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Samuel Henry White

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Samuel Henry White

Birth
Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Death
29 May 1960 (aged 84)
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.8739851, Longitude: -87.4789895
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Samuel White
Rites Tuesday

Funeral services for Samuel Henry White, 84, widely-known South Christian farmer and sausage manufacturer, will be at II a. m. tomorrow at Henninger Lilly Funeral Home.

Officiating will be his pastor, the Rev. Harry M. Davis, of First Christian Church. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Mr. White, a native of Christian County, died at 3:30 a. m. Sunday at his home on the Canton Pike after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill since suffering a stroke in May last year.

He was a lifetime business partner with his late brother, James Robert White, who died Aug. 5, 1958. Known as White Brothers, they operated a farm for 20 years In the Church Hill community. At one time they were one of the largest hog producers in Kentucky.

The Whites moved from Church Hill to their Canton Pike farm, known as Lilac Farm, in 1940. The brothers were married to sisters, Samuel H. to Vivian Hall and James Robert to Kathleen Hall.

The White Brothers formed their sausage company in 1947. The firm's products are distributed throughout a wide area of Western Kentucky.

Mr. White was born Feb. 8, 1876. the son of the late John Henry and Mary Virginia Cayce White, a pioneer family of Howell whose ancestors came from Virginia. Both the Whites and Cayces came from Virginia at the same time and settled in the Liberty community.

Mr. White is the last of a family of four brothers and a sister. Besides James Robert, he was also preceded in death by John Edward White, Sturgis; William Richard White, Oak Grove, and Mrs. Will Stroube, Oak Grove.

Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. T. J. Humphrey and Mrs. Fenton Cayce Jr., both of the city; a granddaughter, Ann Humphrey. of the city: a niece, Mrs. Dorothy W Barbour, Dawson Springs, and a nephew, Robert Samuel White, Lexington. A number of other nieces and nephews also survive.

Pallbearers, all nephews, will be Bill, Barbee. John. Steve and William White and Sam A. Stroube.

--Kentucky New Era, Monday, May 30, 1960, pages 1 and 5
Samuel White
Rites Tuesday

Funeral services for Samuel Henry White, 84, widely-known South Christian farmer and sausage manufacturer, will be at II a. m. tomorrow at Henninger Lilly Funeral Home.

Officiating will be his pastor, the Rev. Harry M. Davis, of First Christian Church. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Mr. White, a native of Christian County, died at 3:30 a. m. Sunday at his home on the Canton Pike after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been ill since suffering a stroke in May last year.

He was a lifetime business partner with his late brother, James Robert White, who died Aug. 5, 1958. Known as White Brothers, they operated a farm for 20 years In the Church Hill community. At one time they were one of the largest hog producers in Kentucky.

The Whites moved from Church Hill to their Canton Pike farm, known as Lilac Farm, in 1940. The brothers were married to sisters, Samuel H. to Vivian Hall and James Robert to Kathleen Hall.

The White Brothers formed their sausage company in 1947. The firm's products are distributed throughout a wide area of Western Kentucky.

Mr. White was born Feb. 8, 1876. the son of the late John Henry and Mary Virginia Cayce White, a pioneer family of Howell whose ancestors came from Virginia. Both the Whites and Cayces came from Virginia at the same time and settled in the Liberty community.

Mr. White is the last of a family of four brothers and a sister. Besides James Robert, he was also preceded in death by John Edward White, Sturgis; William Richard White, Oak Grove, and Mrs. Will Stroube, Oak Grove.

Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. T. J. Humphrey and Mrs. Fenton Cayce Jr., both of the city; a granddaughter, Ann Humphrey. of the city: a niece, Mrs. Dorothy W Barbour, Dawson Springs, and a nephew, Robert Samuel White, Lexington. A number of other nieces and nephews also survive.

Pallbearers, all nephews, will be Bill, Barbee. John. Steve and William White and Sam A. Stroube.

--Kentucky New Era, Monday, May 30, 1960, pages 1 and 5

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