Mrs. Emma White, Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Pauline Mobley
Date: October 22, 2010

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West Carroll-East Carroll-Rapides Parish Louisiana Archives News
Mrs. Emma White Buried Last Friday A.M. in Alexandria 
December 20, 1934

West Carroll Gazette-Oak Grove, La. December 20, 1934
Funeral services and burial for Mrs. Emma Anderson White, 78, a
widely known and beloved resident of West Carroll Parish for a
long period of years, were conducted Friday morning at
Alexandria, with Dr. Briscoe Carter and the Rev. E.N. Joyner
officiating. The funeral was held from the First Methodist
Church and interment was in the Mt. Olive cemetery.
  
Mrs. White, widow of the late Rev. B.F. White, died Thursday at
noon in a hospital at Monroe, following a brief but serious
illness.
  
Surviving are two nieces, Miss Bernice Anderson, and Mrs. Mark 
McCurdy of New Orleans; a nephew, Frank Anderson of Algiers; a
stepson, Jude Horace H. White of Alexandria; a step-daughter
Mrs Neal Davidson of Dallas, Texas and other relatives.

Born on December 14, 1856 in East Carroll parish, near 
Monticello, Mrs. White was a daughter of John Walter Anderson 
and Permelia Jackson Anderson.
  
She attended the public school at Floyd and, at the age of 18,
graduated from the Grenada, Miss. woman's college.

In 1876 she was married to Dunkin Glenn, attorney of Floyd and
Lake Providence, who died only four years later.

She was wed again in 1883 to the Rev. B.F. White, then 
president elder of the Monroe district of the Methodist Church,
at Floyd. Going to Monroe to live during her husband's 
pasterate in this territory. Mrs. White was later a resident of 
New Orleans and Alexandria at which places the Rev. White served 
in the ministery.

Rev. White died a number of years ago and Mrs. White came back 
to Floyd to live for several years before moving to the home of 
the late S.T. Jackson near Pioneer, where she remained until 
1912, going back to Floyd at that time to  manage her farm 
property and other affairs. Later she lived at Pioneer.

A devout and consecrated christian always, being a member of the
Methodist Church since early childhood. Mrs. White provided 
largely for support of the Floyd Methodist Church until her 
death. She also liberally supported other church and civic 
activities.
  
A wide circle of friends and relatives mourn her death. The 
Gazette family, to whom Mrs. White was related and closely 
assoiated acknowledges a distinct loss in her passing.  
  
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