Name: White, Mary Elizabeth (Griffith)
Burial Date: 1952, 01/20
Age at Death: 65
Plot Location: 809 E
Notes: wife of Samuel Marion White
| Birth: | May 8, 1886 Ellsworth, Kansas |
| Death: | Jan. 17, 1952 Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA |
 Mrs Sam White Buried Here Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Sam White, 65, were held Sunday afternoon at the Calvary Baptist church with Rev. A. E. Armstrong in charge. Burial was in the Sterling Cemetery. Mrs. White died at her home on East Monroe early Thursday morning. She had been in ill health for some time. ————————————- Mary Elizabeth Griffith, born May 8, 1886, was united in marriage to Samuel M. White March 20, 1906, at Kingfisher, Oklahoma. To this union were born5 girls and two boys as follows: Virgil M. White, Sunnyside, Washington; Mrs. Harvey Postier, Hutchinson, Kans; Mrs. C. D. Conn, Bakerfield, California; Mrs. I. A. Cantwell, Carlsbad, New Mexico; James E. White, Sterling and two girls who died in infancy. The family moved from Oklahoma to Kanopolis, Kansas, in 1923; later to Lyons, then to Saxman and in 1934 moved to Sterling. Mary Elizabeth early in life accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her own personal Saviour and was baptized into fellowship with Calvary Baptist Church November 11, 1952. Mrs. White had suffered much in this life but through it always remained cheerful and steadfast in her faith in Christ. After a few weeks of illness she seemed to be regaining her strength and had planned on attending Church services Sunday, but Thursday, January 17, at 6:20 a.m. she answered the summons of her precious Lord to come home. Her departure came at the age of 65 years, 8 months, 9 days. Besides her immediate family, Mrs. White leaves to mourn her departure five sisters and two brothers: Mrs. Fred Countryman, Fairview, Oklahoma; Mrs. “Sarah Pierson, Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Mrs. Clara Carpy, Enid, Oklahoma; Mrs. Jake Johnson, springdale, Arkansas; Mrs. Pearl Stroud, Los Angeles, California; Mr Truman Griffith, Calumet, Oklahoma; Mr. Arthur Griffith, Topeka, Kansas. Twelve grandchildren, four great grandchildren, 38 nieces and nephews a host of other relatives and friends. Kansas Bulletin, Sterling, KS, Thursday, July 24, 1952, Pages 4 & 5.Family links: Parents: Michael John Griffith (1853 – 1930) Agnes Leticia Livingston Griffith (1860 – 1939)Spouse: Samuel M. White (1876 – 1959)Children: Emma Elizabeth White Hampton (1910 – 1989)* Agnes Adaline White Conn (1916 – 1979)* Ila Pauline White Cantrell (1924 – 1981)* James E. White (1932 – 1984)* Siblings: *Calculated relationship |
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| Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA |
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