Phyllis Joy White, 77, of Lumberton, died Friday, July 11, 2014.  She was born on July 4, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Alva Chappell Stevens and James D. Stevens.  Mrs. White had worked as a cosmetology instructor. 

Survivors include her daughters, Stephanie Hooks of Lumberton; Rebecca Lucas and her husband, Jerry, of Chester, Virginia; Phyllis O’Brien and her husband, Michael, of St. Louis, Missouri; and Mary Greer and her husband, Gil, of Silsbee; twelve grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; brother, Dr. Robert Lee Stevens and his wife, Elizabeth, of Durrant, Oklahoma; and sister-in-law, Donna Stevens.  She is preceded in death by her parents; son, John Charles White, Jr.; brother, Reverend James D. Stevens; and sister, Ann Stevens Lowe.

Her committal was held at Broussard’s Crematorium, Beaumont.