December 27, 1936 - March 09, 2021
The services Celebrating and Honoring the life of William L. “Bill” White, 84. Of Enid, will be held 10:00 A.M. Friday March 12, 2021 in the Memorial Park Cemetery with Pastor Wade Burleson officiating. Services are under the direction of Brown-Cummings Funeral Home.
Bill was born December 27, 1936 to Robert and Ailene (Brown) White in Birmingham, Alabama and passed from this life March 9, 2021 in Enid, Oklahoma.
He was raised in Birmingham until the age of seven with his grandparents to whom he remained close to throughout his life. He moved to Astoria, Illinois, with his mother in 1943 where he continued his education. After high school he enlisted in The United States Marines January 15, 1956 and was discharged on January 15, 1960 after four years of honorable service to his country. He moved to Paducah, Kentucky where he soon met his wife Elizabeth Rollins, the couple was married April 21, 1962 in Paducah, Kentucky and from that union came two sons: Brian and Kevin. The family moved to Enid in 1975 where he began working for the Enid News and Eagle Union side of the newspaper as a Pressman until 1998. In 1998 he began working at Phillips Drug until their closing and his retirement in 2006.
He enjoyed baseball games at David Allen Memorial Ballpark and was a dedicated Chicago Cubs Fan. He was a member of the Emmanuel Enid Church where he was an Usher for over twenty years. Church played a very important role in his life.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-eight years Elizabeth White, of the home, two sons Brian and Robyn White, of Enid, and Kevin and Tricia White, of Yukon; one granddaughter, Brooke White, of Enid; one sister, Kathy Street, of Paducah, Kentucky.
He was preceded in death by his father Robert White, his mother Ailene Wickert, step-father Donal Wickert, mother-in-law Kathleen Rollins and one sister Amelia “Dede” Jenkins.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be given in his honor to Toys for Tots with Brown-Cummings Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be made to the family online at www.Brown-Cummings.com. As one of Oklahomaʼs oldest single family owned and operated providers of funerals and cremations, Brown-Cummings is the name families have turned to for generations. They fully understand the honor and responsibility entrusted to them to preserve the story of oneʼs life. Visit 400 W. Maple, Enid, OK 73701. Call: (580) 237-5432.
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