Cynthia Maria White was born November 22, 1957 in Little Rock to Marshall Lee White and Mamie Calhoun White. She attended Harris Elementary and Homer Adkins Elementary schools in North Little Rock, and was a 1976 graduate of Jacksonville High School. She attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where she was a cheerleader for the UALR Trojan’s Basketball Team.

She is a retired employee of the Arkansas Department of Health and Kroger. In her spare time, she enjoyed listening to gospel music and spending time with family and friends.

She is preceded in death by a son, Eric White; her mother and father, Marshall and Mamie White; and a brother, Ricky Calhoun Sr. She is survived by four sisters, Ann White-Taylor (Donnie) of Pine Bluff, Sandra Spencer (Charles) and Lisa Macon of North Little Rock, and Marsha Cohen of Nashville, Tennessee. Two brothers: Marshall Lee White Jr.  (Terri) and Danny White (Evelyn) of North Little Rock; several nieces and nephews; and a host of relatives and friends.