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Virginias Moten White Virginias Moten served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War under General Nathan Bedford Forrest sometime between July, 1862 to March 1865. He was believed to have served in the Calvary Division. Gen. Forrest was made commander of the entire Calvary with the Army of Tennessee November of 1874. In 1865 Gen. Forrest was placed in charge of the Calvary in Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Harley remembers hearing his dad tell about when he left the army, they had no way to return home, so they took some of the Army mules, without permission from the government, cut the Army brand off with a pocket knife and rode them home. He later left Virginia and moved to Texas where he met and married Susan Olefield. No one knows anything of Susan's relatives. They were believed to have been killed during the Civil War except for 1 sister. She and her sister came to Texas with an uncle, William Hayden, from Alabama by boat. One of their children, Gertrude, remembered her mother tell of being seasick. Buxy was a carpenter and blacksmith by trade. He owned a blacksmith shop, a horse, and a dog at the time he married Susan. Before they were married, Buxy bought all the eggs that came into town. He had a barrel of eggs. Buxy, Susan, the horse, and the dog all ate eggs. Susan would cook the eggs, but the dog wouldn't eat them when she would try to feed him. He would only eat when Buxy fed him. When Buxy and Susan was first married the first meal she cooked she made water biscuits, they were real flat and he wondered if he was going to have to eat bread like this all the time. They got some milk somewhere and she made bread for supper and they were light and fluffy and Buxy wanted to know what the difference was and she told him it was the milk. He told her they would have a cow before the sun went down. Harley remembers Susan telling of a time in Texas, there was going to be a shoot out and Buxy made her get off the street. They moved to Oklahoma from Texas in 1894. They purchased the farm 5 miles south of Verden from Indians in ____. Susan died in January of 1929. Grandpa and Grandma were both Methodist. Uncle Harley took them to church. One would go one night and the other would go the next. One had to stay at home and watch their farm and home. |
© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma January 10, 1930 Virginias Moten "Buck" White Funeral services for V. M. White were held at the Methodist church here Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. Hedrick, pastor, conducted the funeral services and interment was made in the Verden Cemetery beside his wife who departed this life about a year ago. Uncle Buck, seemingly, was enjoying health, and had gone to Haskell for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. Will Grimet, where he passed away Thursday night. The body was brought here Friday for burial arrangements. The members of the Masonic Order here paid tribute at the funeral of which Mr. White was a member. A very large crowd attended and many beautiful flowers were displayed as a token of rememberance of his many friends. He is survived by the following sons and daughters: Ben White, Harley White and Mrs. T. E. Otey, Cement, Tom White, Mrs. Dock Boswell of Chickasha, Will White, Texas, and Mrs. Will Grimet, Haskell. |
© The Verden News January 11, 1929 Susan [Oldfield] White Mrs. Buck White, age 76, succumbed to an attack of influenza and pneumonia at her home south of Verden, Monday, January 7. Mrs. White was born in Alabama in 1852, was united in marriage to Mr. Buck White in 1875, to this union 7 children were born and they adopted one child which made eight children that this faithful couple reared. They moved to Oklahoma in the year 1894, where they have resided since. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, with Rev. B. C. Perry in charge of the funeral services, after which interment was made in the Verden cemetery. Mrs. White is survived by 7 children: Mrs. Mary Grimmett, Haskell, Texas; Tom C. White, Chickasha; Mrs. Anna Boswell and Ben White, Verden; Will White, who is sick at Marley, Texas, and was unable to attend the funeral of his mother; Harley White, Verden; and 29 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. |
Wednesday, September 4, 1968 Wesley Bennett "Ben" White VERDEN ~ Services for Wesley Bennett White, 80, former resident of Verden, will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, with Rev. Johnny Curtsinger, of Ninnekah, officiating. Rev. Herschel C. Eslinger, of Marlow will assist. Burial will be in the Verden Cemetery, under the direction of the Hansen Funeral Home. Born March 5, 1888, in Sweetwater, Tex., White died Wednesday in the Friendship Manor Retirement Center, at Anadarko. He moved to Oklahoma, south of Verden, in 1901, where he farmed until his retirement several years ago. He then moved to Apache and finally to Cement. A member of the Baptist Church, he was married to the former Miss Lou Conn in 1924. Survivors include his wife of the home in Cement, five sons, Ellis of Wellington, Utah, Wayne of Chickasha, Bedford of Anadarko, Kenneth of Tulsa and George of Fairview; five daughters, Mrs. Ruby Holmes and Mrs. Gertrude Cooper, both of Cement; Mrs. Ruth Sechrist, of Apache, Miss Melvina White of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Carol Settle of Carmen; a sister, Mrs. Mote Grimmett of Haskell; a brother, Harley M. White of Chickasha; 49 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. |
© The Chickasha Daily Express Chickasha, Oklahoma Sunday, November 23, 1969 Lou E. [Conn] White Mrs. Lou White, 77, of Cement, mother of Wayne White of Chickasha, died at 7:15 a.m. Saturday in an Anadarko Hospital. Funeral service will be at 2:30 p.m.Tuesday in the First Baptist Church in Verden. Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery under the direction of Hansen Funeral Home. Mrs. White was born June 25, 1892, in Ada and had lived in the Verden - Laverty - Cement area most of her life. She was married to Wesley "Ben" White in 1924. He preceded her in death on Sept 4, 1968. Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Ruby Holmes and Mrs. Gertrude Cooper of Cement, Mrs. Ruth Sechrist of Apache, Miss Melvina White of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Carol Settle of Carmen; five sons, Ellis White of Wellington, Utah, Wayne White of Chickasha, Bedford of Anadarko, Kenneth of Tulsa and George of Fairview; 49 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren; and two sisters Mrs. May Osborn of Anadarko and Mrs. Orpha Estes of Mountain Home, Ark. |
Thursday, 19 March 1981 Harley M. White Funeral for Harley M. White, 79, 1315 South 10th will be at 1:30 p.m. in the chapel of Sevier Funeral Home. Mr. White was born Feb. 7, 1902 in Cement. He died Thursday, March 19, 1981, in Grady Memorial Hospital. He had lived all his life in Chickasha. He was a farmer south of Verden. He and Doris Stone were married on Aug. 20, 1963 at Elderberry, near Anadarko. He was married to Lucille White who preceded him on death in September, 1962. He is survived by his wife, Doris Stone Timmerman White of the home; four sons, Bill Timmerman of Bakersfield, California, Wesley Timmerman of Midwest City, Paul Timmerman of Grand Prairie, Texas and Roy Timmerman of the home; five daughters, Francis Graig and Patricia Wade, both of Bakersfield, Calif., Norma Rice and Delitha Smith, both of Grand Prairie, Texas; and Oleta Long of Chickasha; one niece, 4 of whom he reared, Opal Parrish Gray of Claremore; 18 grandchildren; and one great grandchild. Interment will be in Verden Cemetery. |
© The Chickasha Daily Express Chickasha, Oklahoma Monday, September 24, 1962 Lucille Cindy [Parish] White Mrs. Lucille White, 58, wife of Harley M. White, died about 7 a.m. Sunday after a sudden illness at her home four miles south and one-fourth mile east of Verden. Born Aug 26, 1904, near Norman, she married Harley M. White Dec 19, 1923 in Oklahoma City. She was formerly Lucille Parrish and had been a resident of Grady-Caddo counties since 1928. She was a member of the Methodist Church and Freeman home demonstration club. Other than her husband she is survived by three brothers, E P Parrish, Safford, Ariz.; Bill Parrish, Moore; Grover Parrish, Oklahoma City; and one sister, Mrs. Madge Boswell, Portland, Ore. Interment will be in Verden cemetery under the direction of Hansen's Funeral Home, Verden. |
© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma January 3, 1943 Van H. White Rites Held Sunday For Van White Van White, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben White who live 6 miles south of Verden, was killed Friday afternoon two miles northeast of Cement, and three persons were injured, but Mrs. Ruth Sechrist, 25, wife of the driver of the truck, and sister of Mr. White, who suffered a severe scalp wound and bruises; Randell Sechrist, 7, a son, who suffered a severe skull injury and bruises about the body; and Truman Sechrist, 14 months old son, was slightly bruised. Mrs. Sechrist and son, Randell regained consciousness shortly after entering a local hospital in Chickasha. The funeral services were held at the Baptist church here Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Rev. E. L. Spann, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Music for the service was furnished by Mrs. John Kern, Miss Adeline MaGuire, Mrs. Roe Caldwell, Mrs. Ed MaGuire, Floyd Adkisson, Emmet Stapleton and B. M. and Floyd Ransbarger who sang "No Night There," "Jesus Saviour Pilot Me," and "Beautiful Isle" with Miss Ruth Mahood playing the piano. Surviving members of the family include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben White, six miles south of Verden; six brothers, Ellis and Ferris, who are in service in the Army; and Wayne and Bedford, Kenneth and George at home; five sisters, Gertrude, Melvina and Cari, all at home; Mrs. Ruby Holmes of Verden and Mrs. Ruth Sechrist of Cement. Burial was made in the Verden cemetery with Hansen Funeral Home in charge of arrangements |
©The Anadarko Newspaper Volume 67, Number 62 Anadarko, Oklahom Wednesday, November 9, 1966 Farris E. White Cement Man Dies Inside Oil Tank CEMENT- Services will be held here Saturday for a Cement oil field worker who fell through the rusted top of an oil storage tank a mile south of here Tuesday and was asphyxiated by strong fumes inside the huge tank. Farris E. White, 46, the father of five children was already dead when he was pulled from the tank about 10 minutes after he crashed through the metal top. Deputy Sheriff C. W. Taylor said workers told him White was on top of the tank working a hose being used to fill the tank with oil when the roof of the tank gave way. White apparently grabbed desperately for a nearby pipe, but his oil-covered rubber gloves came off and he fell about 10 feet into the tank, which contained about one and a half feet of oil. Another worker, Roy Stewart, Who was working on the ground told Taylor he heard a tapping sound and began to look for White. When he got to the top of the tank and saw the hole, he realized that White was inside the tank, Taylor said Stewart and J.G. James, pumper on the rig, quickly unbolted a metal door on the side and pulled White's body from the tank. White was employed by the Robertson Tank and Truck Company, of Cement and was helping clean the oil storage tanks, which are owned by the Gulf Petroleum Company. Services are scheduled to be held in the Assembly of God Church here at 10: a.m. Saturday with Rev. H. C. Eslinger, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Verden Cemetery with the Cyril Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. White was born in Verden, Dec. 3, 1919, and had farmed until 1956 when he moved to Cement and went to work for the local firm. He was graduated from Cement High School in 1940 and was a veteran of World War II. He was married to the former Rosie Newberry May 2, 1947. Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Mrs. Veronica Bowen, of Springfield, Ark., and Barbara, Vanita, and Vickie White, all of the home; a son, Buddy, of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben White, of Cement; five sisters, Mrs. Lloyd Holmes and Mrs. Doc. Cooper, both of Cement, Mrs. J.D. Sechrist, of Apache, Mrs. Melvina White, of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Carol Settles of Kingfisher; and five brothers, Ellis, of Price, Utah, Wayne, of Chickasha, Bedford of Anadarko, Kenneth of Tulsa and George of Kingfisher. Father of Veronica Bowen, Barbara, Vanita, Milton F. "Buddy" & Vickie White. |
© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma Friday, June 9, 2006 Rosie Evelyn [Newberry] White Funeral service for Rosie Evelyn White, age 84 of Cement, Oklahoma, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 10, 2006, in the Assembly of God Church in Cement. Lindell Warren will officiate. Rosie was born the daughter of William Fred Newberry and Louise Pelzer Newberry on November 11, 1921, in Cogar, Oklahoma. She died on June 7, 2006, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Interment will be in the Verden Cemetery in Verden, Oklahoma. Service will be under the direction of the McRay's Cyril Funeral Home. |
© The Chickasha Daily Express Chickasha, Oklahoma Monday, February 18, 1974 Nora Mae [Cocheran] White Wife of W. B. White, died at the Anadarko sanitarium today (Thursday) following an operation for appendicitis. The home of the White family is five and a half miles south of Verden. Undertaker Gish, who had charge of the remains here, shipped them to Verden today from where they were taken to the family home, awaiting interment in the Verden cemetery, Friday. Mrs. White was 30 years of age. She is survived by her husband and several children. |
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