June Fleenor White

Nelle LeJeune (June) Fleenor White, 95, died on September 10, 2024 at The Pines in Davidson. Born in Charlotte on October 29, 1928, June was the daughter of Lloyd Jefferson Fleenor and Verna Kilbourne Fleenor.  June is survived by her husband of 73 years, Mack White; son, Dr. Mack White III and wife Mary Virginia White of Charlotte; son Jim White and wife Julie White of Black Mountain; grandsons, Henry White, Lewis White, & Gordon White, all of Charlotte; great grandson's Aidan and Everett White; nephew Bill Prather of Tryon, NC; and nieces Ann Freese and Emilie Freese. She is preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Helen Fleenor Freese and Elaine Prather.

Along with Mack, June was educated in the Charlotte city schools, graduating in 1946 from old Central High School. She graduated in 1948 from St. Mary's School in Raleigh and in 1950 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. June taught school after college and continued her devoted advocacy for children while raising her family as an active member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, where she served as a elder.

After raising their boys, June and Mack moved in the 1970s to create a 22-acre wooded, retreat-like home just outside Davidson, where her renowned herb and woodland gardens became the site for popular day-long silent retreats, Yoga practice and study groups for the lifelong learning she so valued. June became active at Davidson College Presbyterian Church and along with Davidson College students began a 20-year tradition of visiting and carrying needed materials and services to prisoners of the men's prison then located in North Mecklenburg. June was honored with the Davidson Algernon Sydney Award for this community service. 

A service will be held privately by the White family. Inurnment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Charlotte, NC.