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Mary Eva Underwood White

8 Mar 1919 – 18 Oct 2012

Birth8 Mar 1919
Death18 Oct 2012
CemeteryRosewood Park Cemetery
Longview , Gregg County , Texas , USA
Added byS. G. Williams on 27 Oct 2012
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99698746

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Services for Mary Eva White will be 2 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2012, at the chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Longview, by Ross Law and family members. Interment will be in Rosewood Park in Longview. ­She went to be with her Lord on October 18, 2012, at the age of 93, after a short illness. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today, October 19, 2012, at Rader Funeral Home in Longview. She was born March 8, 1919, in Italy, Texas, to R. Frank and Johnnie Ella Underwood. She was one of seven children. Eva came to know the Lord at an early age and served him all the days of her life. Eva grew up in Carthage, where her father owned and operated a cotton gin. While in high school, she was chosen to be football sweetheart. She attended Dodd College in Shreveport, Louis­iana, and East Texas State College in Commerce. While living in Commerce, she met her beloved husband, Edwin Cole White, the love of her life. They married in 1939 in Carthage, Texas, and celebrated 69 wonderful years of marriage before Ed died in 2008. After their marriage, they moved to Jacksonville, Texas, and operated a shoe store. After Ed enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps, Eva worked as a riveter in an aircraft plant during World War II. At the end of the war, Ed resumed employment with Nabisco, and they moved to San Angelo, Texas, where their son, R. Dean, and their daughter, Cynthia "Cindi," were born. Eva and Ed moved to Amarillo in 1952, where they worked in their church and the Amarillo Tennis Club. Eva went back to college when she was 45, became certified as a dental assistant and worked in a dental office until she retired. Upon retirement, Eva and Ed moved to Lake Cherokee to enjoy fishing, bridge, golf, traveling the world and playing with their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They were very involved in their church, Trinity Baptist Church in Lakeport, where they began a thriving couples Sunday school class. Eva was an excellent cook and enjoyed entertaining. She especially loved having a big crowd of family or friends over for fried fish freshly caught out of the lake. Eva was a devoted wife, loving mother, selfless grandmother and true friend to all who knew her. The following scripture describes her life: Proverbs 31: 28-30, "Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also praises her: Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all. Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised." Eva is survived by her children, Dr. Dean White and wife, Vickie, of Granbury; daughter, Cindi Christian and husband, Larry, of Longview; five grandchildren: Shelley Christian Auer of Houston; Jen Biddle and husband, Ryan, and great-granddaughter and name sake, Eva, of Austin; Lindsay Hodges and husband, Bryan, and great-granddaughters, Avery and Emerson, of Roanoke; Clark Christian and wife, Jenna, and great-grandson, Jack, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Shannon Cole Davidson and husband, Scott, and great-grandsons, Lochlan and Liam, of Austin; sisters, Evelyn Click of Springvale, Maine, Louise Windam of Carthage, Lucille Pixler of Rockwall and Wanda Wallace of Longview; and many nieces and nephews. The family is very grateful for the loving concern showered on her by her church, friends and devoted sitters, especially Becky Moore. The family is also thankful to the staffs of Hawkins Creek Assisted Living and Longview Regional Medical Center for their excellent care. Memorials may be sent to Trinity Baptist Church, P.O. Box 8286, Longview, TX 75607.

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