It is with great sadness that the family of David Leslie White husband of Betty White, of Miramichi, NB, announces his death on August 23, 2022, at the Miramichi Hospital at the age of 74. Born in Newcastle, NB he was the son of the late Edgar and Winnifred White. David owned and operated White’s pharmacy and Jean Coutu pharmacy and retired in 2019.
Besides his wife, David is survived by daughters, Jennifer and Nancy Lee White, of Miramichi, NB; brother-in-law Fred (Junior) Green of Miramichi, NB; cousins: Anne Schwark, of Ottawa, ON; and Don Crocker, of Nanaimo, BC. David is also survived by Betty’s family several sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews and special little friend Harper.
Besides his parents, David is predeceased by his sister, Lesley Green.
The family will receive visitors at Bell’s Funeral Home on Friday, from 4-7 PM. The funeral service will be held from the Sterling Bell Memorial Chapel on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at 11 AM with Rev. Thomas Nisbett officiating. Burial will follow in the Miramichi Cemetery.
In David’s memory, donations may be made to the Miramichi Regional Hospital Foundation. Messages of condolence can be sent through our website: www.bellsmeadows.com
Funeral arrangements are under the care of Bell’s Funeral Home, 651 King George Highway, Miramichi, NB. Telephone: 506-622-3600.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of David Leslie White 2022..
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Death notice for the town of: Miramichi, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick
My sympathies to the family. I remember those days at Whites pharmacy many years ago with fondness. Condolences to Betty and the family.
I just heard today of David’s death. I wish I had been able to tell him in person how grateful I have been for what he did for my family back in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
My mother, Alice Blackmore, worked as a bookkeeper for David and his mother, Winnifred White, until my mother died suddenly in 1976. They were a family owned business who treated their long term staff as an extension to their family.
David, who had graduated from Harkins several years before I even started high school, was a pallbearer at my mother’s funeral in 1976, a tribute much appreciated by our family.
However David did something for the Blackmore family in the early 1970’s that I will never forget. I may be the only person still alive (unless Betty remembers) who knows the details of that really cold winter night when David helped save my late brother, Rocky Blackmore, after an accident that resulted in a severe wire cut to Rocky’s neck, significant blood loss, a concussion and impending hypothermia.
I was home from university for Winter Break when our house phone rang one evening. I picked up the phone. It was David who asked if Rocky was home as he wanted to see if they could go out snowmobiling together. When I said that Rock had just left on his snowmobile David asked me if I knew where he was headed. I responded that Rocky had said he was going up The Tower Road but I could not guarantee that was where he would be. David replied that he would go and try to find him. I have been grateful ever since that he immediately went up that way.
It wasn’t that much later when our home phone rang again. For the second time that night it was David White who asked ”Carla, is your mother at home tonight?” When I said “Yes” he suggested that I put my mother in the car and drive her to Miramichi Hospital as Rocky had been in an accident.
Later, David told me that he was on his way to try to locate Rocky when he heard a snowmobile further up The Tower Road. He headed toward the sound but then heard a crash and assumed it might be Rocky. When he got closer it was evident that Rocky had hit a heavy gauge wire across a road. The wire was high enough from the ground that it hit Rocky directly in the neck and cut him from one side to the other. Rocky’s helmet apparently offered some protection but Rocky went head first off his machine and hit the icy road.
David, in those pre-cell phone days days had to arrange for an ambulance while keeping Rocky stable and as warm as possible until emergency services arrived. Our family will always appreciate that action on his part. Because David arrived by chance on that quiet, deserted side road just off Tower Road at the right time that night Rocky got quick medical attention and went on to get married about six years later, have two daughters and three grandchildren. He was very proud of all of his family.
About 50 years later, we once again thank David for his response that night. If he had not been there at exactly the right time we do not know what might have transpired but are grateful that we had the chance to have all those additional years with Rocky.
Betty – sending virtual hugs, and my condolences, to you, and to your family.
Carla Blackmore