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Submitted: 7/1/09 • Approved: 10/9/13 • Last Updated: 10/12/13 • R210228-G0-S3
US Navy
World War II
June 28, 1919-January 4, 1977
Husband of Dorothy A. Mead White.
Son of John D. & Sarah Mayfield White.
Born Shipps Ferry, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Married at Lone Rock, Baxter County, Arkansas in 1939.
The Baxter Bulletin
January 6, 1977
James Claude White, 57, of the Lone Rock community, near Norfork, and employee of the US Army Corps of Engineers, died Tuesday at Baxter General Hospital. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the Church of Christ.
Mr. White's funeral will be a 3PM today (Thrusday) at the Lone Rock Baptist Church, followed by interment in the nearby Brunt Schoolhouse Cemetery. Doyle Davenport, a Church of Christ minister of Yellville, will officiated at the service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Roller Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Russell Rasor, Raymond Rasor, Lewis Bench, R.L. Henderson, Garland Wood and Eldon Lindsey.
The son of the late John and Sarah Mayfield White, Mr. White was born June 28, 1919, at Shipps Ferry, south of Mt. Home, and was a lifetime resident of Baxter County. He and the former Dorothy Mead were married at Lone Rock in 1939.
Surviving are his wife, at the home; two sons, Derrell and Billy, both of Mabelvale; three daughters, Bevelyn Payne of Norfork, June Bench of Mabelvale and Jo Greer of Siloam Springs; two brothers, Gene White of Norfork and Short White of Mt. Home; two sisters, Allie Smith of Wenatchee, WA and Pearl Ivens of Mt. Home; 12 grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Three sisters and a grandchild are deceased.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Contributed on 7/1/09 by maxparnell
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