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Henry James White , Sr.

• Birth*: Henry was born on 10 Feb 1894 at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC.
• Marriage*: He married Esther Marie Thompson, daughter of Robert Emery Thompson and Emma Fulton Smith, on 18 Jun 1920 at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC.
• Death*: Henry died on 21 Mar 1988 at Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC, at age 94.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC. Pine Crest Cemetery.

Parents:

Esther Marie Thompson

• Birth*: Esther was born on 21 Nov 1899 at Abbottsburg, Bladen County, NC.
• Marriage*: She married Henry James White , Sr., son of James L. White and Sary? Sarah Ann Hilburn, on 18 Jun 1920 at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC.
• Death*: Esther died on 18 Nov 1988 at Lumberton, Robeson County, NC, at age 88.
• Burial*: Her body was buried in Nov 1988 at Pine Crest Cemetery at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC.

Parents:

Annie Merle White

Annie W. Elam

Annie Merle White Elam

• 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:

John Edgar Elam , Sr.

Obituary

• Birth*: John was born on 29 Oct 1918 at Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, NC.
• Marriage*: He married Annie Merle White, daughter of Henry James White , Sr. and Esther Marie Thompson, on 11 Feb 1943 at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC.
• Death*: John died on 19 Oct 1981 at Robeson County, NC, at age 62.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Bladenboro, Bladen County, NC. Pine Crest Cemetery.

Parents:

Georgia Marie Gleason

• Birth*: Georgia was born on 29 Jul 1916 at Cherokee, IA.
• Marriage*: She married Estal Gail? Gayle Leonard, son of William Earl Leonard 'Buzz' and Lulu Mae Patrick, on 9 Jun 1934 at Le Mars, IA.
• Death*: Georgia Marie Gleason died in 1980.

Deloris Elaine Leonard

• Birth*: Deloris was born on 17 Dec 1931 at Cherokee, IA.
• Death*: She died in 2009.

Parents:

Patrick Gale Leonard

• Birth*: Patrick was born on 10 Oct 1934 at Cherokee, IA.
• Death*: He died in 2001.

Parents:

Keith Leroy Leonard

• Birth*: Keith was born on 23 Feb 1937 at Cherokee, IA.
• Death*: He died in 2003.

Parents:

Sharon Kay Leonard 'Kay'

• Birth*: Sharon was born on 8 Sep 1939 at Cherokee, IA.
• Death*: She died in 1996.

Parents:

Walter Turnquist

• Birth*: Walter was born on 22 Jul 1907 at Albert City, IA.
• Marriage*: He married Aleta June Leonard, daughter of William Earl Leonard 'Buzz' and Lulu Mae Patrick, on 7 Nov 1935 at Cherokee, IA.
• Death*: Walter died.
• Burial*: His body was buried.

? Turnquist

• Death*: ? died on 13 Nov 1938 at Cherokee, IA.
• Birth*: ? was born on 13 Nov 1938 at Cherokee, IA.
• Burial*: An unknown person body was buried in Nov 1938 at Cherokee, IA.

Parents:

Rodney Allen Leonard

• Death*: Rodney died on 3 Jan 1958 at Cherokee, IA.
• Birth*: Rodney was born on 3 Jan 1958 at Cherokee, IA.
• Burial*: His body was buried in Jan 1958 at Cherokee, IA.

Davidson Link

• Birth*: Davidson was born.
• Marriage*: He married Mary Hege.
• Death*: Davidson died.
• Burial*: His body was buried.

Mary Hege

• Birth*: Mary was born.
• Marriage*: She married Davidson Link.
• Death*: Mary died.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

George Smith

• Birth*: George was born.
• Marriage*: He married Emmeline McCrary, daughter of Henry McCrary and Jane Cooper, before 1849.
• Death*: George died.
• Burial*: His body was buried.

Henry McCrary

• Birth*: Henry was born.
• Marriage*: He married Jane Cooper.
• Death*: Henry died.
• Burial*: His body was buried.

Jane Cooper

• Birth*: Jane was born.
• Marriage*: She married Henry McCrary.
• Death*: Jane died.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

Colburn Leroy Ingle

Gravestone

• Biography*: He worked at the Naval Shipyard in Norfolk, VA in 1942-1945.
• Birth*: Colburn was born on 18 Aug 1904 at MO. Higginsville?.
• Residence*: He lived in 1910 at Davis, Lafayette County, MO, 1910 Census, living with mother, listed as Colburn L. Ingle.
• Marriage*: He married Bernice Velma Jenkins (twin), daughter of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie', on 3 May 1930 at Independence, Jackson County, MO.
• Death*: Colburn died on 26 Feb 1973 at Ridgecrest, CA, at age 68.
• Burial*: His body was buried at Ridgecrest, Kern County, CA. Desert Memorial Park.

Parents:

Jacob Harclerode

• 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.

Anna Merry Diehl

• 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.

Emma May Harclerode

• Birth*: Emma was born on 31 May 1874 at Friends Cove, PA. Born 1878 from 1910 Census..
• Marriage*: She married Colburn Ingle in 1903.
• Residence*: Emma May Harclerode lived in 1910 at Davis, Lafayette County, MO, 1910 Census, widowed, living with the Wiley, listed as Emma M. Ingle.
• Death*: Emma died on 21 Dec 1923 at Higginsville, MO, at age 49.

Parents:

Colburn Ingle

• Birth*: Colburn was born in 1875 at WI. Birth Source from son's 1910 Census listing..
• Marriage*: He married Emma May Harclerode, daughter of Jacob Harclerode and Anna Merry Diehl, in 1903.
• Death*: Colburn died in 1907 at Lafayette County, MO. Oakley, KS?

Amos Wilson Jenkins

• Birth*: Amos was born on 1 Dec 1837 at OH.
• Marriage*: He married Lydia Anne Chambers.
• Death*: Amos died on 22 Nov 1924 at Joplin, Jasper County, MO, at age 86.
• Burial*: His body was buried.

Lydia Anne Chambers

• Birth*: Lydia was born.
• Marriage*: She married Amos Wilson Jenkins.
• Death*: Lydia died before 1924.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

Emma Weibel

• Birth*: Emma was born.
• Marriage*: She married Earl Warren Jenkins, son of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie'.
• Death*: Emma died.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

Fred Ray Jenkins

• 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:

Ota Sartin

• Birth*: Ota was born.
• Marriage*: She married Fred Ray Jenkins, son of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie'.
• Death*: Ota died.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

Tessie Swartz

• Birth*: Tessie was born.
• Marriage*: She married Fred Ray Jenkins, son of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie'.
• Death*: Tessie died.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

Alice Henderson

• Marriage*: She married John Cecil Jenkins 'Cecil', son of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie'.
• Birth*: Alice was born in 1900.
• Death*: Alice died.
• Burial*: Her body was buried.

Retta Violet Jenkins

• 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:

George Spiess

• Birth*: George was born.
• Marriage*: He married Retta Violet Jenkins, daughter of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie'.
• Death*: George died.
• Burial*: His body was buried.

Joe Breeden

• Birth*: Joe was born.
• Marriage*: He married Retta Violet Jenkins, daughter of John Bruer M.? Jenkins and Martha Isabelle Sowers 'Mattie'.
• Death*: Joe died.
• Burial*: His body was buried.