Jessie Wince White Jr.
WILMINGTON Jesse Wince White Jr., 72, passed into eternity Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, at home surrounded by his family. He was born March 12, 1948, in Chowan County to Jesse Wince White Sr. and Minnie Bass White, who preceded him in death.
Jessie graduated from Chowan High School and worked in management at Winn-Dixie for 8 years. Then, he built a convenience store, White’s Mini Mart, and ran it for 20 years with family members. In 2003, he and his family moved to Wilmington and he went to work at Food Lion until he had to retire in 2010 due to a devastating illness. He was a longtime member of Warwick Swamp Baptist Church, Hobbsville, and then Myrtle Grove Baptist Church, Wilmington.