tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493267847537044513.post18343694244167863..comments2023-04-02T02:16:23.446-07:00Comments on Rural North Carolina History: Roxie White of Salem ForkJoan Gosperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06551328112736564844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493267847537044513.post-40933888673287093782014-06-07T08:19:55.673-07:002014-06-07T08:19:55.673-07:00The obituary was in the Mt. Airy News. Of course t...The obituary was in the Mt. Airy News. Of course there are many people named White. If you like, I could e-mail you a list of articles from my blog that includes the location, names of people mentioned, and a link to the article in the blog. It's long....125 pages long....but you can search it. Oh, and if you are kin to Agnes and Helen (Nellie) White, who immigrated to the America from England in the 1920s, you and I are related.Joan Gosperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551328112736564844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493267847537044513.post-44408063141712925642014-06-07T08:14:31.592-07:002014-06-07T08:14:31.592-07:00Wally, I really don't know if they were relate...Wally, I really don't know if they were related. Here's the obituary for one of Roxie White's sons. Does this help? DOBSON Mr. Roy Garland White, 88, husband of Mrs. Lela Agnes Sue Fowler White, of Dobson, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 25, 2010, at Joan and Howard Woltz Hospice Home surrounded by his loving family. Mr. White was born in Surry County on Oct. 21, 1921, to the late Brady and Roxie Long White. He was a retired farmer and a faithful member of Snow Hill Baptist Church. He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted wife, to whom he was married 63 years, Lela Agnes Sue Fowler White of the home; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Donnie and Elizabeth White of Dobson and Phillip White of the home; two grandchildren, Wendy and husband Chris Higgs of Dobson and Sandy White of Mount Airy; a great-granddaughter, Megan Hale; and a sister and brother-in-law, Opal and Richard Wells of Danville, Va. In addition to his parents, Mr. White was preceded in death by a sister, Ruby White; and three brothers, Claude, Kermit and Alton White. His funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at Snow Hill Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Jason Johnson, the Rev. Mark Sumner and Rev. Jimmy Settle. Burial will follow in the Salem Fork Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday at Moody-Davis Funeral Home where his body will remain until taken to the church to lie-in-state 30 minutes prior to the service. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.Joan Gosperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06551328112736564844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8493267847537044513.post-6964741017291752172014-06-06T23:14:43.984-07:002014-06-06T23:14:43.984-07:00I am the grandson of Abe and Stella White. Were t...I am the grandson of Abe and Stella White. Were they related to Brady and Roxie White? I believe my grandparents and other family are buried at this church.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263659457579320423noreply@blogger.com