Clara Elizabeth WHITE

Female 1910 - 1997  (87 years)


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  1. 1.  Clara Elizabeth WHITE was born on 8 Apr 1910 in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana ; died on 9 Nov 1997 in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce, Winn Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Joseph A. White and Lillie O. Gorham
    • Children: 1930, Living with husband in Greenville, Washington Co., Mississippi
    • Census: 1940, Living in Winn County, Louisiana
    • Census: 1950, Living with husband in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    Name:
    WINNFIELD -- Services for Clara E. Wallace will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Southern with the Rev. Roy Moore officiating. Burial will be in Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce.

    Mrs. Wallace, 87, of Winnfield died Sunday, Nov. 9, 1997, in Winn Parish Medical Center.

    She was a homemaker and a member of Laurel Heights Baptist Church.

    Survivors include two sons, Ted Wallace of Penn Grove, N.J., and Philip G. Wallace of Winnfield; one daughter, Geneva Kusnir of Orange, Texas; two brothers, Huey P. White of Goldonna and Sonny White of Winnfield; one sister, Corine Edwards of Winnfield; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

    Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. until time of services Wednesday in the funeral home.

    Published in The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (LA), Tuesday, November 11, 1997

    Family/Spouse: Wesley HENDERSON. Wesley was born about 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lillie E. HENDERSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. Julia Ann HENDERSON  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Geneva HENDERSON  Descendancy chart to this point

    Family/Spouse: Joseph Baldwin WALLACE. Joseph (son of Samuel Benson WALLACE and Emma Dorothy SLAWSON) was born on 11 May 1895 in Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana; died on 2 Nov 1966 in Winnfield, Winn Co., Louisiana; was buried in Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce, Winn Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Philip G. WALLACE  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 6. Teddy J. WALLACE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 7. Vernon Martin WALLACE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Nov 1946 in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana ; died on 26 Aug 1968 in Quang Tri, Quang Tri, Vietnam; was buried in Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce, Winn Parish, Louisiana.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lillie E. HENDERSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Clara1)

  2. 3.  Julia Ann HENDERSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Clara1)

  3. 4.  Geneva HENDERSON Descendancy chart to this point (1.Clara1)

  4. 5.  Philip G. WALLACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Clara1)

  5. 6.  Teddy J. WALLACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Clara1)

  6. 7.  Vernon Martin WALLACE Descendancy chart to this point (1.Clara1) was born on 17 Nov 1946 in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana ; died on 26 Aug 1968 in Quang Tri, Quang Tri, Vietnam; was buried in Gorham Town Cemetery, Joyce, Winn Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1950, Living with parents in Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    Name:
    Funeral arrangements are pending at Southern Funeral Home for Lance Corporal Vernon M. Wallace, 21, who was killed on August 26 while engaging the enemy in combat at Quang Tri Province in the Republic of South Vietnam. Corporal Wallace entered the service as a United States Marine, June 17, 1967. He received his basic training at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and went to Vietnam last January.

    The young marine was born in Winnfield, November 17, 1945 [sic 1946], the son of Mrs. J. B. Wallace and the late Mr. Wallace. His family received word of his death Friday. The message stated he met instant death from fragmentation wounds to the body from enemy mortar fire. He graduated from Winnfield High School in 1965 and operated the Airport Service Station before entering the service.

    Besides his mother, Mrs. J. B. Wallace, he is survived by two brothers, Phillip Wallace of Winnfield and Teddy J. Wallace, Pennsgrove, New Jersey; three stepsisters, Mrs. Lillie E. Carter and Mrs. Judy Godek, both of Pennsgrove, New Jersey; and Mrs. Geneva Kusner of Port Arthur, Texas; a number of uncles and aunts.

    The remains of Corporal Wallace are expected in Winnfield this weekend and arrangements are pending at Southern Funeral Home. Military rites will be conducted and Rev. C. C. Martin will officiate. Interment will be in Gorhamtown Cemetery.

    Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise-News American, September 5, 1968