Sr., 3 infants; grandson, Kenneth Wayne White Jr.
She leaves to cherish her memories, her children, Linda Joyce White, Debra Denise
White Robinson (Jerry) of Seattle, Washington, Lavisha Johns Williams (Chris) of
Mesquite, TX, and Debron Johns King of Terrell, TX; sister, Alice F. Miles of Elmo,
TX; brother, Ray Lee Garrett of Terrell, TX; 12 grandchildren, Melodie White-
Kembol (Kimutai), Talaundra White – Alex (Jonathan), Sharonda McCarver-Johnson
(Jason), Terrence White, Roy McCarver Jr (Michelle), Kawana White, Porsha Johns,
Mia Johns, Badarrius Johns, Camille King, Lucius King, Canisha Hickman, and
Keithian Alexander; 17 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren; a special
friend, Gene Willis, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Services: Saturday, August 31, 2024 @ 11:00 AM
Calvary Baptist Church-1609 Rand Road-Kaufman,Tx
Burial: Shady Grove Cemetery-Elmo, Tx
Working with MS Lillie V. in the kitchen at TSH will be a memory I shall forever hold dear. She was a catcher of many fish. She was the best fish fryer I know. BUT! To eat her fish, was the real reward. My plus with her was when I was pregnant and eating lots of junk food; MS. Lillie V. said she wasn’t having it; she said, I was going to feed her baby; not only did she prepare the plate. She made me eat veggies. Thank you MS. Lillie V. I now love veggies. RIH; Prayers for the family.