Date of birth: 25 Jun 1922
Date of death: 10 May 1986

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0396-01
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY
Rank: SSG - Staff Sergeant
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II - Pacific Theater (1940-1946) & KOREA

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Notes

Obituary
Sharkey Jack White
Funeral services for Sharkey Jack White, 63, of Lexington were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 13 at Southern Funeral Home Chapel in Lexington with interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Rev. Andy Ray and Rev. Howard Allen officiated.

Mr. White died Saturday, May 10 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Jackson.

He was a retired tractor mechanic, a member of First United Methodist Church and a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict.

Survivors include his wife, Betty Maud Lundy White of Lexington; three sons, Charles Drue White and Bill White, both of Lexington, and Jack Lundy White of Whitfield; two daughters, Betty Lou Hale and Adelia Ann Richard, both of Pensacola, Florida; one brother, Charlie White of Jackson; two sisters, Ruth Meek and Elizabeth Moses, both of Lexington; 7 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were Chick Weatheraby, Ted Batson, Joey Netherland, Dolph Hammett, Ed Ellison and Ray Johnson.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 7
Lexington, MS
May 15, 1986

Family Relations of Sharkey Jack White

Parents: Sharkey Lee White
Louise Lavender White


Siblings:
Lucille White Harris
Charles Buford White
Dallas Bean White
Elizabeth White Moses
Sharkey Jack White

Spouse:
Betty Maud Lundy White

Children:
Infant Daughter White
Jack Lundy White

Research Notes </.b>
Son of
Sharkey Lee White 1880 – 1964
Louisa Lulu Lavender 1882 – 1960


U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 about Sharkey J White
Name: Sharkey J White
Birth Year: 1921
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Mississippi
State of Residence: Mississippi
County or City: Holmes
Enlistment Date: 25 Nov 1940
Enlistment State: Mississippi
Enlistment City: Lexington
Branch: Field Artillery
Branch Code: Field Artillery
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard


Education: 3 years of high school
Civil Occupation: Actors and actresses
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 67
Weight: 127

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