Obituaries: Elzie H. White, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: September 4, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

E. H. White Succumbs To Brief Illness

Elzie H. White, 80, a retired pharmacist of Vivian, died Saturday afternoon in
North Caddo Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

Born on January 21, 1889 of pioneer families in Winn Parish, Mr. White had
lived in Vivian since 1938.  He was married on June 10, 1914 to Mary Bell
Murdock of St. Joseph.  He entered the drug business in Naborton, moving to
Oil City in 1922.  He owned drug stores in Oil City, Mooringsport, Gladewater,
Texas, Gilliam, and Vivian until he retired from the drug business in 1946. 
He then became engaged in insurance, real estate, and cattle.

He was a member of the Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy for many years.  Mr.
White was honored several years ago by Loyola University as a Golden Jubilee
alumnus and by the State Board of Pharmacy for 50 years as a practicing
pharmacist.

Mr. White also was cited for more than 50 years of membership in the Masonic
Lodge.  He was a charter member of the Vivian Kiwanis Club, which he once
served as president, and was an elder in the Vivian Presbyterian Church.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. in Vivian Sunday with burial in the
Chapel Wood Cemetery.

Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Bell Belaire of Lake Charles
and Mrs. Clyde S. Andrews of Shreveport; one brother, W. M. White of Dallas;
one sister, Mrs. Otto G. Milam of Tullos; and three grandchildren, Aimee and
Timothy Andrews of Shreveport and Penelope W. Lee of New Orleans.