When Rusha Pauline Shirah was born on 10 October 1908, in Colquitt, Georgia, United States, her father, Henry Shirah, was 36 and her mother, Minnie Lee Bustle, was 26. She married Beauregard White on 27 December 1927, in Moultrie, Colquitt, Georgia, United States. She lived in District 1538, Colquitt, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 April 1969, in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States.