Henry James White , Sr.

M, #55601, b. 10 February 1894, d. 21 March 1988
Last Edited: 1 Apr 2012

Parents:

Father: James L. White b. 24 Oct 1848, d. 29 Jul 1903
Mother: Sary? Sarah Ann Hilburn b. 5 May 1852, d. 8 Mar 1924

Family:

Esther Marie Thompson b. 21 Nov 1899, d. 18 Nov 1988

Children:

Henry James White , Jr. b. 27 Apr 1921, d. b 2010
Annie Merle White+ b. 30 Aug 1923, d. 2 Feb 2010
Esther Marie White 'Marie' b. 31 Aug 1926, d. b 2010
Donald Edward White b. 20 Sep 1932, d. 6 Mar 1986

Esther Marie Thompson

F, #55602, b. 21 November 1899, d. 18 November 1988
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998

Parents:

Father: Robert Emery Thompson b. 25 Aug 1873, d. 27 Jul 1947
Mother: Emma Fulton Smith b. 17 Apr 1873, d. 6 Oct 1942

Family:

Henry James White , Sr. b. 10 Feb 1894, d. 21 Mar 1988

Children:

Henry James White , Jr. b. 27 Apr 1921, d. b 2010
Annie Merle White+ b. 30 Aug 1923, d. 2 Feb 2010
Esther Marie White 'Marie' b. 31 Aug 1926, d. b 2010
Donald Edward White b. 20 Sep 1932, d. 6 Mar 1986

Annie Merle White

F, #55603, b. 30 August 1923, d. 2 February 2010
Annie W. Elam
Annie Merle White Elam
Last Edited: 11 Feb 2010
  • Biography*: Alzheimer's.

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    Newspaper - The News Reporter, whiteville.com
    ANNIE MERLE WHITE ELAM
    Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:27 PM EST
    GREENSBORO -- Annie Merle White Elam, 86, formerly of Bladenboro, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Beacon Place. She was born in Bladenboro on Aug. 30, 1923, the daughter of the late Henry James and Esther Marie Thompson White. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Elam; brothers, Henry James White Jr. and Donald White; and a sister, Marie White Bridger, all of Bladenboro.

    Final rites were held on Sunday, Feb. 6, at First Baptist Church of Bladenboro with Rev. Bert Young officiating. Burial followed in Pine Crest Cemetery. Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home of Elizabethtown handled the arrangements.

    Survivors include three daughters, Annette Elam Wetzel of Midlothian, Va., Sarah Elam Edmondson of Screven, Ga. and Meredith Elam Muse of Greensboro; a son, John Edgar Elam Jr. of Fairmont; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Harold White of Durham and Jerry White of Bladenboro.

    Memorials may be made to Bladenboro First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 176, Bladenboro, N.C. 28320 or Pine Crest Cemetery, P.O. Box 157, Bladenboro, N.C. 28320.

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    Newspaper - The Fayetteville Observer, fayobserver.com
    Annie W. Elam

    GREENSBORO - Mrs. Annie Merle White Elam, 86, passed away Feb. 2, 2010, in Beacon Place in Greensboro. She was born in Bladenboro on Aug. 30, 1923, to Henry James and Esther Marie Thompson White. After graduating as valedictorian of her class at Bladenboro High School, she attended Meredith College in Raleigh, where she met John Edgar Elam, a student at NC State. They married on Feb. 11, 1943.

    Like her parents, she was a lifelong member of Bladenboro First Baptist Church, where her grandparents and great-grandparents had been charter members. She taught Sunday school, led vacation Bible study school, sang in the choir, played the piano and pipe organ and wrote the history of the church for its 50th anniversary in 1961. Annie Merle was a devoted wife and mother.

    When the children reached school age, she helped her husband in his business, Bladen Milling Co. and later fulfilled her dream of finishing college. She graduated from Pembroke State University in 1963 and received a master's degree in child development and family relations from UNC Greensboro in 1964. She taught home economics at Tar Heel High School and middle school science in Bladenboro, and was head of the Home Economics Department at Pembroke State University from 1968 to 1981. During those years, she used her considerable skills to sew beautiful formal dresses and to plan many family dinners, celebrations and wedding receptions. After her husband's death in 1981, she lovingly cared for her parents until their deaths.

    An avid genealogist, she began a consulting business, Southeastern Research, publishing the White family lineage and several volumes cataloging the cemeteries and censuses of Bladen County. She was a member of the Battle of Elizabethtown Chapter, DAR and the Richmond-Stonewall Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 2006, she donated her extensive genealogical library to the UDC Headquarters in Richmond, Va. Some of her proudest moments were presenting a Pioneer in Space Medal to local astronaut Curtis Brown and attending his launch at Cape Canaveral as his special guest, serving on the Presidential Search Commitee at Pembroke State University, and placing the names of her husband and brother at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 2002, her granddaughter, Anna, helped her fulfill a lifelong dream of accompanying her on a trip to Ireland. She lived in Wesley Pines Retirement Community in Lumberton from 1994 to 2006, before moving to the Arboretum at Heritage Greens in Greensboro. She was much loved and respected by her grandchildren, friends and family. She lived her life as a daily example and inspiration to all; Proverbs 31:10-31. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; brothers, Henry James White Jr. and Donald White; sister, Marie White Bridger, all of Bladenboro; and son-in-law, Richard Wetzel of Richmond. She is survived by three daughters, Annette Elam Wetzel of Midlothian, Va, and her children, Julia and Ted Trebour, Anna and Jonathan Rabhan and Karl Wetzel; Sarah Elam Edmondson and husband Darryl of Screven, Ga., and their children, Rebecca and Hugh; Meredith Elam Muse and husband Harold of Greensboro and their children, Anderson and Jonathan; and by her son, John Edgar Elam Jr. and former wife Donna of Fairmont, and their children, Courtney, John Edgar III (Trey) and Jameson. Her great-grandchildren are Jackson and Collin Trebour, Jacob Wetzel, Dylan and Peyton Bullock. Also surviving are her brother and sisters-in-law, Harold and Sue White of Durham, Jerry and Jane White, Betty White and Wilma White, all of Bladenboro. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at Bladen-Gaskin Funeral Home & Cremations Services in Elizabethtown. Funeral services will be Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at 11 a.m. in First Baptist Church, Bladenboro, led by the Rev. Bert Young. Burial will follow in Pine Crest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Bladenboro First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 176, Bladenboro, NC 28320, or Pine Crest Cemetery Inc., P.O. Box 157, Bladenboro, NC 28320. Bladen-Gaskins Funeral Home & Cremations Services in Elizabethtown is handling arrangement.
  • Birth*: Annie was born on 30 Aug 1923 at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC.
  • Marriage*: She married John Edgar Elam , Sr., son of Richard Fuller Elam and Sarah Victoria Roberts, on 11 Feb 1943 at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC.
  • Residence*: She resided in 2006 at Lumberton, NC 28358-2191.
  • Residence: She resided in Dec 2008 at Greensboro, NC 27409.
  • Death*: Annie Merle White died on 2 Feb 2010 at Greensboro, NC, at age 86; Beacon Place.
  • Burial*: Her body was buried on 6 Feb 2010 at Bladenboro, NC. Pine Crest Cemetery.

Parents:

Father: Henry James White , Sr. b. 10 Feb 1894, d. 21 Mar 1988
Mother: Esther Marie Thompson b. 21 Nov 1899, d. 18 Nov 1988

Family:

John Edgar Elam , Sr. b. 29 Oct 1918, d. 19 Oct 1981

John Edgar Elam , Sr.

M, #55604, b. 29 October 1918, d. 19 October 1981
Obituary
Last Edited: 18 Oct 2023

Parents:

Father: Richard Fuller Elam b. 1878
Mother: Sarah Victoria Roberts b. c 1881

Family:

Annie Merle White b. 30 Aug 1923, d. 2 Feb 2010

Georgia Marie Gleason

F, #55655, b. 29 July 1916, d. 1980
Last Edited: 27 Dec 2022

Family:

Estal Gail? Gayle Leonard b. 9 Nov 1914, d. 5 Jul 1983

Children:

Deloris Elaine Leonard+ b. 17 Dec 1931, d. 2009
Patrick Gale Leonard+ b. 10 Oct 1934, d. 2001
Keith Leroy Leonard b. 23 Feb 1937, d. 2003
Sharon Kay Leonard 'Kay'+ b. 8 Sep 1939, d. 1996

Deloris Elaine Leonard

F, #55656, b. 17 December 1931, d. 2009
Last Edited: 27 Dec 2022
  • Birth*: Deloris was born on 17 Dec 1931 at Cherokee, IA.
  • Death*: She died in 2009.

Parents:

Father: Estal Gail? Gayle Leonard b. 9 Nov 1914, d. 5 Jul 1983
Mother: Georgia Marie Gleason b. 29 Jul 1916, d. 1980

Patrick Gale Leonard

M, #55657, b. 10 October 1934, d. 2001
Last Edited: 27 Dec 2022
  • Birth*: Patrick was born on 10 Oct 1934 at Cherokee, IA.
  • Death*: He died in 2001.

Parents:

Father: Estal Gail? Gayle Leonard b. 9 Nov 1914, d. 5 Jul 1983
Mother: Georgia Marie Gleason b. 29 Jul 1916, d. 1980

Keith Leroy Leonard

M, #55659, b. 23 February 1937, d. 2003
Last Edited: 27 Dec 2022
  • Birth*: Keith was born on 23 Feb 1937 at Cherokee, IA.
  • Death*: He died in 2003.

Parents:

Father: Estal Gail? Gayle Leonard b. 9 Nov 1914, d. 5 Jul 1983
Mother: Georgia Marie Gleason b. 29 Jul 1916, d. 1980

Sharon Kay Leonard 'Kay'

F, #55661, b. 8 September 1939, d. 1996
Last Edited: 27 Dec 2022
  • Birth*: Sharon was born on 8 Sep 1939 at Cherokee, IA.
  • Death*: She died in 1996.

Parents:

Father: Estal Gail? Gayle Leonard b. 9 Nov 1914, d. 5 Jul 1983
Mother: Georgia Marie Gleason b. 29 Jul 1916, d. 1980

Walter Turnquist

M, #55662, b. 22 July 1907
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998

Family:

Aleta June Leonard b. 21 Jun 1916, d. 18 Jan 1985

Child:

? Turnquist b. 13 Nov 1938, d. 13 Nov 1938

? Turnquist

?, #55665, b. 13 November 1938, d. 13 November 1938
Last Edited: 22 Mar 2008

Parents:

Father: Walter Turnquist b. 22 Jul 1907
Mother: Aleta June Leonard b. 21 Jun 1916, d. 18 Jan 1985

Rodney Allen Leonard

M, #55671, b. 3 January 1958, d. 3 January 1958
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998

Davidson Link

M, #55672
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Davidson was born.
  • Marriage*: He married Mary Hege.
  • Death*: Davidson died.
  • Burial*: His body was buried.

Family:

Mary Hege

Child:

Catherine Link+ b. 12 Aug 1842, d. 12 Jun 1928

Mary Hege

F, #55673
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Mary was born.
  • Marriage*: She married Davidson Link.
  • Death*: Mary died.
  • Burial*: Her body was buried.

Family:

Davidson Link

Child:

Catherine Link+ b. 12 Aug 1842, d. 12 Jun 1928

George Smith

M, #55674
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998

Henry McCrary

M, #55675
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Henry was born.
  • Marriage*: He married Jane Cooper.
  • Death*: Henry died.
  • Burial*: His body was buried.

Family:

Jane Cooper

F, #55676
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Jane was born.
  • Marriage*: She married Henry McCrary.
  • Death*: Jane died.
  • Burial*: Her body was buried.

Colburn Leroy Ingle

M, #55677, b. 18 August 1904, d. 26 February 1973
Gravestone
Last Edited: 19 Apr 2013

Parents:

Father: Colburn Ingle b. 1875, d. 1907
Mother: Emma May Harclerode b. 31 May 1874, d. 21 Dec 1923

Family:

Bernice Velma Jenkins (twin) b. 13 Aug 1910, d. 9 Dec 1990

Jacob Harclerode

M, #55680, b. 4 March 1831, d. 22 October 1913
Last Edited: 19 Apr 2013
  • Birth*: Jacob was born on 4 Mar 1831 at PA.
  • Marriage*: He married Anna Merry Diehl in 1856 at PA.
  • Death*: Jacob died on 22 Oct 1913 at Oakley, KS, at age 82.

Family:

Anna Merry Diehl b. 6 Apr 1836, d. 24 Jan 1909

Child:

Emma May Harclerode+ b. 31 May 1874, d. 21 Dec 1923

Anna Merry Diehl

F, #55681, b. 6 April 1836, d. 24 January 1909
Last Edited: 19 Apr 2013
  • Birth*: Anna was born on 6 Apr 1836 at PA.
  • Marriage*: She married Jacob Harclerode in 1856 at PA.
  • Death*: Anna died on 24 Jan 1909 at age 72.

Family:

Jacob Harclerode b. 4 Mar 1831, d. 22 Oct 1913

Child:

Emma May Harclerode+ b. 31 May 1874, d. 21 Dec 1923

Emma May Harclerode

F, #55682, b. 31 May 1874, d. 21 December 1923
Last Edited: 19 Apr 2013

Parents:

Father: Jacob Harclerode b. 4 Mar 1831, d. 22 Oct 1913
Mother: Anna Merry Diehl b. 6 Apr 1836, d. 24 Jan 1909

Family:

Colburn Ingle b. 1875, d. 1907

Child:

Colburn Leroy Ingle+ b. 18 Aug 1904, d. 26 Feb 1973

Colburn Ingle

M, #55683, b. 1875, d. 1907
Last Edited: 19 Apr 2013

Family:

Emma May Harclerode b. 31 May 1874, d. 21 Dec 1923

Child:

Colburn Leroy Ingle+ b. 18 Aug 1904, d. 26 Feb 1973

Amos Wilson Jenkins

M, #55684, b. 1 December 1837, d. 22 November 1924
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998

Family:

Lydia Anne Chambers d. b 1924

Child:

John Bruer M.? Jenkins+ b. 27 Aug 1865, d. 20 Nov 1950

Lydia Anne Chambers

F, #55685, d. before 1924
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Lydia was born.
  • Marriage*: She married Amos Wilson Jenkins.
  • Death*: Lydia died before 1924.
  • Burial*: Her body was buried.

Family:

Amos Wilson Jenkins b. 1 Dec 1837, d. 22 Nov 1924

Child:

John Bruer M.? Jenkins+ b. 27 Aug 1865, d. 20 Nov 1950

Fred Ray Jenkins

M, #55688, b. 1892, d. 1968
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Fred was born in 1892.
  • Marriage*: He married Ota Sartin.
  • Marriage*: He married Tessie Swartz.
  • Death*: Fred died in 1968.
  • Burial*: His body was buried.

Parents:

Father: John Bruer M.? Jenkins b. 27 Aug 1865, d. 20 Nov 1950
Mother: Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie' b. 19 Oct 1871, d. 30 May 1957

Family 1:

Family 2:

Retta Violet Jenkins

F, #55696, b. 1897, d. 1981
Last Edited: 26 Apr 1998
  • Birth*: Retta was born in 1897.
  • Marriage*: She married George Spiess.
  • Marriage*: She married Joe Breeden.
  • Death*: Retta died in 1981.
  • Burial*: Her body was buried.

Parents:

Father: John Bruer M.? Jenkins b. 27 Aug 1865, d. 20 Nov 1950
Mother: Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie' b. 19 Oct 1871, d. 30 May 1957

Family 1:

Family 2: