EVERETT E. WHITE

The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 348

EVERETT E. WHITE, cashier of the Madison National Bank
and one of the most substantial men of Boone County, is
recognized as a leading factor in the business life of Madi-
son. He is a man whose sound good sense and excellent
judgment are at the service of his fellow citizens, and who,
notwithstanding the fact that his time is much occupied with
business cares, is never too busy to give heed to civic mat-
ters, in which he has always been interested.

The birth of Everett E. White took place at Gordon,
Boone County, West Virginia, September 28, 1881, and he
is a son of Asa and Amanda (Brown) White, natives of
West Virginia. For the past thirty-five years Asa White
has been postmaster of Gordon, where he is conducting a
mercantile business, and he has always taken an active part
in local affairs, being particularly zealous in behalf of the
public schools.

After completing his studies in the Gordon common
schools Everett E. White attended Marshall College, Hunt-
ington, West Virginia, for twelve weeks. After attaining
his majority he secured an appointment as bookkeeper for
White Brothers, in which his father was interested. This
concern handled lumber at Pond, West Virginia, and Mr.
Everett E. White remained with it for about a year, and
then became manager and part owner of Sidney White &
Company, proprietors of a general store at Van, West Vir-
ginia, and discharged his duties there for five years. His
ambition, however, had been to enter the banking business,
and in 1907, when he was offered a position as bookkeeper
in the Madison National Bank, he accepted it and moved
to Madison, which has since continued to be his place of
residence. Within a year he was made assistant cashier,
and in 1916 was elected cashier, and is still holding that
office. This is one of the sound banking institutions of
the state, with a capital of $50,000 and a surplus of $75,000.
During the late war Mr. White practically carried on the
business, as his younger associates were all in the service,
but in spite of the added burdens he was glad to be able
to release the men to the country. Like his father, he is
a firm friend of the public school system, and has long
been a member of the School Board and served as its presi-
dent for four years. Another movement which has his
hearty and effective support is that looking toward the
building and improvement of the roads, not only of his
immediate community but all over the country, and hia
work in this connection received proper recognition in his
appointment by the governor as a delegate to the National
Good Eoads Convention held at Phoenix, Arizona, in 1922.

In 1912 Mr. White married at Madison, West Virginia,
Lula Burdette, a daughter of William and Virginia (Chit-
turn) Burdette, born in Putnam County, West Virginia.
For a number of years Mr. Burdette was a farmer. During
the war between the North and the South he served in the
Confederate Army. Mr. and Mrs. White have two chil-
dren, Everett E., Junior, and Helen. Mr. White maintains
membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He
is a Scottish Rite and Shriner Mason, and also belongs to
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Both in his busi-
ness affairs and personal character Mr. White measures
up to the highest ideals of American citizenship, and his
community has benefited greatly through his constructive
ideas with reference to its public affairs.


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