White, Horace Walter

1901 - 2003  (101 years)

• Name	White, Horace Walter
  Born	18 Nov 1901	, Stanford, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Military	United States Army
  RELI	Grand Avenue Church of Christ
  Died	28 Mar 2003	Winfield Rest Haven, Ponca City, Pawnee, Oklahoma
  Buried	02 Apr 2003	Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Pawnee, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I23179	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2003

  
  

  Family 1	Harsh, Lucy Steele,   b. 14 Oct 1900, White Eagle Agency, Oklahoma ,   d. 20 Aug 2002, Winfield Rest Haven, Ponca City, Pawnee, Oklahoma  (Age 101 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1956	Ponca City, Pawnee, Oklahoma
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2003
  Family ID	F7928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. White, Horace Walter Junior,   b. 01 Jun 1925, Ponca City, Pawnee, Oklahoma ,   d. 31 May 1981, Washington, D.C.  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2003
  Family ID	F7929	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  White, Horace Walter

  
  

  Histories

  History of Lucy Steele Harsh White, a Centenarian By JUDITH ZACCARIA

  
  

• Notes

  Horace White Horace Walter White, 101, longtime resident of Ponca City, died March 28, 2003, at Winfield Rest Haven. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Miles Funeral Service. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery in Ponca City. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday. A memorial has been established with the Westview Boys Home, P.O. Box 553, Hollis, OK. Contributions may be made through the funeral home. White was born Nov. 18, 1901, on a farm near Stanford, Ky., to Ada and William W. White. He served in the U.S. Army from 1919 to 1922 and then moved to Mississippi after being honorably discharged. In 1924 White moved to Ponca City and was employed by Cities Service Gas Co. for 18-1/2 years. In 1942 he moved to California where he was a coppersmith in the shipyards. On April 18, 1956, he married Lucy Harsh in Ponca City. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Los Angeles and later Gardena, Calif. They returned to Ponca City in 1971. In 1989 they moved to Winfield Rest Haven. He was a member of the Grand Avenue Church of Christ in Ponca City. His wife died Aug. 20, 2002. A son, Horace White Jr., also preceded him in death. Survivors include a daughter, Eugenia Lethron, Newport, Wash., and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Source: The Winfield Courier http://www.winfieldcourier.com/obit/o030403.html