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Family Trivia
Did you know:
- Lawrence Edward was a Medical Technician in the Army during WWII. He was stationed in England, France and Germany. Although he had only a fifth grade education prior to the service, Lawrence completed his high school requirements in the military. He scored 190 on the IQ examine, which then only went up to 200.
- Lavan Arnold was a Marine and a member of the Muncie (Indiana) Police Department for many years. He was legendary in the department because of his fearlessness. Former Muncie Police Chief Cordell Campbell told us many years ago that Lavan's exploits were well-known among the Department.
- Lawrence and Lavan both drove the Muncie city buses at the same time and regularly passed each other in front of their parents' house on Meeker Avenue.
- Cecil Earnest was a guard for Owens Illinois in Muncie for many years. Little did he know that he was working for the same company as his future daughter-in-law, Marjorie BORROR, who he sometimes drove home from work since she lived around the corner on 12th Street (now Memorial Drive).
- Ethel Florence was a practical nurse, though she never had any formal training. Doctors called upon her to nurse patients in their homes.
- Ethel and Cecil had 27 grandchildren.
- Previous to her marriage to Cecil, Ethel had a short-lived to Harry Mullens, who is the father of Harriet Lenore.
- The White Family was prominent leaders in the Shady Grove Church of God in Muncie, Delaware, Indiana. After Ethel's death, daughters Refa and Harriett continued that tradition.
- Of all their grandchildren, Lavan's son Victor is the only WHITE Family grandchild who can carry on the Family name from Cecil's line.
- Ethel was a seamstress and made clothes for her family. She also crocheted.
- Cecil had a stroke and was bed-ridden for some time before his death.
- Refa June attended Central High School in Muncie where she was in the same class as her future sister-in-law Suzanne HARRIETT. Another future sister-in-law, Marjorie BORROR, was a couple grades ahead of Refa and Suzanne. All three are picture in the 1941 Central High School yearbook.
- Lawrence was 42-years-old before his first and only child, Darlene, was born.
- While serving in military during World War II, Lawrence was seriously injured when an Army truck ran over both his feet, and he spent many months in an army hospital in London recuperating. Not wanting to worry his mother, he told her he had been reassigned to the hospital as a medic. He was permanently disabled by the accident.
- Both Cecil and his son Lawrence were once employed as drivers by Perfection Bakery. Lawrence received an accommodation for his safe driving record.
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Family Memories
I Wish I Still Had My Pillow
I have only a few memories of great-grandma, I was born in 1960. I remember as a very little kid visiting her in her small house on the east side of Muncie. We would go over and play outside of her house because it was so small for all of us kids to be inside at the same time. We use to call her Fat Grandma, I don't know where this came from, and I only hope that we didn't call it to her face. I was very young. The best memory I have of Great Grandma was a pillow she made for me. I was told, being the oldest of Lavan's grandchildren, I was one of her favorites. I kept the pillow she made me until my early teens, then it got tossed because it so bad looking. I wish I had it still, and someone had put it away for me.
by Martin White4, Victor White3, Lavan White2, Cecil & Ethel White1
Grandma and the Kid-Proof Shirt
Grandpa White died before I was born, so I never knew him. My favorite memory of Grandma White is a very early memory. I wasn't very old. She had made me a little top, and Daddy had taken me to her house so she wanted me to try it on. She was trying to get me to put my arms up so she could put the top on and just pull it down over my arms and head at the same time. I refused to do it. My Mother always put my tops on head first and then arms in, and I wasn't about to change the routine even for Grandma. I kept telling her: "That's not the way Mommy does it." Finally, thoroughly frustrated with me, she turned to my Dad and said: "Lawrence, you get over here and do it!" He snapped to it. I still think about and laugh because here is this woman who had eight children and 27 grandkids and she couldn't get this little tiny kid to put on a top. She took care of me a great deal; she was a good woman.
I also remember that Grandma was definitely the matriarch of the family. She was the only one who could tell Daddy what to do. If said "jump," he'd ask "how high, how far, and how long should I stay in the air." She was a force to be reckoned with, and I think most of the women in the White family take after her.
by Darlene White3, Lawrence White2, Cecil & Ethel White1
Over Yonder
We were going to the Webster Flea Market in Webster (Florida). Dad didn't know exactly where it was, so (believe it or not) Dad stopped to ask directions from a young man in the area who replied "The Flea Market is just over yonder", to which Grandma shouted to the young man, "Where in the hell is 'over yonder'!" None of us ever forgot that day.
When our daughter Debbie was born, Grandma was in Florida visiting us. Mom and dad brought Grandma over to see our new baby. When it came time for Debbie's bath time, I asked Grandma if she wanted to give her her first bath. Grandma replied, "No! This is Candy's first baby and this honor belongs to Sudie." Mom never did forget Grandma giving her the honor of giving Debbie her first bath.
Grandma always had plenty of food cooked and always wanted anyone visiting her to "eat, eat!"
I used to love visiting Grandma when she was working and would stay with her and help her care for her patient. The only time I could not stay was when she was at Mrs. Goodpasture's because she had a parrot and Grandma said the bird "cursed like a sailor".
The one thing I remember most about grandma was her love for all of her grand kids and the love we had for her. Grandma used to cook and take food to her sick neighbors.
I remember the care she gave to Grandpa while he was sick and before he died.
by Candace Mills3, Lavan White2, Cecil & Ethel White1
My First Death
I am Beverly Frederick. I am Victor White’s second child. I have a couple of memories of Grandma White. I remember going to her house in Muncie, too. Also, I remember her house being very small, too. The only thing I remember is her sitting down in a chair.
I don’t remember much about Grandma White but I do remember when she passed away. It was the first person I ever knew who died and I was very young. She passed away when I was 5 years old. When they said she died, my parents would not allow me to go to the funeral so I envisioned them handing her body up to God on the roof of the hospital. We were living in Daleville at the time and I remember they told me in the living room of our house on Snyder St.
I have a very vivid memory of them telling me she died, I guess because it was the first person I had ever known who had passed away, and I wasn’t really sure what exactly that meant but had the sense that it was a very important event.
by Beverly Frederick4, Victor White3, Lavan White2, Cecil & Ethel White1
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Family Recipes
Mince meat recipe for 25 quarts...From 1925
3/4 bushel of apples
10 lbs. of sugar
2 lbs. of Brown Sugar
1 quart of cider vinegar
1/2 cup of cinnamon
1/2 cup of nutmeg
1/4 cup of cloves
1 TBLS. of Black Pepper
6 lbs of Raisins
4 lbs of Beef Chuck Roast, (Boneless)
3 lemons
1 quart of beef broth with fat
Wash, quarter and core apples. Grind up medium. Soak Raisins in water over night. Do not discard liquid. Quarter and seed lemon and grind fine with peel. Cook beef until very tender. grind fine (pressure cooker). Mix spices with 2 cups of sugar. Mix all ingredients together well. Use heavy kettle to cook as it sticks easy. Bring to a full boil and lower temperature. Cook for 15 minutes. Fill jars and cold pack on low for 30 minutes.
Submitted by Victor White3, Lavan White2, Cecil White1
Ethel had two dishes that she made that were quite memorable. One was a pork dish that featured chopped boiled eggs and potatoes. The other was a chicken dish to which she added beer. If you have any of Grandma's recipes, please share them with us so we can share them with others...or send your own to
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