battle with cancer on Saturday night at the age of 36. But she leaves behind a message of hope for other sufferers of the disease.

Dr. White of Camp Road in Warwick is survived by her twin children, Sacha and Sergio, her mother Mrs. Marion White, sister Pinky and other relatives.

She worked as the pharmacist-manager of Paget Pharmacy up until she was admitted to hospital a few weeks ago.

"During her sickness she displayed great courage and never quit,'' said Health Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness, whom she ran against in February, 1989 as a PLP candidate for Warwick West.

"Her life should be an example to all of us. I don't know of anyone else who has displayed such courage. She was a tremendous person and will be missed by all.'' Mr. Edness added he had "more fun'' in the February, 1989 election than in any other.

Although Dr. White did not finish the book she was writing on her fight with cancer, which she wanted to call "Breast Cancer: Windows Looking In'', she told her story to hundreds who came to hear her speak at St. Paul's Christian Education Centre in early June.

Dr. White learned earlier this year her breast cancer had spread to her brain.

She vowed in an interview in May, which appeared in The Royal Gazette's Living section, to "turn this ordeal into something good and positive''.

She bravely set out to "clear up misconceptions of the disease'' and encourage other cancer sufferers "not to give up''.

Dr. White was educated at Berkeley Institute and went on to Boston College of Pharmacy and then Mercer Southern School of Pharmacy in Atlanta where she achieved her doctorate.

She worked for eight years at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital before moving to Paget Pharmacy.

"She will be a tremendous loss to us. She was one of the world's special people,'' said Mr. Ward Young, president of BDC Limited which owns the Phoenix group of stores and pharmacies.

Dr. White discovered just a few months after running in the February election that she had a lump in her breast, which was not only malignant but had spread to her bones.

She responded well to treatment. However, by July, 1990 her condition had deteriorated and she had to undergo chemotherapy.

Although she was against chemotherapy, she told Living she eventually chose to have it and would encourage others to as well because it had prolonged her life.

Dr. White found out in February this year she had multiple tumours in her brain.

She underwent radiation treatment and, bravely, went back to work at Paget Pharmacy.

She also pursued her other interests, as president of the Heron Bay School PTA and member of the Bermuda Pharmaceutical Association. And she continued to regularly attended the Cobb's Hill Methodist Church.

DR. KATHYANN WHITE -- `She displayed great courage,' said Health Minister the Hon. Quinton Edness.