Ruth White

RUTH EDWARDS WHITE WAS BORN JUNE 17, 1916, IN SEMINOLE, OKLAHOMA, TO MARY AND J.W.(BONEY) EDWARDS.  AFTER GRADUATION FROM SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL, RUTH ATTENDED COLLEGE AT OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ZTA SORORITY. RUTH ALSO STUDIED FASHION DESIGN IN NEW YORK CITY.  SHE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN SEMINOLE.  RUTH MARRIED LEON MOORE WHITE IN 1939.  RUTH AND LEON OWNED AND OPERATED HOME LUMBER COMPANY IN SEMINOLE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS.  WHEN THEY RETIRED FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY THEY SOLD HOME LUMBER TO BROTHER BUFORD WHITE OF SHAWNEE.  RUTH AND LEON HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, LINDA WHITE WADE OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, AND KAREN WHITE BROWNLEE OF NEW YORK CITY. IN 1996 RUTH AND LEON MOVED FROM SEMINOLE TO FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO BE CLOSER TO DAUGHTER LINDA AND HER HUSBAND JOE WADE.  ALSO IN FORT WORTH ARE GRANDDAUGHTERS WENDY WADE AND JOLYNN WADE BEHRINGER AND GREAT GRANDSONS WADE, AGE 15 AND JAKE, AGE 10.  THEIR DAUGHTER KAREN AND HER HUSBAND, DR. MICHAEL BROWNLEE MAKE FREQUENT VISITS TO TEXAS. LEON WHITE DIED IN 2004 AND IS BURIED IN MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY.  RUTH PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 96 AND WILL BE LAID TO REST NEXT TO LEON. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 A.M., SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2013 AT THE SWEARINGEN FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH CHRIS STINNETT OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY IN SEMINOLE. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SWEARINGEN FUNERAL HOME IN SEMINOLE, OKLAHOMA. Funeral Information: January 19, 2013, 10:30 AM Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel located at 1001 N. Milt Phillips, Seminole, OK 74868