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Submitted: 4/19/24 • Approved: 4/20/24 • Last Updated: 4/23/24 • R1528780-G0-S3
Roger
January 7, 1926 - August 10, 2014
" The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want"
Married August 11, 1951
Floy
June 2, 1928 - August 10, 2008
"We only part to meet again"
Obituary
Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home
Hamburg, Arkansas
Mr. Roger White, 88, of Hamburg, died Sunday August 10, 2014 at the Stonegate Health and Rehabilitation Center in Crossett. Mr. White was a native and lifelong resident of Hamburg. He was a United States Navy Veteran of World War II having served in Hawaii, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Okinawa and was awarded one Battle Star. He was a Mason and a member the Promise Land Masonic Lodge where he served as Secretary for several years and later merged with the Hamburg Masonic Lodge #465. He was a recent recipient of his 50 year pin and the Pillar of Solomon Ward. He was a cattle farmer and a member of the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association where he served as Treasurer for several years. He worked for the Georgia-Pacific Corporation for 39 years and he was a member of the Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church and a former member of the Mist Deer Camp.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Floy Stanley White on August 10, 2008; a son, Billy Wayne Harville earlier this year; his parents, Calvin & Carrie Kelley White; seven brothers, Vernon, Roy, Eugene, Harold, Olan, Dewayne & Milton White, four sisters, Bernice Wiggley, Goldie Sivils, Inez Corder and Doradean Smith and a son-in-law, Bruce Swan.
He is survived by two daughters, Sharon Jenkins and husband, Jeff, and Norma Swan; a daughter-in-law, Ramona Harville all of Hamburg; a sister-in-law, Clellis Stanley of Fountain Hill; nine grandchildren, Phil Harville and wife, Jenny, Crystal Savage and husband, Barry, Lexie & Grayson Harville, Darren Swan and wife, Cathy, Angela Harville, Stacie Kirby and husband, Kevin, Zack & Jake Jenkins; nine great-grandchildren, Courtney Breedlove, Emily Rush, Brayden Harville, Jayden Estelle, Abbie & Bryce Wesson, Brit Swan, Easton Mullinax and Hastin Savage.
Funeral services are 2 p.m., Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. Michael Reese and Bro. Travis White officiating. Burial will be in the Promise Land Cemetery. Pallbearers are Darren Swan, Bryce Wesson, Zack Jenkins, Edward Gulledge, Willard Erwin, Phil Harville and Easton Mullinax. Honorary pallbearers are Jerry Wayne Graves, the members of the Hamburg Masonic Lodge #465 and the Mist Deer Camp. Memorials may be made to the Promise Land Cemetery Association, c/o Mrs. JoAnn Sullivan, 318 Ashley 131 Road, Hamburg, AR 71646.
Contributed on 4/19/24 by deltabelle55
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