December 23, 2020
Thomas Valliant White, 72, born and raised in Salisbury, Md., passed away at home in Millsboro Sunday Dec. 20, 2020, surrounded by his family.
A life-long Delmarva resident, Tom loved the area’s local waterways, working as an Ocean City lifeguard for multiple summers in his youth, spending many happy years boating the Chesapeake Bay with his family, mooring in Rock Hall, Md., and Cambridge, Md., and fishing in Fleets Bay and the tributaries of the Rappahannock River in Virginia.
Tom was the son of the late William Herbert White and Grace Valliant White. A loving husband and compassionate father, he married Georgeann Ellen Hudson in 1976, has two children, Alison Catherine White and Kyle Valliant White, and a daughter-in-law, Whitney Mettam White. Tom is also survived by his sister, Debbie Jo White Holland, and is preceded by his sisters, Gail White Whitmore and Leslie White.