Bessie Hungate Handy White, 92, of Long Shop, went home to be with the Lord Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at her home.
She was born in Montgomery County on April 7, 1929. She was preceded in death by her father, William Rufus Hungate; her mother, Lela Smith Hungate Flinchum; her stepfather, Lee Flinchum; brothers Jimmy Hungate and Junior Hungate; a sister, Helen Hungate Carroll; a step-sister, Glenna Flinchum Garwood; and her second husband, Richard Thomas Handy.
Bessie was a devoted woman of God, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She was a member of Blacksburg Church of Christ.
She is survived by her husband, William E. White; a son and daughter-in-law, John and Gwen Handy; grandchildren Brandon Handy and his wife Linne, Mary Katherine Handy, Will Stone, Abigail Stone, and Jarrett Mays; sisters Linda Hungate Jenkin and Vickie Flinchum Carroll; brothers and sisters-in-law, Danny and Patty Hungate, Jerry and Nancy Flinchum, and Michael and Debbie Flinchum; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family has special thanks to Good Samaritan Hospice, especially Miranda and Brittany, for their care.
Funeral services will be conducted today, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, at 2 p.m. in the McCoy Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Michael Flinchum officiating. Interment will follow in the Centennial Christian Church Cemetery, McCoy. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. prior to the service at McCoy Funeral Home 150 Country Club Dr. SW, Blacksburg.
