Founder
A founding member of White-Spunner Realty in 1954, Blacksher White-Spunner served as Chairman of the Board until his passing in 2024. He was active in developing raw land for commercial and first-class residential developments, as well as neighborhood retail centers in Mobile and Baldwin County – encompassing a span of more than 65 years in real estate.
Blacksher was born in 1927 in Mobile, Alabama. Growing up in Mobile, he spent summers in Point Clear on Mobile Bay where he developed lifelong friendships that would also become business partnerships for multiple generations. At 17, Blacksher joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in World War II in the Pacific. After his service, he enrolled in Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn) and graduated in 1949 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He returned to Mobile and together with his wife, Peggy and the friendships of his youth, he began investing in and developing neighborhoods throughout Mobile.
Blacksher spent his life developing and growing Mobile, the city he deeply loved. He was involved in multiple neighborhood developments: Brookwood, Ravine Woods, Kingswood and Sugar Creek, to name a few. He truly thrived when he began developing large multi-state commercial, distribution and warehouse projects for long-term repetitive national and local businesses. He often pushed the boundaries and growth of Mobile to the west before most thought sensible. He was a true visionary, who was constantly thinking of ways to improve on every project and deal. He loved working with people and perfecting the art of the deal. His love for work and family kept him on the job until the week he died.
He is one of the original founding members and Past President of the Mobile Commercial Real Estate Exchange Club, a past Board of Director of the Mobile YMCA, former President of the Mobile Country Club and served as a Board Member of the Community Foundation of South Alabama.
Blacksher leaves a legacy of humility, hard work, community development and service rooted in his faith in God to his children, grandchildren, great children, and generations to come. He gave and encouraged others to give to local organizations and charitable entities often without acknowledgement. He always said “do the work and results will shake out. Help others and don’t worry about what you need. Focus on helping others and your life will be better.”
