Allisa Michelle White Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Allisa Michelle White gracefully and triumphantly won battle after battle against lupus (the wolf disease ) for more than ten years and then gallantly flew peacefully home on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at the age of 54. She was the adored daughter of Elmer and Louise Turner White and the much loved sister of Derek (Jackie) White. The nurse shouted "she's smiling" as Allisa entered this world on September 15, 1965 in Dayton, Ohio. She moved with her family to California in 1967 where she live in Livermore, Poway, and Escondido. Allisa graduated from San Pasqual High School in Escondido, California in the spring of 1983. In the fall of 1983 Allisa joyfully flew off to Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia where she was spellbound by a wonderful freshman year and her first true lovewith what she thought was a very special young man. She completed her freshman year at Spellman and then transferred to Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Pure joy was all that she had as she got to know her Turner side of the family and her fraternity brothers and sisters in Delta Sigma Pi. In the summer of 1987 Allisa received a degree in business administration. Meanwhile her parents were thrilled that they had the opportunity to relocate from Escondido, California to the New Orleans area where her dad was offered a job working as physicist doing what he enjoyed . Allisa moved from campus life to be with her family in Slidell, Louisiana. She decided that she wanted to work in California. She moved to California in 1989 and live in Concord, California. Allisa rode the BART train to San Francisco to work in the finance departments of the Park Hyatt; Landels Ripley & Diamond LLP; The Academy of Arts College; and URS Corporation. She was honored to be chosen to move to Texas in 2000 to help open a branch of URS Corporation. A large company bought out URS, and so from April 3, 2006 to October 2, 2009 Allisa was happy to go to work for Temple Inland in Austin, Texas as a Financial Systems Developer . Allisa's life on this earth was like a beautiful song thrilling on the air and like a rock thrown into water sending fantastic ripples ever outward to reach and bring joy to all her family and friends. She started sending cards and letters around the age of 7 to all her family and friends much to the delight of her older family members. Reading was her passion. At the age of three when the family returned home around midnight and it was her dad's turn to read her bedtime story and he read it fast because he was tired, she came from her bedroom in the dark and stood at our bedside. We felt a presence and turned on the light to find a very unhappy Allisa. She told us that her dad had read the story fast so she slept fast. She would not go back to bed until he went back and read the story slowly. She would corner anyone who came to visit and ask them to read her a story until she could read. One of her Allisa's supervisors said that she was a thoughtful, measured, generous, and focused young woman who her parents should be proud of. And proud of her we were and are. Allisa volunteered for several years at the Storehouse Food Bank in the Austin Pflugerville Community after she stopped working. She was also a determined person. She saved and bought her own home. She would not tell her family about it until the foundation was built and then she said "come and see the beginning of my house in Cedar Park, Texas. She did not want anyone to tell her how her house should be built or what went inside. Allisa has gone to join her father, Elmer White and a host of much loved relatives and friends. She leaves to remember her always, her mother Louise Turner White, her brother, Derek (Jackie) White. and a host of loving relatives and friends. The family would like to thank everyone for all their love and kindness in both words and deeds. Our gratitude to all who helped us is endless. Allisa went to Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 1983, and finish what she liked to refer to as her very special freshman year in May of 1984. She transferred to Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana and graduated with a degree in Business Administration in the spring of 1988. Allisa started her career in July, 1989. She live in Concord, California and worked in San Francisco in the Finance Departments of The Park Hyatt, ,Landels Ripley & Diamond,LLP in San Francisco, The Academy of Art College in San Francisco , and URS Corporation in San Francisco. She moved to Austin, Texas in 2000 to help open a branch of URS Corporation. URS was bought by a larger company and she moved on to work for Temple-Inland as a Financial Systems Developer from April 3, 2006 to October 2, 2009. Allisa's journey on this earth was like a rock thrown into a lake sending ripples ever outward. It began with the sending of cards and letters to friends and family which she started at an early age. She said she wanted to get to know her family that lived so far away in New Orleans. She volunteered her time to serving others all of her life. Her volunteering was most amazing after she became sick with lupus and went on to volunteered at the Storehouse Food Bank. Allisa'a passion for reading started at an early age. One night we went into Berkley from Livermore to a party and returned home after midnight. She slept all the way home. It was her dad's turn to read her bedtime story. He was tired and read it very fast. Allisa glared at him the whole time. After we got into bed and turned off the lights, we felt a presence. It was Allisa. She stood at the side of the bed and told us that her dad read the story fast so she slept fast. She refused to go to bed until he got up and read her story the way she wanted to hear it---slower.Williamson

Allisa Michelle White

September 15, 1965 - March 11, 2020