PHONE: (972) 562-2601 Virginia Ruth White July 20, 1931 - June 21, 2011 Virginia Ruth White, age 79, of Wylie, Texas, passed away June 21, 2011, in Wylie. Virginia was born July 20, 1931, in Mathis, Texas, to Benny Leroy and Olive Irene (Overstreet) Deans. She married Marvin Dennis White on November 25, 1957, in San Antonio, Texas. Virginia was a member of Heaven s Harbor in Lavon, Texas, where she enjoyed the word of God and praise music. Virginia enjoyed working with children. She missed her husband and was ready to go home. She is survived by her grandsons, Hulen Zachary and wife, Judith of Wylie, Texas and Kermit Zachary and wife, Summer of Farmersville, Texas; great-grandsons, Caspin Zachary and Shevlin Zachary, both of Wylie, Texas; son, James Rambsell and wife, Loretta of Oklahoma; sister, Carolyn of Washington; brothers, Floyd Meneley of Oklahoma and Buster Meneley of San Antonio, Texas; great-grandchildren, Kylie and Tristan Zachary of Farmersville, Texas; and several other loving family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin White, daughter, Shirley Ann Miller, and sister, Doris. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Chapel in Allen, Texas. Interment will follow at Ridgeview Memorial Park in Allen. The family will receive friends during a visitation beginning at 6:00 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. Memorials My Aunt Virginia or Aunt Gin was born July 20, 1931 in Mathis, Texas. Her parents were Bennie Leroy Deans and Olive Irene Overstreet-Deans. They were married in Houston, Texas in 1921 at just 18 years old. Virginia was the 6th child born to the young couple. Walter Earl Deans 1922-1998, Leroy Deans
1927-1978, Charles Robert Deans 1928-1981, Minnie Kate Deans December 29th 1929 - August 30th 1930, another infant girl who did not live long enough to be givin a name in 1930. I am most certain the deaths of these two infant girls had broke the heart of my grandmother, as she still spoke of them in her later years. On July 20th 1931 Virginia Ruth Deans was born. My Grandmother would tell stories of Virginia; she was so small that she could sleep in a shoe box. They did not expect her to survive! Her younger brother, Lawrence Richard Deans was born in 1934. On May 11, 1937 her father passed away, she was just six years old. In 1938, her mother was married to Charles Meneley. She would have 5 more children; Allen Russell Meneley 1939-2001, Floyd Marvin Meneley 1941, Caroline Ann Meneley-Merrell 1943, Edna Meneley 1943-1944, My mother, Doris June Meneley 1945-1998. In 1955 her step father passed away. Aunt Gin as a young adult, I don't know as many details. I can only tell you what I do know. She contracted TB and had to live in a sanitarium for a while, I believe this was in Victoria, Texas. She always hated to see someone have to stay in the hospital for any amount of time and always tried to visit as much as possible. She was married before Marvin, but he was the love of her life. She had a son Jamas and daughter Sherley. I am not sure why but Jamas was taken from her by his father's parents. I guess you could say she lived two lives here in this world. One with out Jesus and the rest with Jesus. Some time in the early to mid 60's her and Marvin moved from San Antonio to Wylie, Texas. This is where she would meet a neighbor Sister Herod, she called her. Sister Herod invited her to church and told her about the saving grace of Jesus Christ. I am not sure of the chapter or the verse but some where in the Bible, I believe Jesus is says those that are forgiven much, love much. There is no doubt Virginia loved Jesus so very very much! From that day on her life was forever changed!! My earliest memory of my Aunt Gin was in January 1977. My mom was running away and hiding from a violent boyfriend. Her older sister talked her into coming to Wylie. I was very close to my Grandma, she had to promise me she would be there before my birthday in Feburary, to get be to stop crying. Mom had left everything she had behind in
San Antonio as we got on a Grayhound bus bound for Dallas. Only to board another bus to Wylie. Some how in that transfer we lost our bags. I remember that bus stopped on the side of two lane highway in front of a resturant in the middle of no where. I so was scared! There we stood; my Mom (Doris) 32, my brother Bobby 9, and me I was 5 almost 6 years old with nothing but the clothes we were wearing. It was so dark and everything seemed to be closed! Then a car pulled into the parking lot, Uncle Marvin and Aunt Virginia! They took us home and Aunt Virginia started feeding us. We were so hungry! I don't think I knew what it was I felt at the time, but in that little old house I felt peace! Peace like I had never known before! And I knew Aunt Virginia and Uncle Marvin loved us! After we ate she put us to bed. We got up the next day, Uncle Marvin had several large trash bags full of clothes for us. To this day I don't know where he got them! Growing up, Aunt Virginia and Uncle Marvin would be the only thing in my life that stayed consistant! They loved Jesus, they loved people and they lived by God's word! Aunt Virginia didn't mind telling me when I was wrong either. As a teenager and young adult I didn't care for that much at all. It must have been so hard for her to watch me run from the one thing I needed the most in my life! Although, I didn't want her Jesus, in times of trouble and pain she was always the first call I made, asking her for prayer. We used to say she had a direct line, she always said we could have one too! It wasn't until my life hit complete rock bottom that I finally surrendered my life to Christ. In the troubled years and last months leading up to that night, April 10th 2004, she was there for me! She never stopped praying for me, no matter how ugly I was. I am possitive I would not be alive today if not for her standing in the gap, between me and Jesus in prayer! Since that day she has been teaching me how to be a strong christian woman. Even in her death, she's still teaching me! She'd say stand firm, when all you can do is stand, stand firm!! In the last 7 years, I got to know her in a totally different way! Her faith and trust in Jesus changed my life, the life of my children and generations to come. We could spend hours on the phone talking about all the ways the Lord had blessed! I am gonna miss her so! But I am sure she's having the time of her
life right now! Thank you Jesus for such a loving, Godly, steadfast, Christian woman... I could call my Aunt Gin SANDY KNIGHT, JUNE 25, 2011 My most precious time with Aunt Virginia was when I was little and I was living with her, and Uncle Marvin, and we all would get ready for church, and on the way to church, we would talk laugh and have a good old time.being with my Aunt and Uncle always made me feel so proud, and loved.mornings I could eat cupcake and have a coke, for breakfast, and they would always was laughing and talking like a good old country home. My walks with her to the store, wasn't like any other times, we could talk about anything, and she always gave me good advice.her smile in the morning and in the evenings made me feel so secure.she's a women that loved children, never could remember her not being around kid's. She loved our Lord and lived by the Bible. And I admired her for it. Aunt Virginia you will always be loved and missed. Tell my Mom,Uncle Marvin, Aunt Juanita, Shirley Ann, and your Mom hi for me and I send my love and miss them all to. Love your Niece, Cathy MARY CATHERINE (CATHY) COPPLER (MCRAE), JUNE 23, 2011 i met her at the open door church in greenville texas the pastor was wesley ford she will be missed dearly. we loved very much. from melinda d.morrow and family MELINDA DIANNE MORROW, JUNE 23, 2011 She was watching children in behind her house it was a large house I remember a long pinick table out side she sat all 7 of us children down and the children she was watching and Sherly and gave us all a pot pie. it was just a little thing but i have never forgotten that day every sence that day i wanted to care for children and i have I never remember her ever raising her voice to me she always had that great smile wich made you fell alright I love Aunt Virgina and I will miss her. love to her grand kids their family I picture her uncle marvin my mama and aunt junita setting there with their parents just setting smiling and talking. PEGGY LOUISE MOODY, JUNE 22, 2011
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