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- "Elizabethton Star," Wednesday, September 5, 1934
DEATH TAKES ELMER WHITE
Elmer White, 26, who was injured August 25 in an automobile accident near Butler, died in a local hospital Tuesday afternoon as the result of the injuries. White who was married, suffered tetanus, or lockjaw.
He resided on the Watauga river, rural route one, and was a member of the Stoney Creek Baptist Church.
Funeral services were conducted from the Dungan Chapel this afternoon at two o'clock, with the Rev. E. R. Kilgore officiating. Burial was made in the Ensor Cemetery. During the earlier part of his life, he lived eight years at the R. M. Ensor home.
Survivors are his widow, and one son, Earl White; father, Ben White; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bowling and Miss Helen White; four brothers, J. N., Paul, Georgia[sic], and Sef White.
Active pall bearers: Noland Grindstaff, Wilburn Dykes, Palmer Aldrich, Robert Grindstaff, George Ensor, and Charles Ensor. Flower bearers: Miss Ruth Bishop, Mrs. Vera Bowers, Miss Gussie Taylor, Miss Bethel Grindstaff, Mrs. Bula Myers, Miss Fay Taylor, Mrs. Bessie Williams, Miss Hazel Davis, Miss Bertha Pierce, and Miss Hazel Dykes.
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