CHESAPEAKE—Leon H. White Jr., 84, of the 100 block of Rollingwood Road, died July 3, 2007, in his home.

A native of Carbar, Fla., he was the son of the late Rosalee and Leon H. White Sr., and the widower of Dorothy Poppell White.

Mr. White retired from the Ford Motor Company as a skilled tradesman and was also formerly a barber.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include his daughter, Terrie Coates and husband James of Virginia Beach; a son, R. Wayne White Sr. and wife S. Darlene of Chesapeake; five grandchildren, James Coates III and wife Dee of Virginia Beach, Brett Coates and wife Sandra of Virginia Beach, R. Wayne White II and wife Stephanie of Isle of Wight, DeAnna Jan Gilliland and husband Fred of Chesapeake and Jason W. White and wife Amy of Virginia Beach; 14 great-grandchildren; and two special nieces, Deborah Chovanec and Pamela Correa, both of Chesapeake.

All services will be private with Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.hollomon-brown.com.