James Ralph White Sr

Male23 November 1929–2 October 2002

Brief Life History of James Ralph

When James Ralph White Sr was born on 23 November 1929, in Bedford, Tennessee, United States, his father, Charles Newton White, was 23 and his mother, Mary Adell Riddle, was 17. He had at least 2 sons with Lois Roberts. He lived in Flat Creek, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 2 October 2002, in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Lynchburg City Cemetery, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Ralph White Sr
1929–2002
Lois Roberts
1929–2012
James Ralph White
1953–2022
Jeffrey Roberts White
1962–2009

Sources (4)

  • Ralph White in household of Charlie White, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James R White, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Ralph White in household of Charles White, "United States Census, 1930"

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World Events (8)

1931

Age 2

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

Age 2

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1949 · NATO is Established

Age 20

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English white, wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’), hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta, a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic, referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old English wiht ‘bend’), the source of the placename of Great Whyte in Ramsey, Huntingdonshire (compare Wight ). This name is also a variant of Wight . The surname White is also very common among African Americans.

Irish and Scottish: adopted for any of several Irish and Scottish Gaelic names based on bán ‘white, fair’ (see Bain 1, McElwain ) or fionn ‘fair’ (see Finn 1). The English surname has been Gaelicized in Ireland as de Faoite.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘white’, for example German Weiss , French Blanc , Polish Białas (see Bialas ), Slovenian Belec , or any other synonymous Slavic surname beginning with Bel-, Bev-, Biel- or Bil-.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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