Edith Mae Doss

1912 - 2013  (100 years)

• Name	Edith Mae Doss
  Birth	17 Dec 1912	Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Census	1940	Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  	Egypt twp, ED 2-12A, p 3B, visit 63, owns home valued at $1200, north of Crossett; lived in Mill Creek twp in 1935; highest grade completed: high school, 4th year; b. Arkansas; enumerated 10 Apr 1940 by Grady L. Halton.
  		1940 Census for Ashley County, Arkansas, Egypt Township, Sheet 3B White, A. R.......26...head _____, Edith......26...wife _____, Reginald... 2...son
  Death	20 Jun 2013	Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  	Edith Mae Doss White, 100, of Crossett, died on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at the Ashley County Medical Center. Born in Hamburg on December 17, 1912, she worked by her husband's side at the Chase Bag Cafe, the Paper Mill Cafeteria, in their home garden and when he became a pastor. She taught Sunday School for many years and was a member of the Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church and was known for her homemade recipes and baked goods, especially hot rolls. She is survived by a daughter, Faith White Nowlin and husband John; three sons, Reginald Dean White, Donald Lane White and Dale Wade White and wife Shelia of Crossett; eleven grandchildren, Gary White and wife Patty, Wendy Griswold and husband Dan, Denise Hudson, Kim Massey and husband Gary, Kristy McKenzie and husband John, Ken White and wife Denise, Ronza Stell and husband Jerry, Sherri Breshears and husband Keith, Jay Nowlin and wife Felicia, and Phillip Nowlin; 17 great-grandchildren, ten great-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Ashton R. White, in 1984; an infant daughter, Linda Kay White; her parents, Elmer and Beulah Barnett Doss; four brothers, Wilton, Alvin, James and Charles Doss; a sister, Annie Doss Moore; and two daughters-in-law, Norma Hester White and Thelma Hicks White. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at the Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church with Bros. Reginald White, Farrell Breshears and Garry Massey officiating. Burial was in the Crossroads Cemetery. Pallbearers were the men of Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church, Keith Breshears, Phillip Nowlin, Alan Breshears, David Goodwin, J. L. Jeffers, and Roy Rodgers. Memorials may be made to the East Gate Mission, 12278 Isle Royale Drive, Peyton, CO 80831 or to the Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund, 111 Ashley Road 391, Crossett, AR 71635. Funeral arrangements were by Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg.
  Burial	23 Jun 2013	Crossroads Cemetery, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  		Ashton Reginald & Edith Mae (Doss) White Ashton was the son of Burl Joe White Sr. & Annie Carol (Mitchell) White. Edith was the daughter of George Elmer & Beaulah Evaline (Barnett) Doss.
  Person ID	I5632	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	George Elmer Doss,   b. 30 Mar 1883, Louisiana, USA d. 3 Mar 1959, Hamburg, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Bulah Evaline Barnett,   b. 25 Jan 1883, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 26 Apr 1970, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F6769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ashton Reginald White,   b. 13 Apr 1913, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 23 Aug 1984, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1933	Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA
  	Arkansas. Ashley County. Marriage Book ?-?,
  Children	1. Reginald Dean White,   b. 2 Apr 1938, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 15 Jan 2014, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 75 years)   2. Donald Lane White,   b. 29 Oct 1941, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 22 Jul 2013, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 71 years)   3. Linda Kay White,   b. 29 Oct 1941, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 2 Nov 1941, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 0 years)   4. Faith Lynette White,   b. 7 Aug 1944, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 15 Oct 2023, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 79 years)   5. Dale Wade White,   b. 6 Jan 1947, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA d. 24 Feb 2015, Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F2174	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2018

  
  

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  Birth - 17 Dec 1912 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Marriage - 26 Sep 1933 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Census - Egypt twp, ED 2-12A, p 3B, visit 63, owns home valued at $1200, north of Crossett; lived in Mill Creek twp in 1935; highest grade completed: high school, 4th year; b. Arkansas; enumerated 10 Apr 1940 by Grady L. Halton. - 1940 - Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA Death - 20 Jun 2013 - Crossett, Ashley Co, Arkansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Edith Mae Doss White, 100, of Crossett died on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at the Ashley County Medical Center. Born in Hamburg on December 17, 1912, she worked by her husband's side at the Chase Bag Cafe, the Paper Mill Cafeteria, in their home garden and when he became a pastor. She taught Sunday School for many years and was a member of the Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church and was known for her homemade recipes and baked goods, especially hot rolls. She is survived by a daughter, Faith White Nowlin and husband John; three sons, Reginald Dean White, Donald Lane White and Dale Wade White and wife Shelia of Crossett; eleven grandchildren, Gary White and wife Patty, Wendy Griswould and husband Dan, Denise Hudson, Kim Massey and husband Gary, Kristy McKenzie and husband John, Ken White and wife Denise, Ronza Stell and husband Jerry, Sherri Breshears and husband Keith, Jay Nowlin and wife Felicia, and Phillip Nowlin; 17 great-grandchildren, ten great-great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Ashton R. White, in 1984; an infant daughter, Linda Kay White; her parents, Elmer and Beulah Barnett Doss; four brothers, Wilton, Alvin, James and Charles Doss; a sister, Annie Doss Moore; and two daughters-in-law, Norma Hester White and Thelma Hicks White. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23, at the Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church with Bros. Reginald White, Farrell Breshears and Garry Massey officiating. Burial was in the Crossroads Cemetery. Pallbearers were the men of Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church, Keith Breshears, Phillip Nowlin, Alan Breshears, David Goodwin, J. L. Jeffers and Roy Rodgers. Memorials may be made to the East Gate Mission, 12278 Isle Royale Drive, Peyton, CO 80831 or to the Crossroads Missionary Baptist Church Building Fund, 111 Ashley Road 391, Crossett, AR 71635. Funeral arrangements were by Jones-Hartshorn Funeral Home of Hamburg.