Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....White, Mr. Hugh November 1912
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The Covington News, November 13, 1912
Mr. Hugh White Died On Thursday
BEST CITIZEN OF COUNTY, AT NINETY-SEVEN YEARS OF AGE PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY 
LAST.

     Mr. Hugh White, one of the best known and most prominent citizens of 
Newton County, died at the home of his son, Mr. Charles H. White in this city 
on Thursday morning, after an illness of five or six weeks.
     Mr. White was the oldest citizen in the county, being at the time of his 
death ninety-six years of age in the month of last March.
     For a long number of years Mr. White had lived a useful and exemplary life 
in Newton County, and up to a few months ago he had resided at his old home 
place at White’s Shoals in the Southern part of the county. He had lived a very 
active life and during all the years of his residence among our people he was 
always found on the right side of questions of public interest, lending his 
influence to the best interests of the people.
     Mr. White was born in Ireland, but came to this country at the age of 
twelve years with his parents, who first located in Charleston, S. C., and 
later moved to Georgia, locating in the county where he spent the remainder of 
his life. Having the true instincts of the Irish people he was of that open-
hearted disposition in all circumstances, which won for him the lasting 
friendship of everyone.
     Mr. White was a remarkable man in many ways. Besides having lived ninety-
seven years more than his allotted three score and ten, he was a possessor of a 
remarkable mind and memory, which he retained up to within a short time before 
his death. He was an interesting talker, and a most courteous and affable 
gentleman. He was a true scholar of the ____ school, so fast disappearing in 
the south.
     Four children survive Mr. White; Mr. Charles H. White of this city, Mrs. 
Alice Aiken of this city, and Mrs. Althea Wright and Mrs. Ada Aiken of Stewart. 
Besides his children, Mr. White leaves a number of relatives and a large circle 
of friends to mourn his death.
     The funeral occurred Friday morning at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. 
White. Rev. Mr. Ellenwood of Atlanta conducting the services, after which the 
interment took place at Red Oak, in the southern part of the county.


Additional Comments:
According to the date calculator Mr. White died on:  November 7, 1912.

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