JAMES JAMIE GRANT WHYTE

GLACE BAY

JAMIE WHYTE, 71, OF GLACE BAY PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLEY AUGUST 26, 2025, AT HOME. BORN IN GLACE BAY HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE GRANT AND BETTY WHYTE.

AS A YOUNG BOY, JAMIE WORKED FOR HIS MOM AND DAD’S HOME HARDWARE STORE BEFORE STARTING A CAREER AS A BANK AUDITOR FOR SCOTIABANK. AFTER SEVERAL YEARS ON THE ROAD, JAMIE WENT BACK TO DOING WHAT HE LOVED THE MOST, WORKING AT HIS PARENTS HOME HARDWARE STORE. JAMIE AND HIS BROTHER FRED, TOOK OVER THE HOME HARDWARE FRANCHISE IN THE EARLY 80’S, OR MORE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO ALL AS HARBAX. WHEN FRED RETIRED, JAMIE AND NANCY RAN HARBAX, UNTIL JAMIE RETIRED IN 2019.

JAMIE LOVED TO TRAVEL AND DURING HIS RETIREMENT, WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL MORE OFTEN. JAMIE’S PASSION FOR FLOATING IN WHAT HE LIKED TO CALL “THE AZURE SEAS “TOOK HIM ALL OVER THE CARIBBEAN BUT HIS MOST FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD WAS BERMUDA. WHEN JAMIE WASN’T TRAVELING, YOU WOULD FIND HIM RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLES AROUND OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, OR SPENDING TIME WITH HIS YOUNGEST SON MORGAN SKIING IN THE WINTER, AND TINKERING AROUND ON HIS MOTORCYCLES DURING THE SUMMER. JAMIE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY THOSE THAT LOVED HIM, INCLUDING HIS 3 FUR BABIES, COCO, BISCUIT AND RAYA.

JAMIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS BEST FRIEND NANCY WHYTE; HIS SONS, JEFF (KAT), AND MORGAN; BROTHER, JOHN (DANA);SISTERS, MARY (ROBERT) AND ANNA (RICK); SISTER-IN-LAW JOYCE.

JAMIE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS GRANT AND BETTY; AS WELL AS HIS BROTHER FRED.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025, FROM 12-2 P.M. WITH A FUNERAL SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 2:00 P.M. WITH FR. MACLEEN OFFICIATING, ALL TAKING PLACE AT T.J. TRACEY CREMATION AND BURIAL SPECIALISTS, 370 RESERVE ST. GLACE BAY, NS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE EHS PARAMEDICS WHO TRIED HARD TO BRING JAMIE BACK TO US, AND FOR THE COMPASSION WE RECEIVED FROM CONSTABLE JESSE MCGILLIVARY OF THE CAPE BRETON REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE. JESSE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL.

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