Mary E. White

Mary Eddynell (Thornton) White was born and raised in east Texas on the family homestead at Crossroads, part of the second generation born on the farm. She was the fourth of Dewey and Eula Thornton’s children after Winfield (W.E.), Dewey (Shorty), and Eula (Beth). On May 2, 1948, she was baptized at the Crossroads Baptist Church, which was founded by her grandparents. Graduating from high school in 1951 as the class of sixteen’s valedictorian, she went on to attend college at both Texas Women’s College in Denton and Texas Tech in Lubbock. She met Edward White, May 1957, in Midland and then married him on February 22, 1958 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. They had four children – Randy, David, Steve and Lisa, which she loved dearly. Once they were all in school, she returned to college at Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma obtaining both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education. She went on to work as a Diagnostician testing kids for several school districts in Oklahoma and Texas. Mary loved to help others and was very creative in all that she did from cooking to sewing to arts and crafts much of which she gave to others. She and Ed joined the Bluebonnet Square Dancers in 1999. She is survived and will be missed by her husband of 54 years, four children, 13 grandchildren, her sister and husband (Orsborne), nieces and nephews, and numerous close friends from Oklahoma to Texas.

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6