Kay White Obituary

Kay Carr White September 8, 1948- June 27, 2024

JOHNSON CITY - Kay Carr White, 75, of Johnson City, Tennessee went home to see Jesus after a short battle with a rare form of cancer. A Johnson City Realtor and enthusiastic supporter of Republican politics, Kay was also a local leader of the Tea Party for a short time. Kay and her husband Doug often entertained in their Johnson City home where their friends, family, and neighbors gathered around the table for lively conversation, card games, and delicious meals.

Kay deeply cared for her church, community, family, and friends. She was best described as the woman who showed up when others were long gone. She had a zest for life and childlike appreciation for the world around her, even as she aged and most noticeably as she battled cancer. Her optimism was unmatched and the joy that she spread to others will be remembered.

She is preceded in death by her parents W.R. and Mary Carr, one sister Janice Miller, her precious son Benjamin W. Smith, and her children's father Bert E. Smith, III.

Survivors include her husband Douglas White, children Bert E. Smith IV and wife Lisa, Alexander C. Smith and fiancée Stephanie, Janice Anna Marie Baker and husband Brett, Susan Smith Alvis and husband Brent, her granddaughters Hannah Smith and Amber Alvis, her grandsons Matthew Alvis, Bratcher McMillen, Bryce McMillen, Christian Hughes, her great-granddaughters Kaiden Alvis and Lakelyn Sanders, her great-grandson Landon Sanders, her granddaughter's mother Meghan Masters, her nephews Michael Todd Miller (Patrick and Huey) and John Miller (Kati and Elliott), her favored niece Kimberly Wallace Baker (Tim), her stepchildren Dale (Christi) White, Roger (Melissa) White, Billy (Krista) White, Diane (Bucky) Youngblood, her step-grandchildren Peyton White, Rebekah White, Rylan White, Lucas White, Hayden Youngblood, and Kelsey Youngblood Ashley.

Other special friends and close relatives include Mark Droke, Chad King, Travis Sanders, Clay Lamb, Bruce and Patsy Hobbs (Tyler and Tiffany), Julie Campbell, Georgia Hughes, Savannah Fields, Serena Hughes, Julie Gouge, David and Cheryl Frazier, Betty Jo McClain Kern, Margie Larkins, Brian Larkins (Tina), Mark Larkins (Melissa), Jeff Stewart (and daughter Toni), Susan Stewart Johnson, and many extended family members, neighbors, and friends.

There will be a gathering of friends at Boone Trail Baptist Church on Monday, July 1, 2024, from 3 - 7 PM. A Celebration of Life service will immediately follow. A graveside service will be held at Oak Hill Memorial Park on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 11 AM. Those wishing to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home by 10:00 AM to go in procession.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to your favorite charity or one of the following in memory of Kay:

The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation, Mutt Nation (in memory of Kay White and in honor of her dog Molly) Morgan Wallen Foundation, Boone Trail Baptist Church, Second Harvest Food Bank, or Tennessee Kidney Foundation.

To leave an online message for the White family, please visit us at www.johnsonarrowood.com.

Johnson-Arrowood Funeral Home of Church Hill is honored to serve the White family.