Eva Deloris White

Eva Deloris Bryant was born in Seminole, Oklahoma to Hildred Eugene Bryant and Chloea Faye Voyles Bryant on October 13, 1948. She was the third of four children. The family moved to Iraan, Texas, when Eva was a young child.

While in school, she met the boy of her dreams who became the man she’d love and adore the rest of her life. Eva married Orville Lee White on November 20, 1966, in Iraan, Texas. They made their home in Odessa, Texas. Together they had two sons, Richard White and Stephen White.

Many people were the recipient of her unending generosity of homemade cookies and cakes. She loved to gift loved ones their favorite baked goods on special occasions or just because. Countless friends, family, and church goers received greeting cards she faithfully sent year after year. Whether it be a birthday, holiday, sickness or sympathy, you could always count on a card from Eva. She enjoyed cross stitching and spent countless hours making beautiful projects for those she loved. Blue ribbons from the county fair adorn two of her cross-stitch pictures. 

Family was important to Eva. She attended everything her sons were involved in when they were growing up. She loved to spoil her four grandkids. When they were young, she would take them for ice cream every week and always reminded them to get double scoops and all the extras to sprinkle on top. Love beamed from Eva when she was with her great grandchildren. She dearly loved her dogs and cats, too. 

While her most important job was wife to Lee and mother to Richard and Stephen, Eva also worked at Goliad Elementary School as a teacher’s aide and in the workroom. She volunteered there for many years, as well. She retired from Permian Heat Treaters. 

She was a member of Grace Christian Fellowship. She entered the gates of Heaven on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. 

Visitation will be Sunday, December 15, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral services are Monday, December 16, 2024, at 10:00 AM, at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home with burial to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Clark Racca of Grace Christian Fellowship will officiate.

Eva is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Doyle Bryant; sister, Diane Hutchinson; her oldest son, Richard White; nephew, Carl Douglas Wilson; niece, Alyssa Wilson; numerous aunts, uncles, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law; and other family members.

She is survived by husband, Orville Lee White; son, Stephen White (Cindy) of Odessa; daughter-in-law, Tina White; grandchildren, Maigen (Travis) Pool of Odessa, Zackary White (Melissa Morales) of Midland, Cody Keel (Kendra Hernandez) of Battlefield, Missouri, and Kayla Keel of Odessa; great grandchildren, Alder, Jamie, Emma, and Niall; sister, Kay Rathgeber, Kileen, Texas; brother-in-law, Billy White (Betty) of Odessa; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Arrangements are entrusted to Sunset Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Odessa. To send condolences to the family, please sign their guest book at www.sunsetodessa.com.