1925
Evelyn
2005
Evelyn Reed White
November 8, 1925 — August 1, 2005
Mrs. Evelyn Reed Davis White, 79, a former long-time resident of Columbia Avenue in Columbia, died Monday, August 1, 2005 at Hidden Acres Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. White will be conducted Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Reverend E.G. Sims officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 12:00 noon until service time at the funeral home.
The Carter?s Creek Community native was the daughter of the late William C. and Ida Mae Priest Reed and was the widow of James ?Dan? Davis and Edward White. She was a graduate of Columbia Central High School and earned her teaching certificate at Bethel College in McKinzie in which it took four years to get her certificate. She taught at Union School that was a one room school with eight grades, thirty-five students, and an old pot belly stove. She had to board with two of her students families. She walked one mile to school every day and one mile home. The amazing thing about this lady is that she had polio, but didn?t let that stop her from following her dream. She was nominated by Hidden Acres Health Care into the Who?s Who in Tennessee Nursing Homes competition. She was a Maury County School teacher and former employee of the County Clerks Office. Mrs. White was an avid reader and member of the Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Danette Davis of Brownsville, TX; two granddaughters, Nicholle Charles Street of Columbia, TN and Jennifer Dannie Bauer of Rockwall, TX; a sister, Edna Paul Anderson of Lewisburg, TN; a brother, George Dene Reed of Rockledge, FL; a sister-in-law, Captola Oakley Reed of Columbia, TN; two great grandchildren, Dancee Street and Dakota Street; a step son, Gene Mary Ellen White of Vernon, CT; a step daughter-in-law, Lynda White of Ellington, CT. She was preceded in death by a son, W. Jeff Davis; a brother, W.C. Reed; a step son, George White.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Anderson, Randall Anderson, William Toungett, Jimmy Rochelle, Terry Hutton, and Charles Martindale. Honorary pallbearers will be the Senior Adult Sunday School Class at Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the administration and caregivers at Hidden Acres Nursing Home.
Funeral services for Mrs. White will be conducted Thursday, August 4, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Williams Funeral Home in Columbia with Reverend E.G. Sims officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Thursday from 12:00 noon until service time at the funeral home.
The Carter?s Creek Community native was the daughter of the late William C. and Ida Mae Priest Reed and was the widow of James ?Dan? Davis and Edward White. She was a graduate of Columbia Central High School and earned her teaching certificate at Bethel College in McKinzie in which it took four years to get her certificate. She taught at Union School that was a one room school with eight grades, thirty-five students, and an old pot belly stove. She had to board with two of her students families. She walked one mile to school every day and one mile home. The amazing thing about this lady is that she had polio, but didn?t let that stop her from following her dream. She was nominated by Hidden Acres Health Care into the Who?s Who in Tennessee Nursing Homes competition. She was a Maury County School teacher and former employee of the County Clerks Office. Mrs. White was an avid reader and member of the Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Danette Davis of Brownsville, TX; two granddaughters, Nicholle Charles Street of Columbia, TN and Jennifer Dannie Bauer of Rockwall, TX; a sister, Edna Paul Anderson of Lewisburg, TN; a brother, George Dene Reed of Rockledge, FL; a sister-in-law, Captola Oakley Reed of Columbia, TN; two great grandchildren, Dancee Street and Dakota Street; a step son, Gene Mary Ellen White of Vernon, CT; a step daughter-in-law, Lynda White of Ellington, CT. She was preceded in death by a son, W. Jeff Davis; a brother, W.C. Reed; a step son, George White.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Anderson, Randall Anderson, William Toungett, Jimmy Rochelle, Terry Hutton, and Charles Martindale. Honorary pallbearers will be the Senior Adult Sunday School Class at Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the administration and caregivers at Hidden Acres Nursing Home.
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