DEBRA’S OBITUARY

Mrs. Debra Charlene White Waddle, age 73, of Jonesboro, Louisiana, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Debra was born on March 13, 1953, in Newport, Tennessee, to Delmar White and Edith McGaha Coley. She spent her life devoted to her family, her faith, and the simple joys that brought beauty to everyday living. She enjoyed flower gardening, traveling country roads, and spending treasured time with her family and friends.

Debra attended East Leesville Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Dodson, where she enjoyed participating in church activities and fellowship. She boldly shared her faith in Jesus Christ with others, and her favorite scripture was John 3:16, a verse that reflected the hope and conviction that guided her life.

She was preceded in death by her father, Delmar White; her mother, Edith McGaha Coley; her stepfather, George W. Coley; and her husbands, Andrew Gregory and Theodore Whittson, her great-nephew, Mason White,.

Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Donald G. Waddle of Jonesboro, Louisiana; her daughter, Angelia Smith and husband Daniel; her brother, Roger White and wife Donna; her grandchildren, Dakota Smith and wife Joan, Alexis Phillips and husband Alek, Kaitlyn Smith, Jacob Smith and wife Scotlyn, and Sadee Wallin; her great-grandchildren, Bentley, Sage, Rosalina, and Liam; her nephews, Matthew White and wife Ashley, and Wesley White and wife Marci; Caleb, Landyn, and Blakely; and the cherished memory of Braylyn/Raylyn White, an unborn great-niece or great-nephew, along with numerous other family members and friends who will miss her dearly.

Memorial services will be held at East Leesville Baptist Church in Leesville, Louisiana, on Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 6:00 p.m., with Pastor Doug Dixon officiating.

The family invites friends to share expressions of sympathy and condolences by visiting http://www.southernfuneralhome.com.

Though she will be deeply missed, her family finds comfort in the faith she lived so openly and in the promise found in her beloved scripture: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”