Victoria White

LaFAYETTE Victoria Ann "Vickie" White, 46, lost her battle with breast cancer, Friday, July 27, 2012. But in doing so won her victory in Heaven.Vickie was a deeply loved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, teacher and friend. Vickie attended Northwest Georgia High School, Covenant College, and received her masters of education from UTC. Vickie taught Health and PE to the children of Walker County for 24 years. At both Fairyland School and North LaFayette Elementary School. She loved every minute of teaching. Vickie went many extra miles for her students.Vickie was preceded in death by her grandparents, Robert and Irene Holt and Harlod and Sue Martin; and niece, Ashleigh Lusk-Sue.She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her beloved husband of 25 years, William G. "Billy" White; her precious sons, William G. "Tripp" and Rhett Jameson, of LaFayette; mother, Debbie (John) Pataky, of Lookout Mountain; father, Dee Martin, of Rossville, sister, Melissa Martin, of Lookout Mountain; father and mother-in-law, William G. "Bill" and Vivian White, of LaFayette; several sisters and brothers-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and a host of cousins all who loved Vickie deeply. Vickie taught her students as well as her family many life lessons of faith, grace, dignity and unconditional love. Vickie loved her family and many friends with a fierce unmeasurable passion for life. She will be greatly missed. One of Vickie's favorite phrases was "you are smart, you are kind, and you are important!" a phrase she felt for all her students. A celebration of Vickie's life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at The First Baptist Church of LaFayette with Jay Neal officiating.Interment will follow at Paynes Chapel Cemetery, Lookout Mountain.The family will receive friends from 5 to 9 p.m. today and prior to leaving for the church on Sunday.In lieu of flowers, there is a fund set up in Vickies memory for North LaFayette Elementary School Students supplies, mail donations to N.L.E.S. c/o Kim Cardwell, 610 N. Duke St., LaFayette, GA 30728, also donations may be made to the Candlelighters Family Support Group, 1305 Darlene Circle, Chattanooga, TN 37412.Arrangements by Wilson Funeral Home, LaFayette Chapel.