Paul White

Paul Wesley White

April 4, 1929  -  November 19, 2018

Paul Wesley White, 89, of 208 Duncan Drive, Cherokee, passed from this life on Monday, November 19, 2018.  Viewing will be on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Lanman Funeral Home, Cherokee.  Graveside service will be at Carmen Cemetery on Saturday, November 24, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Cherokee.

Mr. White was born April 4, 1929 in Shattuck to Charles Grafton White and Gladys Newlin-Brown-White Godfrey.   The family lived near Durham, Oklahoma for many years before moving to Arkansas and then back to Oklahoma.  Paul attended high school at Cleo Springs before serving four years in the U.S.  Army.  He married Eula Jean Loges in September of 1950.  Mr. White graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in 1959.  He worked for Oklahoma Natural Gas until his retirement.

Paul was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Eula Jean; his brothers, Gerald Dean White and Wilbur Ray Brown and his sister, Lois Sackett.

Survivors include his sister, Doris Glen of Florida; his two daughters, Viola Louise White of Cherokee and Paula Pierce-Taylor of Lubbock, Texas; three grandchildren, Clint Pierce of Amarillo, Texas, Chad Pierce of Lubbock, Texas and Sarah Taylor-Shaw of Lubbock, Texas; four great-grandchildren, Mason and Weston Pierce of Amarillo, Texas and Olivia and Sophia Pierce of Lubbock, Texas.

Memorials may be given to Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) Scholarship Fund through the funeral home.