My Great-Uncle
Two days after his election as commander of Federal Post No. 197, American Legion, Reginald Leigh White, 42-year-old customs employee, died at his home, 2701 Dante Street, Wednesday at 11 a.m. of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. White, who was chosen commander of the legion post Monday night, was employed as a clerk in the office of the comptroller of customs in New Orleans. A veteran of the world war, he is survived by his widow, the former Miss Birdie Williams, and a son, Richard White.
Funeral services for Mr. White will be held this morning at 8:45 o’clock at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue. Following the services the body will be taken at 10 a.m. on an Illinois Central System train to Gillsburg, Miss., for interment.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Thurs., 9 Aug 1934
Two days after his election as commander of Federal Post No. 197, American Legion, Reginald Leigh White, 42-year-old customs employee, died at his home, 2701 Dante Street, Wednesday at 11 a.m. of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. White, who was chosen commander of the legion post Monday night, was employed as a clerk in the office of the comptroller of customs in New Orleans. A veteran of the world war, he is survived by his widow, the former Miss Birdie Williams, and a son, Richard White.
Funeral services for Mr. White will be held this morning at 8:45 o’clock at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue. Following the services the body will be taken at 10 a.m. on an Illinois Central System train to Gillsburg, Miss., for interment.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Thurs., 9 Aug 1934
My Great-Uncle
Two days after his election as commander of Federal Post No. 197, American Legion, Reginald Leigh White, 42-year-old customs employee, died at his home, 2701 Dante Street, Wednesday at 11 a.m. of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. White, who was chosen commander of the legion post Monday night, was employed as a clerk in the office of the comptroller of customs in New Orleans. A veteran of the world war, he is survived by his widow, the former Miss Birdie Williams, and a son, Richard White.
Funeral services for Mr. White will be held this morning at 8:45 o’clock at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue. Following the services the body will be taken at 10 a.m. on an Illinois Central System train to Gillsburg, Miss., for interment.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Thurs., 9 Aug 1934
Two days after his election as commander of Federal Post No. 197, American Legion, Reginald Leigh White, 42-year-old customs employee, died at his home, 2701 Dante Street, Wednesday at 11 a.m. of a sudden heart attack.
Mr. White, who was chosen commander of the legion post Monday night, was employed as a clerk in the office of the comptroller of customs in New Orleans. A veteran of the world war, he is survived by his widow, the former Miss Birdie Williams, and a son, Richard White.
Funeral services for Mr. White will be held this morning at 8:45 o’clock at the funeral home of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp, Inc., 4127 South Claiborne Avenue. Following the services the body will be taken at 10 a.m. on an Illinois Central System train to Gillsburg, Miss., for interment.
State Times Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), Thurs., 9 Aug 1934
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