Affectionately known to her family as "Merky", she never let having a crippled foot stop her from living life to the fullest. In addition to raising a family on a rural farm and giving birth to her youngest child, David just a few months after her husband's unexpected and tragic death, Merky was known to break wild horses brought to the farm to turn them into riding horses and to walk as far as needed to tend her sick neighbors.When she contracted TB from a sick neighbor and knew the end was getting near she bravely wrote letters to her siblings asking them to take one of each of her five children thus ensuring each child would have a home after her death.
Her headstone was lovingly placed by her granddaughter, Ann McElrath Goss, who worked tirelessly along with her husband Jim to locate and record the burial sites of each of America's siblings, parents and grandparents and to ensure Merky's grave was marked and remembered.
Affectionately known to her family as "Merky", she never let having a crippled foot stop her from living life to the fullest. In addition to raising a family on a rural farm and giving birth to her youngest child, David just a few months after her husband's unexpected and tragic death, Merky was known to break wild horses brought to the farm to turn them into riding horses and to walk as far as needed to tend her sick neighbors.When she contracted TB from a sick neighbor and knew the end was getting near she bravely wrote letters to her siblings asking them to take one of each of her five children thus ensuring each child would have a home after her death.
Her headstone was lovingly placed by her granddaughter, Ann McElrath Goss, who worked tirelessly along with her husband Jim to locate and record the burial sites of each of America's siblings, parents and grandparents and to ensure Merky's grave was marked and remembered.
Inscription
America White Ridley
Born Dec, 23. 1887
Died Jan, 27. 1925
A Strong and Noble Woman
Family Members
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Rodrick Theodore White
1883–1945
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David R White
1885–1963
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William Thomas White
1890–1968
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Susan Drucilla "Drussie" White
1891 – unknown
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Warren R White
1895–1961
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Grimshaw White
1897–1975
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Shellie Sue White Stewart
1900–1987
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James Edward White Sr
1903–1967
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Lemen Elmer White
1906–1967
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Henry H. White
1910–1990
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