23 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. White went on to solely produce Williams' second album, Song Bird, released in 1977. Ī few months before the release of This Is Niecy, Charles Stepney died. Another single being "That's What Friends Are For" rose to No. 1, 2 & 25 on the UK Singles, Billboard Hot R&B Songs and Hot 100charts respectively. This Is Niecy has also been certified Gold in the United States by the RIAA and silver in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry. 3 and 33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively. Released in 1976 This Is Niecy rose to Nos. Williams went on to work on her first studio album with both White and Stepney as its producers. Kalimba was a production company started by Maurice White and Charles Stepney. She left Wonder in 1975 to sign a deal with Columbia Records and Kalimba Productions. Williams also appeared on Syreeta Wright's 1974 album Stevie Wonder Presents: Syreeta, Minnie Riperton's 1974 album Perfect Angel and Roberta Flack's 1975 album Feel Like Makin' Love. She became a backup vocalist for Stevie Wonder as part of "Wonderlove", lending her vocals on his albums Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. A brief spell in 1969 with Patti Hamilton's the Lovelites resulted in her lead on "I'm Not Like the Others", a track that was eventually released in 1999. One of those early records, "I'm Walking Away", was released on Toddlin's subsidiary Lock Records in the late 1960s, is a favorite on England's Northern Soul scene. She recorded for The Toddlin' Town group of labels as Deniece Chandler. It was a lot of fun." During those years, she also worked at a telephone company and as a ward clerk at the Chicago Mercy Hospital. Williams started performing while a college student, "a part-time job singing at a club, Casino Royal, and I liked it. She recalled, "You have to be a good student to be in college, and I wasn't." Career Early years (late 1960s–1975) She attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the hopes of becoming a registered nurse and an anesthetist, but she dropped out after a year and a half. June Deniece Chandler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, United States. She (with Johnny Mathis) is also known for recording “Without Us”, the theme song of Family Ties. Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether. She is best known for the songs " Free", " Silly", " It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles " Let's Hear It for the Boy" and " Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (with Johnny Mathis). She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. Online thoughts and memories can be made at Deniece Williams (née Chandler born June 3, 1951) is an American singer. Memorial contributions may be made to the McElhattan United Methodist Church, the Gatehouse Hospice or the Wayne Township Recreation Committee. Interment will be at the discretion of the family, and flowers will be provided by the family. Family and friends will be received in the funeral home one hour prior to services. Officiating will be Reverend Laura King of the McElhattan United Methodist Church. in the Yost-Gedon Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC, 121 W.
#LOCK HAVEN EXPRESS DON WHITE OBITUARY FULL#
He was preceded in death by a sister Madalyn Myers June Heaton and a half brother Charles as well as a very special friend, Terry Condo.Ī memorial service with full military honors for Charles (Don) White will be held Thursday, May 23, at 3 p.m. (Matt) Johnson of Beech Creek, grandchildren Austin and Kendra of Jersey Shore, two sisters Amy Amacher, Doris Fritz, two brothers Scott (Evelyn) White, Paul (Ed). Survivors include his wife Jane White (Swinehart), his son Brian (Michelle) of Jersey Shore, his daughter Michelle L. He loved building cardboard boats to take to Watkins Glen and had restored two hotrods, a 1967 Mustang and a 1940 Chevy. He loved being in the outdoors hunting and fishing. He had attended the McElhattan United Methodist Church and was a lifetime member of the Wayne Township fire company.ĭon loved spending time with his grandchildren Austin and Kendra, fishing, boating, camping and was a avid Penn State fan. A member of the Avis American Legion Post #284 and the Lock Haven Moose. He was a member of the IBEW local 812 where he was employed for 44 years as an electrician. Don had served on the Wayne Township zoning board and recreational committee, instrumental in creating the nature park and the new baseball field. He was united in marriage to Jane Swinehart Oct. 21, 1945 to the late Malcolm and Dorothy Seybold White.ĭon was a 1963 graduate of the Lock Haven High School and had served in the Marine Corp during Vietnam. Charles (Don) White, Age 73, of 173 Linnwood Drive, Lock Haven passed away Monday, at the Gatehouse Hospice in Williamsport.
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