Robert Norman White, III

Robert N. White III died Monday, May 11, 2015 at his home in Cape Coral FL. Mr. White was born in Orlando FL on January 14, 1952 to parents Robert N. White Jr. and Francys Sadler White. He was raised on Merritt Island where he graduated from Merritt Island High School in 1970. He graduated from Troy University in Troy, Alabama where he majored in Music. He worked as an accomplished trumpet player and toured for several years as a professional musician in the 70's with The Mark Wayne IV Revue. He taught music in public schools and was a well-respected High School band director in Alabama and Florida. He was also an accomplished arranger of music.

He was a self-taught instrument repairman on wind and brass instruments and was described by his peers as a "true craftsman". He was last employed at The Horn Section in Melbourne FL where he was considered "part of the family". Prior to Melbourne, he had worked in his profession in Savannah GA and Ft. Pierce FL.

He suffered for many years with COPD, an affliction which he readily attributed to his years of smoking cigarettes. It was this disease that forced him to stop working and which ultimately took his life. He was a life-long political conservative and happily shared his views with anyone that he found receptive. In addition to his love of music, he was an avid reader.

Mr. White was a member of the National Association of Professional Band Instrument Repairers (NAPBIRT). He was a proud member of Henry Samson Colony, General Society of Mayflower Descendants as a descendant of Mayflower passenger Miles Standish; and of the Caloosa Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution as a descendant of numerous Patriots of the American Revolution. His White family lineage went back eight generations to Patriot Rev. Ebenezer White from Danbury CT.

Mr. White is survived by his sister, Anne McGuire of Cape Coral, with whom he had resided since moving from Melbourne in 2010, and his sister Barbara White of Otto NC. He had two sons - Robert N. White IV and Randal H. White, and four grandchildren: Abigail, Robert Norman V, Cooper and Evelyn, all residents of Alabama.

Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cape Coral, is handling arrangements.

Burial will be in a family plot at the Pine Forest Cemetery in Mt. Dora, FL. A graveside ceremony will held with friends and family on June 15, 2015 at 11:30 AM. Memorial donations in his name would be welcome at the Sons of the American Revolution Foundation, 809 W. Main St., Louisville, KY 40202-2619. Information may be found at www.sarfoundation.org .